France on Saturday banned the breeding in captivity of dolphins and killer whales under tighter rules that campaigners hope will eventually herald the end of shows involving the animals.
Plants & Animals
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The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever existed, weighing as much as two thousand people together. This is why this cetacean was the most chased species in the world due to its size and economic yield when whaling ...
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May 2, 2022
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Certain species of whales, seals and other endangered marine mammals could fall victim to COVID-19 infection through wastewater and sewage that seeps into their marine habitats, researchers at Dalhousie say in a new study ...
Ecology
Nov 9, 2020
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The above photo captures a beluga calf exhaling thousands of tiny droplets of respiratory vapour, which are valuable to science. The droplets—snot, essentially—help researchers like U of M's Justine Hudson measure stress ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 26, 2018
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Scientists have discovered that beluga whales and narwhals go through the menopause—taking the total number of species known to experience this to five.
Plants & Animals
Aug 27, 2018
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A remarkable new fossil from China reveals for the first time that a group of reptiles were already using whale-like filter feeding 250 million years ago.
Evolution
Aug 7, 2023
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A trio of researchers with the National Oceanography Centre in the U.K. has found depression marks on the sea floor in a very deep part of the ocean—they suggest the marks may have been made by deep-diving whales. In their ...
Icelandic whaling company Hvalur said Tuesday it would resume its controversial hunt of endangered fin whales after a two-year suspension, sparking angry protests from animal rights activists.
Ecology
Apr 17, 2018
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Humpback whales learn songs in segments – like the verses of a human song – and can remix them, a new study involving University of Queensland research has found.
Plants & Animals
Jul 25, 2017
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They're one of the most endangered mammals in the world, and a species you may never have even heard of: North Atlantic right whales.
Ecology
Oct 19, 2023
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