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Whales blow bubble rings—And they might be talking to us

A team of scientists from the SETI Institute and the University of California at Davis documented, for the first time,…

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‘Swimming with orcas is out of control’: can new rules keep tourists and Mexico’s whales safe? | Whales

Just after sunrise in the small village of La Ventana in Baja California Sur, the beach is bustling with wetsuit-clad…

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Researchers puzzled as baby whales spotted in unexpected places along Australia’s ‘humpback highway’ | Whales

Baby humpback whales are turning up in unexpected places. In Australia, humpback mums were assumed to travel north to give…

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‘It’s like putting a whale in a blender’: the rise of deadly ship collisions in Chile | Whales

The memory of a blue whale gliding past his small boat haunts Patricio Ortiz. A deep wound disfigured the crustacean’s…

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Fake dolphins and frantic digging: the army of helpers learning to rescue New Zealand’s stranded whales | New Zealand

On a blustery March day in Wellington, a group of would-be whale rescuers wearing wetsuits and hi-vis vests are waist…

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Canada’s Marineland to rehome its whales and dolphins as it seeks a buyer | Cetaceans

Canada’s embattled Marineland theme park is to raise money to “expeditiously” remove animals from its grounds, including the world’s largest…

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Killer whales amaze Seattle onlookers with rarely seen bird hunt | Whales

A pod of orcas swam close to shore and amazed onlookers in Seattle by treating the whale watchers to the…

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More than 150 whales stranded on beach in remote north-western Tasmania | Whales

More than 150 whales have stranded on a beach near Arthur River, on Tasmania’s remote north-west coast. A group of…

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‘I closed my eyes to brace for impact’: the man who escaped a whale’s mouth | Environment

Adrián Simancas had been paddling for two hours in the calm but icy seas of the Strait of Magellan, off…

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Some species of baleen whales avoid attracting killer whales by singing too low to be heard

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales — those that have “baleen” in their mouths to sieve…

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