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Thanks to satellite tracking, researchers were able to find out more about a population of fin whales that have been living in the Gulf of California all year round, an unusual behavioural trait since this species is known to migrate great distanc
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Short-finned pilot whales off the coast of Hawaii have their own vocal dialects, according to a study by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).
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Over 13 consecutive years, researchers from The University of Queensland (UQ) studied the structure and complexity of songs sung by the eastern Australian humpback whale population as they migrated off the coast of southeast Queensland from 2002 t
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A team of scientists used high-resolution satellite images provided by Maxar Techologies’ DigitalGlobal to detect, count and describe four whale species.
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Japan calls for an end to a decades-old ban on commercial whaling arguing there is no longer a scientific reason for what was supposed to be a temporary measure.
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Two beluga whales will set off from an aquarium in China to a sanctuary in Iceland billed as the first of its kind for cetaceans.
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The effort to establish the retirement community for cetaceans started two years ago when the Whale Sanctuary Project, based in the United States, announced it was looking at sites in North America where it could set-up a large seaside enclosure.
Read moreA new population of at least 700 blue whales has been found living between the North and South Islands of New Zealand.
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Human voices develop as the individual grows up, and it appears to be the same for North Atlantic right whales.
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A study published recently in the PLOS ONE journal describe how bowhead whales were observed engaging in behaviour that promoted exfoliation of molting skin.
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Most animals tend to be "right-handed" or they tend to favour the right side when they go about their normal activities. Called lateralisation bias, this refers to a preference for using a specific side of the body, be it the right or left.
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Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust (HWDT) is a marine conservation charity that takes action through a unique programme of community based research and education.
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,Ocean Conservancy, Oceana, The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund to Receive Funding Over Five-Year Period to Enhance Marine Conservation, Research and Education Related Efforts
On Tuesday 22. August 2017, The Pacific Life Foundation announced a $2 million grant to four national marine mammal and ocean-focused nonprofit agencies.
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In a new bid to protect endangered right whales, the Canadian federal government is ordering large vessels to slow down in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Ships larger than 20m traveling the Gulf of St.
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The earliest fossil cetaceans, which existed 50 million years ago, had teeth. However, baleen whales have evolved to become filter feeders that prey almost exclusively on small crustaceans such as krill.
How did that happen?
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Research data from the past has revealed that one of the signs of impending global collapse of the population of whales is the shrinking sizes of the whales.
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