Smithsonian Magazine on MSN5d
Only 50 Rice’s Whales Are Left. Can We Do Enough to Protect Them Before It’s Too Late?
Imagine a species with fewer individuals than seats on a school bus. Now imagine that each weighs more than the bus itself. That’s Rice’s whale, the only resident baleen whale in the Gulf of ...
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Researchers Just Uncovered An Ancient 39-Foot Whale Skeleton In Thailand
Scientists in Thailand just discovered the stunningly well-preserved remains of a whale that lived between 3,000 and 5,000 ...
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Some whales sing low enough to be ‘acoustically invisible’ to predators, research suggests
New research finds male baleen whales looking for love sing a different tune when attracting a mate, and it all depends on if ...
Chip Chick on MSN1d
A New Species Of Whale Was Recently Identified, But Now There's A Race Against Time To Save Them From Disappearing For Good
In 2021, researchers identified a new species of whale. Now, they are racing against time to save their natural habitat […] ...
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Only 50 Rice’s Whales Are Left. Can We Do Enough to Protect Them Before It’s Too Late?
Scientists estimate that about 50 are left. These whales were thought to belong to a more abundant species, Bryde’s whale, until 2014, when DNA taken from skin samples showed that they were unique.
Man ‘swallowed’ by whale is eerily similar to other recent humpback encounters
Incredible footage showing a man briefly being 'swallowed' by a whale is the latest in seemingly similar, yet mostly benign interactions.
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Japan whaling mother ship calls it a day amid industry stupor
The Fisheries Agency permits the hunting of three large whale species: minke, Bryde’s and sei whales. But minke whales have become hard to find, and the catches last year were half the maximum ...
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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 ...