A 41-foot giant lay lifeless on the beach. Passersby walking along the Marblehead, Massachusetts, shore saw her. Soon, crowds began to gather. The creature was a young adult humpback whale, The Salem News reported. Her cause of death was not clear. What was even more curious was that this sub-adult humpback was the second dead […]
A humpback whale known to locals as “Ivy” was freed on Sunday after being trapped in fishing ropes in Cornwall’s Mounts Bay, at the southwestern tip of the United Kingdom. And miraculously, both the whale and rescue crews were unharmed in the operation. Dan Jarvis, director of welfare and conservation for the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR), […]
Mar. 31—Despite decades of observations, data and research, marine animal scientists have rarely gotten a glimpse of humpback whales in the actual act of mating. Despite decades of observations, data and research, marine animal scientists have rarely gotten a glimpse of humpback whales in the actual act of mating. The intricacies of courtship and the […]
Anyone near Chick-fil-A in Hattiesburg got a big surprise this week, when a woman riding a camel rode through the drive-thru. “Oh my god, that is crazy,” said Sinclair Lundy of Hattiesburg, who saw the video on Facebook. “What the hell! That’s a great stunt for Chick-fil-A.” While Chick-fil-A might have gotten a lot of […]
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is under investigation for having allegedly “harassed” a humpback whale while riding a jetski off Sao Paulo’s coast last year. Mr Bolsonaro appeared at the federal police in Sao Paulo on Tuesday to meet with officers, along with his lawyer and former adviser who was also present at the time […]
Humpback whale “conversations” provide valuable insight on how humans may one day communicate with life beyond Earth. Researchers from the SETI Institute, University of California Davis and the Alaska Whale Foundation recently “conversed” with a humpback whale named Twain using an underwater speaker and recorded a humpback “contact” call. Twain responded to the researchers’ call […]