The team analyzed whale poop for iron, known to be especially limited in the Southern Ocean, as well as copper.

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Researchers found that whale feces contain iron and non-toxic copper, essential nutrients for ocean ecosystems. The study ...

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Deep in the Pacific, humans have tracked a mysterious whale’s call for decades—but no other whale seems to respond. And now, we might be running out of time to find the source.

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There is excitement and concern for North Atlantic right whale mother and calf spotted in busy shipping lanes.

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The origins of this whale of a tale date back to an article first published in the late 1800s by a Canadian newspaper.