Endangered whale and newborn calf make rare winter visit to NYC waters: ‘Sign of hope’
Momma Accordion and her not-yet-named newborn were pictured frolicking in the frigid waters of the Port of New York and New ...
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Four-Legged Whale Species That Lived 40 Million Years Ago Discovered In Peru
This prehistoric quadruped discovered on the coast of Peru was similar to a modern-day otter or beaver — except it was 13 ...
Some species of baleen whales may avoid attracting killer whales by singing too low to be heard
Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...
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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.
Scientists harness AI to help protect whales, advancing ocean conservation and planning
Researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that will help predict ...
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Protecting the next generation of whales
Benefits that whales bring extend far beyond the ocean – they help us, humans, too. Coastal communities around the world rely ...
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Humpback Whale Song Follows Zipf’s Law, A Fundamental Law Of Human Language
Zipf’s law of abbreviation was only found to apply to blue whales and humpback whales, though only five species could be ...
Extremely rare whale sighting caught on video in Alabama’s Gulf Coast
In a now viral Facebook post, video captured an extremely rare sighting of an endangered whale species along Alabama’s Gulf ...
What the science of baby-speak can tell us about whale songs
Just like popular songs on TikTok, new humpback whale songs can rapidly spread across regions and populations to replace ...
Court restores protections for endangered whale species to prevent entanglement in fishing gear
A federal appeals court is reinstating rules designed to protect a vanishing whale species from entanglement in fishing gear.
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Some species of baleen whales avoid attracting killer whales by singing too low to be heard
New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...