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Orcas (Orcinus orca) might be even more ferocious predators than we give them credit for. Scientists have discovered orcas that have learned to hunt whale sharks (Rhincodon typus), the largest fish in the world. Marine biologists documented the never-before-confirmed behavior among orcas living in the Southern Gulf of California, the body of water between the […]
Norwegian Orca Survey The tame beluga whale approached Norwegian fishermen in 2019, wearing a harness, leading to speculation that it was an escaped Russian “spy whale” The mystery as to why a beluga whale appeared off the coast of Norway wearing a harness may finally have been solved. The tame white whale, which locals named […]
OSAKA, Nov 07 (News On Japan) – A whale shark that mysteriously appeared in a river has been identified as one previously kept at an aquarium in Osaka Prefecture. In a river in Uwajima City, Ehime Prefecture, locals spotted the whale shark, which typically resides in warm ocean waters. As night fell, crowds of children […]
Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative) aims to collect millions to billions of high-quality, highly contextualized vocalizations in order to understand how sperm whales communicate. But finding the whales and knowing where they will surface to capture the data is challenging — making it difficult to attach listening devices and collect visual information. Today, a Project […]
Hong Kong’s conservation department has suggested authorities give it the power to temporarily block off part of the city’s waters and consider a ban on whale watching as part of protection measures, following the death of one of the marine mammals last year. But Dolphin Conservation Society chairman Taison Chang Kai-tai on Wednesday cast doubt […]
In the final few weeks of the presidential race, some polls and prediction markets are indicating we could have Donald Trump back in office come January 2025. For the first time since August, the former president overtook Vice President Kamala Harris in The Economist’s statistical model of America’s presidential election, and some other news outlets […]
© Felipe Fontecilla + 15 Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or https://www.archdaily.com/1022567/pavilion-for-good-sleep-whale Area Area of this architecture project Area: 50 m² Year Completion year of this architecture project Year: 2023 Photographs © Felipe Fontecilla Text description provided by the architects. A pavilion for good sleep requires an eastern orientation, to wake up with […]
Unpacking the Colombian cocaine kidnapping saga; the myth-making of Ray McCauley; plus images of a young humpback whale that washed ashore – all in your Weekend Wrap. Source link
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian man was rescued in the stormy Sea of Okhotsk after surviving for more than two months in a tiny inflatable boat that lost its engine, but his brother and nephew have died, officials said Tuesday. The prosecutor’s office in the far east of Russia said that the man was rescued […]
“In a case like this, where you have a jet ski really harassing a whale – and jet skis are very noisy underwater – it definitely could be a behaviour whether it’s a warning, or just like letting them know that the whale is there, or trying to bear them off, which is sometimes what […]