The Museum's vast blue whale skeleton is more than just a specimen - it's a 4.5-tonne parcel of social history. The animal has been dead for more than 120 years, but the legend of the day it arrived ...

Small whales, dolphins and porpoises are hunted for commercial and subsistence purposes across the globe. They are killed for human consumption, fisheries bait, and to reduce the perceived competition ...

AI-generated codas might only confuse whales, and could potentially spread false information between cetacean species. Aza Raskin, president and co-founder of the Earth Species Project ...

How baleen whales have adapted over the past 50 million years Date: August 22, 2024 Source: Flinders University Summary: The largest dataset of cetacean genes ever collated has helped scientists ...

It's not the most conventional cargo - but staff specialising in cetacean strandings are used to the unorthodox. Since 1913, scientists have been given priority access to any cetaceans (whales, ...

Though the vaquita may have formerly occurred throughout the Gulf of California, the species today has the most limited distribution of any cetacean and is restricted to the northwestern corner of the ...

WWF will work globally to implement three main strategies to create the enabling conditions to reduce cetacean bycatch: 1. Collaboration: Sharing lessons through partnerships and outreach. This ...

After the talks were archived, an additional 320,000 people viewed them within a few days. This was an amazing level of interest in the message and AWI will continue these outreach efforts through its ...

Cetacean specialists - whose expertise is in aquatic mammals - will use tissue samples to establish the cause of the stranding. Nick Davison, stranding coordinator for the Scottish Marine Animals ...

The largest dataset of cetacean genes ever collated has helped Flinders University scientists deep dive into the blue to fathom the triumph of baleen whale evolution. "We actually know very little ...