No, blue whales aren’t going silent off California. Here’s why.
Blue whales sing less when food is limited. (Image credit: Eco2drew by means of Getty Images ) Blue whales sing less when they are starving and sing more when food…
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Wild Killer Whales Sometimes Offer Food to Humans, Scientists Say
In a paper released online in the Journal of Comparative Psychologymarine biologists report on 34 interactions covering twenty years in which killer whales (Orcinus whalein the wild tried to provide…
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Killer Whales Fashion Tools from Kelp and Use Them for Grooming
In a paper released this month in the journal Existing Biologymarine scientists report proof of the extensive manufacture and usage of grooming tools in a population of killer whales (Orcinus…
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Whales: Facts about the largest animals on Earth
(Image credit: Marnie Griffiths through Getty Images) Quick truths about whales Where they live: In oceans around the globe What they consume: A substantial variety of animals, from small plankton…
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Humpback Whales Wield and Manufacture Their Own Tools
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliaeproduce the so-called ‘bubble-net tools’ to hunt, however scientists from the University of Hawai’i and the Alaska Whale Foundation have actually found out that these marine animals…
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