its body drifts to the ocean floor in a process known as whale fall. For more than a decade, a succession of sea creatures will live off of the whale’s body by stripping it and burrowing into ...

For more than a decade, a succession of sea creatures have lived off of this whale’s body by stripping it and burrowing into ...

When whales die, their massive bodies contain a large amount of carbon. As their carcasses sink to the ocean floor—often referred to as “whale fall,” this carbon is effectively stored in the ocean for ...

Eventually the ocean giant will begin to sink, falling kilometre after kilometre, until finally coming to rest on the seabed. This is when the carcass becomes known as a whale fall. Whale falls can ...

Eventually the ocean giant will begin to sink, falling kilometre after kilometre, until finally coming to rest on the seabed. This is when the carcass becomes known as a whale fall. Whale falls can ...

For The Deep episode, we wanted to show what happens to a whale after it dies – how its body sinks and becomes the basis for an entire deep-sea ecosystem. A whalefall, as it’s known by deep ...

"It's called whale fall - this is mainly thinking about animals of the deep ocean, but when they fall and die and sink to the bottom of the ocean, they form these little nutrient rich islands that ...

However, admirers of classic literature might have a softer spot for stories in which a human protagonist comes into conflict ...