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Blue whales, the world’s largest mammals, are returning to Spain’s Atlantic coast after an absence of more than 40 years. The first one was spotted off the coast of Galicia in north-west Spain in 2017 by Bruno Díaz, a marine biologist who is head of the Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute in O Grove, Galicia. >> … Meer lezen
Scientists have discovered an entirely new population of pygmy blue whales in the Indian Ocean, which have managed to evade detection for decades despite their enormous size. >> read more …
The risk that whales can get entangled in fishing nets appears to have been underestimated, according to a new study. >> read more …
Although many people think of dinosaurs as being the largest creatures to have lived on Earth, the true largest known animal is still here today—the blue whale. How whales were able to become so large has long been of interest. >> read more …
An astonishing new graphic shows how blue whales face excessively reduced mobility due to an overrun of hundreds of fishing boats in one of the endangered species’ main feeding grounds in Chilean Patagonia. >> read more …
Researchers analysed sound recordings from the Arabian Sea coast of Oman to find a previously unrecognised population of the highly endangered mammals. >> read more …
The resurgence of blue whales around the island of South Georgia is real and has probably been under way for a little while now, say scientists. >> read more …
Scientists based in Scotland have discovered that critically endangered blue whales have returned to the southern Atlantic for the first time since they were hunted to the brink of extinction 50 years ago. >> read more …
Remoras — known for hitching rides on whales and sharks — swim surprisingly freely over the surfaces formed by their hosts. >> read more …
For years, wildlife experts have been fascinated by the singing of blue whales. New research led by Stanford researchers suggests that whales tend to change their singing times before they migrating south. >> read more …