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Grey seals, minke whales and bluefin tuna: is the North Sea bouncing back to its glory days? | Fish

From the outside, the Tunny Club looks like any other seaside fish and chip shop. A short walk from Scarborough…

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Grieving killer whale who carried calf’s body spotted again with dead baby | Whales

An apparently grieving killer whale who swam more than 1,000 miles (1,600km) pushing the body of her dead newborn has…

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Environment

‘Extraordinary longevity’: great whales can live a lot longer than we thought – if we leave them alone | Oceans

In Moby-Dick, Herman Melville’s epic novel of 1851, the author asks if whales would survive the remorseless human hunt. Yes,…

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Environment

Humpback whale makes record journey of more than 13,000km from South America to Africa | Whales

A humpback whale has journeyed more than 13,000km from South America to Africa, which researchers say is the longest distance…

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Environment

‘It’s nonstop’: how noise pollution threatens the return of Norway’s whales | Whales

From the moment that the biologist Dr Heike Vester presses play, the sound of the static of the fjord fills…

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World

More than 30 stranded whales rescued in New Zealand

A pod of more than 30 pilot whales were rescued after being stranded on Ruakākā Beach near Whangārei in northern…

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Environment

Reduce whale-ship strikes by making 2.6% of ocean surface safer, study says | Whales

Collisions between whales and ships can prove fatal for the marine mammals, but researchers say expanding mitigation measures to just…

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Environment

I’m obsessed with whale poop: ‘It can be neon green, bright red – or even sparkle’ | Whales

I first encountered whale poop 30 years ago while I was working on a right whale research project. On one…

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