Filter-feeding whales are consuming millions of particles of microplastic pollution a day, according to a study, making them the largest consumers of plastic waste on…
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‘Aural tattoos’: sperm whales use sounds to signal social identity, say scientists
Sperm whales are among the deepest divers on the planet. They are natural submarines, spending 70% of their time foraging for squid in the dark…
View More ‘Aural tattoos’: sperm whales use sounds to signal social identity, say scientistsUS drafts new speed limits on shipping to help save endangered whales
Vessels off the US east coast must slow down more often to help save a vanishing species of whale from extinction, the federal government said.…
View More US drafts new speed limits on shipping to help save endangered whalesThe last hunt? Future in peril for ‘the unicorn of the sea’
Age Hammeken Danielsen has hunted narwhals since he was a child. He and his father would travel along Greenland’s fjords on a small motorboat, armed…
View More The last hunt? Future in peril for ‘the unicorn of the sea’Five ways AI is saving wildlife – from counting chimps to locating whales
There’s a strand of thinking, from sci-fi films to Stephen Hawking, that suggests artificial intelligence (AI) could spell doom for humans. But conservationists are increasingly…
View More Five ways AI is saving wildlife – from counting chimps to locating whalesOrcas recorded killing and feeding on blue whales in brutal attacks
From snatching sea lions off beaches to stunning fish with a strike of their tails, orcas are renowned for their highly specialised hunting techniques passed…
View More Orcas recorded killing and feeding on blue whales in brutal attacksCan fake whale poo experiment net Australian scientists a share of Elon Musk’s US$100m climate prize?
Scientists and engineers have pumped 300 litres of simulated whale poo into the ocean off Sydney as part of efforts to snag a share of…
View More Can fake whale poo experiment net Australian scientists a share of Elon Musk’s US$100m climate prize?Entangled whale cannot be freed with newborn calf close by, ocean experts say
Ocean experts who are monitoring a North Atlantic right whale that gave birth while entangled in fishing rope say there is little chance of removing…
View More Entangled whale cannot be freed with newborn calf close by, ocean experts sayBlue whales returning to Spain’s Atlantic coast after 40-year absence
Blue whales, the world’s largest mammals, are returning to Spain’s Atlantic coast after an absence of more than 40 years. The first one was spotted…
View More Blue whales returning to Spain’s Atlantic coast after 40-year absence‘My God, I’m in a whale’s mouth’: lobster diver on brush with hungry humpback
A New England lobsterman has described the moment he realised he was trapped in the mouth of a humpback whale off the coast of Cape…
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