Killer whales breathe just once between dives, study confirms
A new study has confirmed the long-held assumption that orcas take just one breath between dives.
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News tagged with whale
How neighboring whales learn each other's language
Researchers from Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative) and collaborating institutions have developed a method to investigate sperm whale communication by determining their vocal style, finding that groups living ...
Ecology
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Young whale's journey highlights threats facing ocean animals
A young whale's journey across the Mediterranean highlights the many threats facing ocean animals, researchers say.
Plants & Animals
May 14, 2024
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Q&A: Sei whale death sparks conversations about ecology, marine safety
A dead whale was found on the bow of a cruise ship that arrived in New York City. The whale was identified as an endangered sei whale. An official necropsy confirmed it was a mature female. Experts are trying to figure out ...
Ecology
May 13, 2024
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Small but mighty, plankton are among the most powerful creatures on Earth
If you go to the beach and dip a bucket in the sea, you might at first think it contains lifeless water. But examine that water under a microscope and you will see your bucket contains a universe of microscopic life, in the ...
Ecology
May 13, 2024
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Transformation of ocean management is underway, study finds
Marine ecosystem-based management (EBM) is a growing practice of ocean stewardship and conservation that offers benefits to the production of healthy, local food and the preservation of clean water, as well as recreation, ...
Ecology
May 9, 2024
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Japan Fisheries Agency proposes allowing commercial catching of fin whales
Japan's Fisheries Agency has proposed a plan to allow catching fin whales in addition to three smaller whale species currently permitted under the country's commercial whaling around its coast, officials said Thursday.
Ecology
May 9, 2024
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Using algorithms to decode the complex phonetic alphabet of sperm whales
The allure of whales has stoked human consciousness for millennia, casting these ocean giants as enigmatic residents of the deep seas. From the biblical Leviathan to Herman Melville's formidable Moby Dick, whales have been ...
Ecology
May 7, 2024
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Listening to giants: The search for the elusive Antarctic blue whale
Blue whales are the largest animals on Earth, measuring up to 30 meters long and weighing up to 200 tons—as much as a Boeing 787. Yet it's the sound they make, not their size, which gives their location away.
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May 6, 2024
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How human activities are impacting one of the world's most remote whale species
Even in the deepest and most remote parts of the ocean, beaked whales cannot escape the harmful effects of human activity. From military sonar, targeted hunting and ship strikes to climate change, plastic pollution and oil ...
Plants & Animals
May 6, 2024
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