Humpback whale swallows and spits out kayaker in incident captured on camera
A humpback whale briefly swallowed a 24-year-old kayaker last Saturday during a father-son excursion out on the icy waters ...
Some whales sing low enough to be 'acoustically invisible' to predators: research
New research suggests male baleen whales looking for love sing a different tune when attracting a mate, and it all depends on ...
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Cautious Whales Sing In A Whisper Orcas Cannot Hear
Blue whales are not just the largest animals alive today, but the largest animals to ever live on Earth. They can stretch ...
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Protecting the next generation of whales
Benefits that whales bring extend far beyond the ocean – they help us, humans, too. Coastal communities around the world rely on healthy oceans for food and livelihoods to support their families.
Some species of baleen whales may avoid attracting killer whales by singing too low to be heard
Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...
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Whales have developed an impressive strategy to evade predators
Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.
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Blue Whales, One Of The Loudest Things On Earth, Are “Acoustically Invisible” To Killer Whales
Avoiding predators is one of the most important jobs for many members of the animal world. Even ocean giants like baleen whales have something to fear from killer whales, their only known natural ...
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Meet ‘Ocean Sun’, the nearly 100-year-old Southern Resident Orca crowned oldest in the world
“Ocean Sun”, also known as L25, is considered the oldest orca in the world ... “When she comes up next you know it, she’s a big whale,” Garrett said. She is part of the Southern Resident ...