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4 days ago · William Schevill and William Watkins, researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, or WHOI, first studied sperm whale sounds with their ship’s depth sounder in 1957.
4 days ago · Science | May 23, 2024. Medieval Icelanders Likely Hunted Blue Whales. New research suggests Viking-age hunters took down the biggest animal on Earth. Evidence suggests blue whales were an...
3 days ago · A surveillance team has found the remains of an endangered North Atlantic right whale 75 miles off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, earlier this month in a "gruesome" discovery that has an...
3 days ago · It’s currently the most expensive house listed for sale in North Carolina, with a whale of a price: The dune-top house with unparalleled 270-degree views can be yours for a mere $11.99 million.
4 days ago · The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is a baleen whale, one of three right whale species belonging to the genus Eubalaena, all of which were formerly classified as a single species.
4 days ago · The Cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises) currently include 89 species that inhabit the world's oceans, lakes and rivers. Some are cosmopolitan, occurring in marine waters from pole to pole, while others are restricted by ecology and population status to small ranges of a few thousand square kilometers or less.
4 days ago · killer whale, (Orcinus orca), largest member of the dolphin family (Delphinidae). The killer whale is easy to identify by its size and its striking coloration: jet black on top and pure white below with a white patch behind each eye, another extending up each flank, and a variable
