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
0
38
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
0
43
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
1
21
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
0
2
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
0
18
A shark specialist and a life scientist are reporting on video evidence of a whale shark observed bottom-feeding for the first time. Darren Whitehead, Investigación Tiburones México and Joel Gayford, a life scientist at ...
A controversial research project in Norway on whales' hearing was suspended after a whale drowned, researchers said on Wednesday, as activists slammed the "cruel and pointless" experiments.
Ecology
Jun 7, 2023
2
673
Whales have long fascinated us with their size and beauty. Once we stopped whaling, their populations have begun to recover, in a major win for conservation.
Plants & Animals
Jun 5, 2023
0
2
Do whales increase the removal of carbon from the atmosphere?
Plants & Animals
Jun 4, 2023
0
133
