SEATTLE — On April 24, the Pacific Whale Watch Association (PWAA) announced the arrival of Black Pearl, a humpback whale, and ...
The first baby humpback whale of the season has been spotted in the Salish Sea off Washington, photos show. A whale watching ...
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 ...
Sperm Whales Seen Using Poop to Defend Against Orcas In the study, researchers played underwater recordings of humpback whales to other whales off the coast of Alaska. They found that while most ...
A new method of whale detection will help protect cetaceans from ship disturbances and collisions in B.C.’s Salish Sea ... t yet detect the sounds of humpback whales but Mitchell said the ...
But despite their best efforts, most of the whales ignored them — or at least make no discernable acknowledgement of the sounds. But then, a female humpback named Twain began circling their boat.
Humpback whales typically feed by filling their large, pleated oral pouch with ocean water, then expelling the water through built-in filters called baleen, which retains krill and fish.
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 ...
The mother immediately attempted to ward off the killer whales by swishing her tail and fins. Unfortunately for the humpback family, the orcas had a variety of tricks on hand to secure the calf as ...
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 ...
“Simply put, she’s the whale who started it all,” Gless said. More humpback whales are expected to return to the Salish Sea ...
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.