A new study has quantified the risk for whale-ship collisions worldwide for four geographically widespread ocean giants that are threatened by shipping: blue, fin, humpback and sperm whales.
So Houser and his colleagues turned to a relatively small baleen species called the minke whale. The researchers examined the migratory route of minke whales along the coast of Norway and found a ...
Installing management regimes in only another 2.6 per cent of the ocean’s surface would protect whales in all of the highest risk locations, found the study. “It's a small percentage, but of course, a ...
Onlookers got the chance to see sea creatures hunt sea lions in California, described as an “astounding” moment. Watchers were in the bay Nov. 24 when they saw three killer whale pods, according to a ...