noordse vinvis

IT HAD looked like an ignominious end for the sei whale that washed up in West Fife recently, with the carcass dumped at a landfill site, but it turns out the skeleton could go on display for millions of visitors to see in Edinburgh. >> read more …

Dit weekend keert de Japanse walvisvloot weer terug naar land met 25 gedode, bedreigde Noordse vinvissen aan boord. Natuurbeschermers hebben verklaard dat het doden van deze bedreigde walvissen onhoudbaar en niet te verdedigen is. Momenteel zijn er nog maar 400 Noordse vinvissen over van de westelijke kustpopulatie. >> lees verder …

Sei whales are rarely seen in Scotland, but last week a sighting in the Firth of Forth, Queensferry, prompted huge excitement for onlookers who didn’t realise just how lucky they were! >> read more …

Whalecome to our new whale of the month, the sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis! This mysterious baleen whale is the third largest of the rorqual family. It is also an endangered species that was hunted to near-extinction and is now slowly recovering. Here are a couple of cool facts about the sei whale. >> read more … Meer lezen

Scientists made a startling discovery on an observation flight over a remote fjord in southern Chile’s Patagonia: 337 dead whales. That is the biggest single whale stranding event known to science. >> Lees verder …