Jessica Farrer–a marine biologist who serves as Research Director at The Whale Museum, and part of the team of scientists ...

Her dream is to collect the poop of a pack-ice killer whale, something never done before. The film team deploys drones to get an aerial perspective of the whales as well as gyro-stabilized lenses ...

Before long, the giant whale circled back, flipping its tail and sending a wave of faeces-contaminated water onto crowd ...

But finding a poo, or scat, floating in the Southern Ocean is easier said than done. If Jess succeeds, she'll be the first person ever to collect a scat sample from a pack ice killer whale.

Scientists have discovered that whale poop is rich in iron and other nutrients, which may have helped fertilize the ocean and support marine life in the past. Blue whales, the largest animals on ...

The open-access study, the first to look at the forms of these trace metals in what’s commonly known as whale poop, was published in January in Communications Earth & Environment. “We made ...

Previously, scientists had documented high levels of nitrogen and carbon in whale poop, but the new study focused on trace metals, substances often lacking far from land but essential for ...