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Scientists may finally know why orcas keep ramming into boats
6-3-2024 |
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The unexplained behavior has resulted in more than 700 cases of killer whales attacking and damaging boats.
Could whales granted legal 'personhood' status take us to court?
4-28-2024 | 6
In New Zealand, Indigenous leaders recently signed a remarkable new treaty to recognize whales as legal 'persons'.
Plan to use heavy metal music to deter orca attacks could backfire
11-21-2023 | 8
Sailors off the Iberian coast have been attempting to find ways to protect their boats from being attacked by killer whales.
Humpback whale filmed sneezing a rainbow
4-14-2018 | 6
A wildlife photographer recently captured the moment a whale's blowhole spray produced a spectacular rainbow.
Whales and dolphins lead 'human-like lives'
10-17-2017 | 8
Scientists have linked the brain size of cetaceans to the 'human-like' nature of their social behaviors.
Prehistoric whales were ferocious predators
8-30-2017 | 2
The ancestors of today's blue whales were deadly predators with rows of large, razor-sharp teeth.
Whales only became huge relatively recently
VIDEO 5-24-2017 | 12
They may be giants of the deep today, but blue whales only gained their huge size 2-3 million years ago.
Whales have been gathering in their hundreds
3-12-2017 | 16
In a peculiar change to their normal behavior, humpback whales have been seen congregating en masse.
Rare whales caught on film for the first time
VIDEO 3-7-2017 | 6
Three elusive True's beaked whales have been captured on camera during an expedition to the Azores.
650 whales end up stranded in New Zealand
2-11-2017 | 32
Volunteers have been struggling to refloat hundreds of whales after two consecutive mass strandings.
Very rare whale filmed for the first time
VIDEO 11-1-2015 | 3
Researchers have managed to record the first ever footage of one of the world's most elusive whales.
Bowhead whales could hold key to longevity
1-4-2015 | 17
Scientists have identified the genes that enable these aquatic mammals to live in excess of 200 years.
'Incredible discovery' at Lake Champlain
11-6-2014 | 28
Researchers seeking the lake's famous monster have found evidence that beluga whales may be living there.
Megalodon extinction gave whales a boost
10-24-2014 | 25
The disappearance of the world's biggest shark may have enabled whales to grow to huge sizes.
Endangered blue whale numbers on the rise
9-6-2014 | 14
A conservation success story off the coast of California has seen blue whales thriving in recent years.
Whales spark 'sea monster' rumors in Ghana
9-3-2013 | 15
The remains of at least three whales have mysteriously washed up on different beaches across Ghana.
'Extinct' whale species discovered alive
12-23-2012 | 14
The pygmy whale is the last living relative of a group of whales that died out millions of years ago.
Whales are polite conversationalists
10-29-2009 | 0
A group of marine biologists have developed a new tool that can detect and identify the sounds made by individual whales...
Killer whales visit 'social clubs'
8-13-2009 | 7
It has been revealed that Killer whales visit their own type of social clubs much the same way as humans do with congreg...
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