Dolphins and Whales News
May 9, 2024
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Apr. 12, 2024 Marine researchers have mapped the density of one of the most endangered large whale species worldwide, the North Atlantic right whale, using new data to help avoid right whales' harmful exposure to commercial fisheries and vessel strikes. The ...
Apr. 8, 2024 Genetic analysis finds evidence suggesting that acoustic fat bodies in the heads of toothed whales were once the muscles and bone marrow of the ...
Mar. 25, 2024 Biologists use a novel method of simultaneous acoustic tagging to gain insights into the link between whale communication and ...
Mar. 20, 2024 The largest living animal, the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) which averages about 27 meters in length, has slowly recovered from whaling only to face the rising challenges of global warming, ...
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Mar. 21, 2024 The first study of humpback whale entanglements in B.C. aquaculture facilities found eight over 13 years, with the curiosity of young whales a ...
Mar. 20, 2024 Measuring between 3 to 3.5 meters, 16 million years old: Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new species of freshwater dolphin in the Peruvian Amazon region. Surprisingly, its closest ...
Mar. 20, 2024 Killer whales foraging in deep submarine canyons off the coast of California represent a distinct subpopulation that uses specialized hunting ...
Mar. 15, 2024 Researchers believe a group of killer whales observed hunting marine mammals including sperm whales, as well as a sea turtle, in the open ocean off ...
Mar. 13, 2024 Females of some whale species have evolved to live drastically longer lives so they can care for their families, new research ...
Mar. 13, 2024 New findings show the severe impact of fishing gear entanglements on the survival of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, with every ...
Mar. 2, 2024 An orca (killer whale) has been observed, for the first-ever time, individually consuming a great white shark -- and within just two ...
Feb. 29, 2024 A 30 million year-old fossil whale may not be the heaviest animal of all time after all, according to a new analysis by paleontologists. The new analysis puts Perucetus colossus back in the same ...
Feb. 21, 2024 The population of bowhead whales that migrates between the Bering and Beaufort Seas each year is a conservation success story, with today's ...
Feb. 21, 2024 Researchers evaluated the prevalence, concentration and tissue distribution of essential and non-essential trace elements, including heavy metal toxicants in tissue (blubber, kidney, liver, skeletal ...
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Feb. 21, 2024 The iconic baleen whales, such as the blue, gray and humpback whale, depend on sound for communication in the vast marine environment where they live. Now researchers have for the first time found ...
Feb. 9, 2024 Beaked whales are among the least studied mammals in the world. Now, a new study reveals surprising information about the Baird's beaked whale ...
Jan. 24, 2024 New research revealed a daily pattern wherein humpback whales move their singing away from shore throughout the day and return to the nearshore in the ...
Dec. 12, 2023 A team of scientists had a close encounter with a non-human (aquatic) intelligence. The Whale-SETI team has been studying humpback whale communication systems in an effort to develop intelligence ...
Nov. 29, 2023 New research has provided a detailed examination of England's bottlenose dolphin population's existence and the challenges it faces from human activities and environmental factors on a ...
Nov. 16, 2023 A team has created an interactive dashboard called WhaleVis, which lets users map data on global whale catches and whaling routes from 1880 to 1986. Scientists can compare this historical data and ...
Oct. 26, 2023 Endangered whales and dolphins live year-round in an area of the Mediterranean earmarked for oil and gas exploration, new research ...
Oct. 17, 2023 Whaling in the 20th century destroyed 99% of the Eastern North Pacific fin whale breeding population. Because there is enough genetic diversity, current conservation measures should help the ...
Oct. 12, 2023 Dynamic and changing Arctic Ocean conditions have likely caused three major mortality events in the eastern North Pacific gray whale population since the ...
Oct. 11, 2023 Both elegant and fierce, killer whales are some of the oceans' top predators, but even they can be exposed to environmental pollution. Now, in the largest study to date on North Atlantic killer ...
Oct. 11, 2023 Evolutionary biologists have for the first time decoded the genetic lineage of a famous killer whale and a pod that once worked alongside whale hunters off the coast of Australia. In the Australian ...
Oct. 2, 2023 Commercial whaling in the 20th century decimated populations of large whales but also appears to have had a lasting impact on the genetic diversity of today’s surviving whales, new research ...
Sep. 28, 2023 For decades, fish-eating killer whales in the Pacific Northwest have been observed harassing and even killing porpoises without consuming them —- a perplexing behavior that has long intrigued ...
Sep. 27, 2023 A new article has analyzed another understudied behavior in baleen (filter-feeding) whales such as humpback whales in different populations across the northern and southern hemispheres. They appeared ...
Aug. 31, 2023 An international team of marine scientists has studied the DNA of family groups from four different whale species to estimate their mutation rates. Using the newly determined rates, the group found ...
Aug. 10, 2023 Microscopic plastic particles have been found in the fats and lungs of two-thirds of the marine mammals in a graduate student's study of ocean microplastics. The presence of polymer particles ...
Aug. 9, 2023 Gray whales that spend their summers feeding off the coast of Oregon are shorter than their counterparts who travel north to the Arctic for food, new research ...
Aug. 8, 2023 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 ...
July 31, 2023 The smallest member of the filter-feeding family is one of the only whale species not to embark on seasonal migrations, new research ...
July 20, 2023 Female killer whales live up to ninety years in the wild, and most live an average of twenty-two years after menopause. Scientists have long wondered why humans and some whale species spend a ...
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- Killer Whales' Diet More Important Than Location for Pollutant Exposure
- Evolutionary Secrets of 'Old Tom' And the Killer Whales of Eden Revealed by Genetic Study
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- Amazon Dolphins at Risk from Fishing, Dams and Dredging
- Estimating the Long-Term Effects of Whale Shark Feeding Practices
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- Global Warming Puts Whales in the Southern Ocean on a Diet
- Singing Humpback Whales Respond to Wind Noise, but Not Boats
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- Inbreeding Contributes to Decline of Endangered Killer Whales
- Unraveling Whale Entanglement Risk Factors Off Oregon Coast
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- Centuries of Whaling Data Highlight Likely Climate Change Effect
- Blue Whale Foraging and Reproduction Are Related to Environmental Conditions, Study Shows
- Mysterious New Behavior Seen in Whales May Be Recorded in Ancient Manuscripts
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- Toxic Toilet Paper and Long-Lasting Chemicals Found in Endangered Killer Whales
- Dolphins 'shout' Over Loud Underwater Noise to Complete a Cooperative Task
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- Hidden in Plain Sight: Biologists Say Southern Right Whale Habitat Choice Is Key to Keeping Young Calves Safe
- Right Whales' Survival Rates Plummet After Severe Injury from Fishing Gear
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- Watch Dolphins Line Up to Self-Medicate Skin Ailments at Coral 'clinics'
- Unlocking the Secrets of Killer Whale Diets and Their Role in Climate Change
Thursday, May 12, 2022
- Smaller Female North Atlantic Right Whales Have Fewer Calves: Declining Body Size May Contribute to Low Birth Rates
- Unusually Fast Beaked Whale Has Special Deep-Sea Hunting Strategy
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- Dolphin Bycatch from Fishing Practices Unsustainable, Study Finds
- Giant Marine Reptiles at 2,800 Meters Above Sea Level
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- New Study Determines Parentage, Age, and Survival of North Atlantic Right Whales Using Genetic Testing
- Here’s Why Whales Don’t Drown When They Gulp Down Food Underwater