Sea-level rise is threatening San Francisco’s shores. In February, the city began vegetating the sand dunes as part of its ...

New research shows that whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their pee and poop—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii, ...

The Coastal Interpretive Center in Ocean Shores aims to educate our community about the natural and cultural resources of Washington's Pacific Coast to inspire the joy and wonder of nature. Upcoming ...

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The study focused on a handful of baleen species — namely, gray whales, humpback whales and right whales — which display ...

“Beyond urine, whale carcasses also serve as nutrient deposits. When a whale dies, its massive body sinks to the ocean floor, ...

Crews who helped build the Newport Bay trash interceptor say it has collected about a dozen dumpsters full of debris and ...

Whale pee and other bi-products play a vital role in ocean ecosystems. Find out how they transport nutrients across the seas.

When whales migrate from their cold feeding grounds to warmer breeding waters, they carry tons of nutrients in their urine.

Now we can add whale urine to that list, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Communications. “Lots of people ...

New research has shown that whales ferry substantial quantities of nutrients for thousands of miles in their urine and other ...

Baby whale sharks remain one of the biggest mysteries in marine science, but new research suggests their birthplaces may be ...