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Currently known only from whaling and stranding specimens primarily from the western Pacific and eastern Indian Oceans, there exist no confirmed field observations or ecological/behavioural data.
Read moreOriginally believed to be a minke whale, a postmortem revealed it to be a fin whale. It was the fifth fin whale to be stranded in the county for the last 25 years.
Read moreFeeding performance of blue whales vary wide as a function of prey density and distribution, according to new research just published in Science Advances.
Read moreScientists studying blue whales off California's coast discovered that blue whales modify the intensity of their efforts when hunting krill in order to conserve energy.
Read moreThe sighting was made on August 24th, when Professor Russell Wynn, a Senior Research Scientist from the National Oceanography Centre {NOC), was undertaking a marine mammal survey and observing some fin whales, while on board the RRS James Cook
Read moreBlue and fin whales are common inhabitants of the Southern California Bight, but little is known about their use of the area.
Read moreIn terms of passion and endurance, sperm whale photography poses some of the greatest challenges to the underwater photographer, both technically and physically.
Read moreThe basic role of Mx genes is to make proteins that fight viral infections such as HIV, measles and flu.
Read moreThe five-member research team is part of a Cetacean Population Study team under a United Nations Development Programme project on Mainstreaming Coastal and Marine Biodiversity.
Read moreOceanographer Robert Ballard and his team were exploring the Gulf of Mexico for E/V Nautilus, an expedition to map the Galapagos Rift and gain a better understanding of how life develops around hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor.
Read moreUntil now, it was believed there were two distinct groups of gray whales: the Eastern gray whale (EGW), found along the west coast of North America, and the critically-endangered Western gray whale (WGW), found along the coast of eastern Asia.
Read moreThe Japanese Government had submitted a plan named NEWREP-A for a revamped "research whaling" program for review by an expert panel of the International Whaling Commission.
Read moreScientists have known that humpback whales have a trick or two when it comes to finding prey at the bottom of the ocean, but how they locate a meal at night with little or no light has remained a mystery.
Read moreThe Cetacean Free and Safe Passage resolution outlines the ills of captivity and states that these magnificent beings ought to be protected in their environment, and resolves:
Read moreAbout 50 baleen whales live in an underwater canyon off the Florida Panhandle, making them the only resident baleen whales in the Gulf of Mexico, have long been classified as Bryde's whales Several other baleen species visit the Gulf, but this gr
Read moreTo better understand where important whale habitat and shipping lanes overlap along the U.S. West Coast, scientists attached satellite tags to 171 whales off the coast of California during summer and early fall from 1993 to 2008.
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