There has been much buzz about the warming planet's melting Arctic region opening shipping routes and lengthening travel seasons in ocean passageways that ice once blocked. Expanded fishing, trade and tourism is envisioned. ...
Ecology
Jul 5, 2023
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Researchers have discovered a flesh-eating fish is in major decline—by looking at the stomach content of some of the world's largest bird, albatrosses.
Plants & Animals
Jun 28, 2023
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From the 20-foot-long jawbones of the filter-feeding blue whale to the short, but bone-crushing, jaws of the hyena and the delicate chin bones of a human, the pair of lower jawbones characteristic of mammals have evolved ...
Evolution
Jun 27, 2023
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Oregon State University researchers estimate that gray whales feeding off the Oregon Coast consume up to 21 million microparticles per day, a finding informed in part by poop from the whales.
Plants & Animals
Jun 26, 2023
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The attacks started suddenly and inexplicably in the spring of 2020—pods of endangered killer whales began ramming yachts and fishing boats in European waters, pushing some off course and imperiling others.
Plants & Animals
Jun 20, 2023
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Iceland's government said Tuesday it was suspending this year's whale hunt until the end of August due to animal welfare concerns, likely bringing the controversial practice to a historic end.
Ecology
Jun 20, 2023
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Groups of killer whales have rammed hundreds of small boats off the coast of Spain in recent years in "terrifying" behavior that has baffled scientists.
Ecology
Jun 12, 2023
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Off the coast of Spain and Portugal, killer whales have been biting boats. And the famous beluga whale nicknamed "Hvaldimir" has popped up again—this time in Sweden. When first spotted in Norway in 2019, wearing a suspicious ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 9, 2023
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A small international team of marine scientists has found that a drop in southern right whale populations who spend part of their lives off the coast of Argentina, is due to attacks on calves by kelp gulls. In their study, ...
An uncommonly large grouping of orcas for Northern California—roughly two dozen killer whales—were spotted by a whale watching tour off the coast of San Francisco last month, likely gathered together to celebrate a successful ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 8, 2023
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