A new tool uses facial recognition technology to identify individual whales and dolphins in the wild across 24 species. The research was led by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 19, 2023
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NOAA scientists have tracked a steady climb in ocean temperatures since April 2023, which is causing unprecedented heat stress conditions in the Caribbean Basin, including waters surrounding Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico.
Environment
Jul 17, 2023
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A pod of 55 pilot whales have died after they were found washed ashore on a beach in Scotland in the worst mass whale stranding in the area, marine experts said Monday.
Ecology
Jul 17, 2023
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Monika Wieland Shields, Director of the Orca Behavior Institute, has observed orcas in the Salish Sea, a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean located in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington, ...
Ecology
Jul 13, 2023
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Researchers have finally settled a decades-long dispute about the evolutionary origins of the pygmy right whale.
Plants & Animals
Jul 10, 2023
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We humans can be a scary acquaintance for whales in the wild. This includes marine biologists tagging them with measuring devices to understand them better. These experiences can make whales behave erratically for a while. ...
Ecology
Jul 6, 2023
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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
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