Every summer, the Magellan Strait in the southwestern part of Chile becomes a popular feeding area for around 100 humpback whales. But the narrow strait is also a heavily used shipping route. New research in southern Chile supports ships slow down to reduce ship strikes to whales. These recommendations are consistent with the speed reductions […]
Een man die voor de kust van het Australische Gold Coast een walvis redde uit een net, is hiervoor beboet. Dat vertelde de redder aan ABC News. Mogelijk heeft hij een Australische wet overtreden die het verbiedt te dicht bij walvissen te komen. >> lees verder …
Good news for whale watching operators and enthusiasts has emerged from Japan (a country normally associated with cruel whale hunts), where the number of humpback whales seen in waters around the southwestern coast of the country during the winter season has reached a record high of 971. >> read more …
A humpback whale has been freed from fishing nets by the coast guard off the South coast of the Langanes peninsula in north-western Iceland. >> read more …
Een opvallend hoog aantal strandingen in nog geen maand tijd in het noorden van Noorwegen. Maar liefst 3 potvissen en 3 bultruggen spoelden er dood aan op verschillende locaties.
Every winter, ~10,000 humpback whales migrate to Hawaii, with the main purpose of breeding. The time period during which adult females and their newborn calves spend on the Hawaiian breeding grounds (typically January – March) represents a critical time. >> read more …
Like fingerprints, the patterns of markings on the undersides of the tails of Humpback Whales are unique. >> read more …
Understanding the interactions between human activity in the ocean and marine mammals is a fundamental step to developing responsible mitigation measures and informing policy. Here, the response of migrating humpback whales to vessels towing seismic air gun arrays (on or off) was quantified as a reduction in their likelihood of socially interacting. >> read more […]
Voor de kust van Mexico hebben reddingswerkers een bultrugwalvis gered die was vastgeraakt in een illegaal visnet. De walvis kon daardoor niet meer duiken. Pas na enkele uren kon de walvis bevrijd worden. Het dier zou enkele oppervlakkige verwondingen hebben opgelopen, maar stelt het verder goed en kan weer de diepte in. >> bekijk de […]
This video shows a humpback whale mother cow swimming with a calf. It shows an adult 40 ton whale on its back, slapping both its left and right fins on the water, then leaping entirely out of the water!
Researchers project a sevenfold increase in ship strikes and a cacophony of noise pollution in British Columbia’s Douglas Channel. >> read more …
Small fish are speedy and easy to scare. So how is it that a giant humpback whale, attacking at speeds about as fast as a person jogs, is able to eat enough fish to sustain itself? >> read more …