SEATTLE (AP) — The United States granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver Thursday that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999. The Makah, a tribe of 1,500 people on the northwestern tip of the Olympic Peninsula, is the only Native American tribe with a treaty […]
A large number of whales is visiting the waters off New England, and the group includes an unusually high number of an endangered species, said scientists who study the animals. A research flight made 161 sightings of seven different species of whale on May 25 south of Martha’s Vineyard and southeast of Nantucket, officials with […]
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz didn’t get his way last year when he sought to give Eglin Air Force Base personnel the right to fire munitions into the Department of Defense’s vast Gulf of Mexico Test Range without considering the harm that might inflict on population of the Rice’s Whale, one of the world’s most endangered marine […]
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Killer Move A New Zealand man, probably drunk out of his mind, did an ungraceful belly flop from a boat in an attempt to “body slam” an adult male orca swimming next to the vessel, NBC News reports. In an Instagram video of the incident, which happened back in February, the man flops into the […]
The arrival of a cruise ship in New York led to an investigation after authorities spotted an endangered whale across its bow. What happened? The Associated Press reported that the Meraviglia, a ship owned by Swiss-Italian line MSC Cruises, pulled into the Port of Brooklyn on May 5 with a dead 44-foot sei whale across […]
A San Diego whale-watching captain this week shared a short but wonderful video clip showing a dog intently observing a surfacing blue whale. “First Mate Fin reporting for whale-spotting duty!” Capt. Dom Biagini, owner of Gone Whale Watching San Diego, stated via Instagram. Biagini added: “This is the first time I’ve taken Fin with me […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Scientists have accomplished a whale of a feat. They’ve identified previously unknown complexity in whale communication by analyzing thousands of recorded sequences of sperm whale clicks with artificial intelligence. Variations in tempo, rhythm and length […]
On May 6, an 18-foot gray whale calf lay lifeless on Tish-A-Tang Beach in southern Oregon, its body covered in gashes. The marks were from orca teeth — likely from an attack only hours earlier, locals surmised. The following afternoon, the tribal relations representative with Oregon Parks and Recreation realized this massive animal may hold […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A cruise ship sailed into a New York City port with a 44-foot dead whale across its bow, marine authorities said. The whale, identified as an endangered sei whale, was caught on the ship’s bow when it arrived at the Port of Brooklyn on Saturday, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries […]
For years, scientists have listened to the clicks of sperm whales and wondered what they were saying. While previous research scratched the surface of understanding, a new study — published May 7 in the journal Nature Communications — uses machine learning to pinpoint specific patterns in their speech. With the help of artificial intelligence, the […]