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Reflection, like all humpback whales, was born with a unique black and white pattern on the underside of her tail which will remain unchanged throughout her life. Her name was inspired by her tail’s symmetry – both the outline and pigment pattern on the left and right sides are similar, rather like giant butterfly wings. … Meer lezen
A HUMPBACK whale washed up on a North-East beach appears to have been dead for some time. Coastguards began to get reports of a beached whale on Blyth Beach, in Northumberland, on Friday. >> read more …
Bij de Australische kust geeft een uitslovende bultrugwalvis een showtje weg voor een groep toeristen. Je moet dat gevaarte niet op je boot krijgen. Bommetje! >> lees verder …
A photographer captures the frenzy as tiny fish scramble to escape a feeding whale. >> read more …
Thanks to the extraordinary effort of citizen scientists across Scotland, a humpback whale spotted last summer off the Scottish west coast has been spotted this week in the Firth of Forth on the east coast! >> read more …
In de Zuid-Italiaanse stad Sorrento, even onder Napels, is de kustwacht dagenlang bezig geweest met het bergen van een walviskarkas. Het karkas is een van de grootste die ooit werden gevonden in de Middellandse Zee. >> lees verder …
Could some animals like humpback whales have the ability to feel and express compassion and altruism? Scientists are still hesitant when it comes to using words like “compassion” with animals. Yet, growing evidence suggests humpback whales might be the nicest animals in the world. >> read more …
The saga of a headline-making humpback whale stranded in shallow, tropical waters off Kakadu National Park could be drawing to a tragic close, with experts saying the creature’s health is beginning to deteriorate. >> lees verder …
A humpback whale that spent more than two weeks in a crocodile-inhabited river in Kakadu in September has returned to the same tropical waterway, baffling scientists as to why it is not heading towards the icy waters of Antarctica. >> read more …
A new study shows the welcome return of humpback whales to the waters around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia after a century of commercial whaling decimated their populations. The study is published in the journal Endangered Species Research this week and is good news for whale conservation. >> read more …