Tag Archives: Whales

[ad_1] BOSTON – A new simulator allows scientists to use a joystick to swim a virtual whale on a video screen. But it's not a game, it's a serious attempt to better …

[ad_1] BOSTON – A new simulator allows scientists to use a joystick to swim a virtual whale on a video screen. But it's not a game, it's a serious attempt to better …

[ad_1] More than 80% of right whales in the North Atlantic are entangled in fishing lines at least once in their lifetime, making them one of the leading killers of endangered whale …

[ad_1] Humpback whales bear signs of battle during violent encounters with orcas, also known as killer whales. Railstreak analysis of more than 3,000 tails or fingerings of humpback whales suggests that attacks …

[ad_1] Humpback whales travel to shallow tropical waters to give birth and then return to their feeding grounds in cooler ocean waters. Researchers believe that most killer whale attacks involve calves during …

[ad_1] This endangered North Atlantic right whale is entangled in a large, plastic fishing arm off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. When a North Atlantic Right Whale, an endangered woman, spends months, or even …

[ad_1] PUYALLUP, Wash. – The governor's working group on killer whales will likely recommend a moratorium on whale watching by the endangered killer whale located in southern Puget. The group voted Tuesday …

[ad_1] by Suzanne Phan / KOMO News There is a new way to enjoy the orcas that live at Puget Sound. They are now starting to return to their area and the …

[ad_1] A group of British scientists used high resolution satellite technology to identify whale species from space. Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have begun mapping migration patterns of four different …

[ad_1] Southern Right Whale captured around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. Credit: Carlos Olavarria Scientists have used detailed high-resolution satellite images provided by Maxar Technologies’ DigitalGlobe, to detect, count and describe …