Courtship and procreative behavior in many species of elasmobranchs—cartilaginous fish including rays, sawfish, sharks, and skates—may include following and biting. However, there has been little research on procreative ...
A French marine park on Sunday closed down definitively over a 2021 law banning shows featuring marine mammals, leaving uncertain futures for the two last orcas in captivity in the country, hundreds of other animals as well ...
Ecology
Jan 6, 2025
0
0
Two rare female whales have been documented off the coast of Florida, each with a calf, marine surveyors said.
Plants & Animals
Jan 5, 2025
0
19
At the most northerly tip of the UK, looking north from the island of Muckle Flugga, Shetland, the cold wind whips up the sea and gannets dive.
Environment
Jan 2, 2025
1
8
According to Britannica, "art" can be described as something "consciously created through an expression of skill or imagination"—whereas Wikipedia defines it more narrowly as a human activity. But are humans the only species ...
Ecology
Jan 2, 2025
0
1
Southern right whales have lifespans that reach well past 100 years, and 10% may live past 130 years, according to our new research published in the journal Science Advances. Some of these whales may live to 150. This lifespan ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 25, 2024
0
63
New research published in Science Advances reveals that right whales can survive for more than 130 years—almost twice as long as previously understood.
Plants & Animals
Dec 20, 2024
0
196
Extensive genetic testing in Queensland's environmentally rich Hervey Bay coastal area has revealed the presence of toxic algae not detected in Australian waters before. The study is published in Marine Pollution Bulletin.
Ecology
Dec 19, 2024
0
1
Two endangered whales have been spotted entangled in fishing gear off Massachusetts, and one is likely to die from its injuries, the federal government said.
Ecology
Dec 18, 2024
0
0
A team of marine biologists, zoologists, and cetologists from Université Paris-Saclay, Université d'Antananarivo and Ambodiforaha Sainte Marie has learned more about the ways baby humpback whales and their mothers communicate.
Whales are marine mammals of order Cetacea which are neither dolphins—members, in other words, of the families Delphinidae or Platanistoidae—nor porpoises. They include the blue whale, the largest living animal. Orcas, colloquially referred to as "killer whales", and pilot whales have whale in their name but for the purpose of biological classification they are actually dolphins. For centuries whales have been hunted for meat and as a source of valuable raw materials. By the middle of the 20th century, large-scale industrial whaling had left many species seriously endangered.
This text uses material from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA