Scientists have spent a lot of time thinking about how the nutrients in whale feces—also known as whale pump —benefit species ...
Footage by Lars Bejder shows a humpback whale urinating underway near Hawaii. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by ...
Still, although Simancas felt he had been swallowed, humpback whales have filter feeders which cannot completely eat someone ...
In recent years, researchers have documented salmon surviving in North Slope rivers, bowhead whales expanding their foraging ...
Aerial drone footage shows the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) missing its iconic lobed fluke, which is responsible for propulsion while swimming. Taken by Eric Guth under NMFS permit # 24359 ...
Whales can become caught in rope that runs between shellfish creels on the seabed to a buoy on the surface. Trials have been done using "ropeless creels" which have the main line in a container along ...
According to NOAA every year up to 12,000 humpbacks travel to the warmer waters off the coast of Hawaii’s islands to find a mate and raise their young. From November to May, these gentle ocean giants ...
When the Mendocino Coast Whale Festival kicks off in early March, whale lovers not only peer ceaselessly out at the ocean, hoping to see a spout or a fluke, but they flock to their local libraries ...