Tag: whales

The Bowheads of Baffin Island

2/14/2025 - By Tyee Bridge. New tools—from drones to crossbows to suction-cup cameras—are helping researchers understand bowhead whales in the Canadian Arctic. Bowhead whales are fascinating creatures—even by whale standards. Named for their arched mouths, which happen to be the largest maws of any animal⁠, these whales are now also believed to… SEE MORE

The Coming Collision Between Whales and Tankers on British Columbia’s Coast

11/1/2024 - By Laura Trethewey. Decades after they were hunted to local extinction, fin whales are recovering in the Kitimat fjord system—only to be threatened by a booming LNG industry. Before I make the long trek to visit Hermann Meuter at his research station on a lonely stretch of British Columbia’s north… SEE MORE

North Atlantic right whale feeding. (Image credit: Christin Khan/NOAA Fisheries)

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $9 Million for Partnerships to Recover North Atlantic Right Whales

8/24/2024 - By noaa.gov. Inflation Reduction Act enables new grants to conserve and recover endangered whales. Today, NOAA Fisheries announced over $9 million from Inflation Reduction Act funds to support strategic partnerships aimed at improving fishing gear and population monitoring that will help the recovery of North Atlantic right whales. These partnerships include collaborations… SEE MORE

More Whale Falls Found off Los Angeles than in the Rest of the World Combined

7/16/2024 - By Douglas Main. A mysterious discovery reveals how little we know about the deep ocean. A pair of scientific surveys recently turned up a few surprises on the seafloor off the coast of Los Angeles, California. First, there were the tens of thousands of naval weapons. And then, researchers found… SEE MORE

Using Suction Cups Inspired by Fish to Listen in on Whale Conversations

4/10/2024 - By Leah Burrows. In their ambitious goal to understand and ultimately communicate with sperm whales, research scientists from Project CETI have enlisted the help of unlikely collaborators — clingfish. Project CETI, launched in 2020 by a team of interdisciplinary scientists, aims to listen to, contextualize, and translate the communication of sperm whales,… SEE MORE

Mother and calf humpback whales near Maui, Hawaii. Humpback whales in the Pacific Ocean swim approximately 3,000 miles from Alaska to Hawaii to spend the winter in the warmer tropical waters. Credit: Jason Moore (NOAA permit #18786)

Whale Week Highlights: A Message from Kim Damon-Randall, Director of NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources

Coastal News

2/21/2024 - By fisheries.noaa.gov. Welcome to Whale Week 2024! Whales share many similarities to humans. Like us, they have social interactions, care for their young, and several species can sing. They can live for more than 100 years. Dive in with us to explore the wonders of more than 30 whale species in… SEE MORE

Stock image of orca whale . PHOTO: GETTY

45-minute Long Orca Attack Sinks yet Another Yacht off Morocco

11/11/2023 - By Michelle Butterfield. Killer whales are at it again, this time attacking and sinking a Polish yacht off the coast of Morocco. The incident happened in the Strait of Gibraltar last week, when a pod of orcas set their sights on the Grazie Mamma II, a vessel owned by Polish touring company Morskie Mile.… SEE MORE

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Beached Sperm Whales Norfolk by WikkiCommons.

You Can Help Save Beached Whales

9/17/2023 - By oceangrafixblog.wordpress.com About 2,000 dolphins and whales beach themselves each year, mostly resulting in death. But there is a lot you can do to help save them if you are a mariner. Locations and causes of beaching Whale beachings happen year-round, almost anywhere, and sometimes they can be very dramatic. Just a… SEE MORE

Federal Appeals Court Rules for Maine Lobstermen on Right Whales

6/20/2023 - By Chris Chase in Northeast AU.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has ruled in favor of Maine lobstermen in ordering the National Marine Fisheries Service to vacate a 2021 biological opinion regarding North Atlantic right whales that led to more stringent rules being implemented for lobster… SEE MORE

Southern right whale by Wikimedia Commons

Whale’s Ingesting Up to 10 Million Microplastic Pieces Daily

6/9/2023 - By news.stanford.edu. Analysis of ocean plastic pollution and whale foraging behavior tracked with noninvasive tags shows whales are ingesting tiny specks of plastic in far bigger quantities than previously thought, and nearly all of it comes from the animals they eat – not the water they gulp. The largest animals… SEE MORE