Humpback whales typically feed by filling their large, pleated oral pouch with ocean water, then expelling the water through ...
The main difference will be for two groups that swim the Salish Sea. Communities around Puget Sound are familiar with resident orcas, which are commonly seen. Bigg's killer whales spend more time ...
A new method of whale detection will help protect cetaceans from ship disturbances and collisions in B.C.’s Salish Sea, an ...
A dead humpback whale washed up on a Jersey Shore beach early Thursday, officials said. The whale, which is estimated to be about 25 to 30 feet long, was found in the area of 51st Street in Long ...
The first study of humpback whale entanglements in B.C. aquaculture facilities found eight over 13 years, with the curiosity of young whales a potential contributing factor. Entanglements are one ...
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 ...
Baleen whales eat between 10 and 20 tons a day, a 2021 Nature report found. That’s the caloric equivalent of eating 70-80 thousand Big Macs per day, the researchers told NPR. Humpback whales ...
Mar. 31—Despite decades of observations, data and research, marine animal scientists have rarely gotten a glimpse of humpback whales in the actual act of mating. Despite decades of observations ...
A total of 424 volunteers gathered data from the shores of Kaua’i, O’ahu, Moloka’i and Hawai’i islands during the Hawaiian Islands Humpback ... A total of 72 whales were observed during ...
It may not look like it, but whales have hair. Some lose it after birth, while others – including the humpback and right whales – have short hairs on their face. Whales give birth to live ...
Blue whales are baleen whales. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, they almost exclusively eat krill, which they strain out of huge water gulps through baleen plates.