How long can these other whale species live? Industrial whaling, which ended only in the 1960s, removed old whales from the world’s whale populations. Though many whale populations are ...

possibly several species. Ten different “ecotypes” of killer whales have now been proposed: populations that look different, have different prey preferences, feeding habits and acoustic ...

as there has been much interbreeding between rorqual species. But we now know that rorquals took a different ecological and ...

Even when taken from 620km up, this imagery is sharp enough to capture the distinctive shapes of different species. The team will soon conduct an audit of fin whales in the Mediterranean.

Many different species of whales are facing extinction. In particular, the number of blue and hump-backed whales is falling sharply. That's why the International Whaling Commission announced a ban ...

A group of scientists saw over 75 North Atlantic right whales gathered in the Gulf of Maine. Here's what we know.

which spans the range of 'clicks' that different species of deep-diving whales employ. For comparison, they also tested real (but dead) squid and pieces of squid beak that had been recovered from the ...

Cantor explained that it is rare to observe two clans of the same species that live so close ... for the segregation of clans of sperm whales with different 'dialects',” said Cantor in the ...

MAINE, USA — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has withdrawn a proposed regulation intended to protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale from vessel strikes ...