World’s ‘Loneliest Whale’ Might Be a Sterile Hybrid—and a Dire Warning
A mysterious whale that has puzzled scientists for decades may not be an anomaly, but a clue to what climate change is doing ...
WATCH a Blue whale makes a splash off San Diego coast
Blue whales are the largest animals to have ever lived on Earth, with some mature adults reaching 100 feet and tipping the ...
Live Science22 天
Whales: Facts about the largest animals on Earth
Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...
Grist5 天
What ‘the world’s loneliest whale’ may be telling us about climate change
“Blue whales are still struggling to recover from centuries of whaling, with some populations remaining at less than 5 percent of their historical numbers,” Calambokidis said. While the number ...
Whale pee moves vital nutrients thousands of miles
“One big difference is that whales are often traveling thousands of miles across ocean basins–great whales undertake the longest migration of any mammal,” says Roman. “So they connect areas close to ...
Where are all the baby blue whales? Scientists may have finally cracked the mystery
Blue whales migrate during summer to feed in colder regions where krill is plentiful, like in the waters off California. They return to warmer regions such as the Gulf of California and the eastern ...
Blubber Bath: When Dead Whale Carcasses Were Used as Health Cures
Time spent sewn up in a whale wasn’t the only curious historical treatment for rheumatism. Elixirs of dubious origin promised ...
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Complete fin whale carcass found for first time in Taiwan
A complete carcass of a fin whale was discovered off the coast of Yilan County, the first time the world’s second-largest marine mammal has been discovered in its entirety near Taiwan, the Taiwan ...