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Whales And Dolphins Frequently Hang Out With Each Other: Study
As the annual humpback whale migration is underway with thousands of whales passing by the Australian coast, there are reports of dolphins joining the mass movement.
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Drones Find Orcas Crafting Tools Out Of Kelp, Using Them For Grooming
The more we learn about orcas, the more remarkable they are. These giant dolphins are the oceans true apex predator, preying on great white sharks and other lesser predators.
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Why Don't Humans Have Hair All Over Their Bodies? A Biologist Explains
Humans aren't the only mammals with sparse hair. Elephants, rhinos and naked mole rats also have very little hair. It's true for some marine mammals, such as whales and dolphins, too.
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Mystery As 55 Pilot Whales Dead After Mass Stranding On Scottish Beach
Long-finned pilot whales are one of the largest members of the dolphin family, second in size to the killer whale. According to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, they measure 19 to 25 feet long and can weigh up to 5,000 pounds.
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Sailor Recalls Attack By Killer Whales: "Threw Yacht Around Like Rag Doll"
Orcas are the largest members of the dolphin family and belong to the suborder of toothed whales known as odontocetes.
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Elusive Beaked Whales Spotted Close To Beach In Netherlands, Experts Worried: Report
A number of strange and rarely seen beaked whales, predominantly found in deeper seas, have been spotted near to the shore in the Netherlands, all in quick succession.
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Nearly 100 Whales Dead In New Zealand After Mass Stranding
About 100 pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins have died in a mass stranding on the remote Chatham Islands, about 800 km off New Zealand's east coast, officials said on Wednesday.
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Chile's Patagonia To Become An Open-Air Lab To Study Climate Change
In one of the most inhospitable places on Earth, the southernmost part of Chile's Patagonia region, scientists are studying whales, dolphins and algae in order to help predict how climate change will affect the world's oceans.
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Whales Go Quiet And Dolphins Shout In Loud Oceans, New Studies Show
The oceans are loud and getting louder all the time. And marine mammals must live in the din. These animals take different approaches to the noise: Dolphins perform the equivalent of shouting. Humpback whales, when competing with a nearby boat, go silent.
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Goats Are "Attentive", Prefer Happy People, Says This Research
Goats get a lot of love on the Internet. They get less in the pages of animal cognition journals. The darlings of such research tend to be primates, whales, dolphins, dogs and horses. Goats, on the other hand, "are not considered to be the smartest cookies," said Christian Nawroth, an agricultural scientist at the Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal ...
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Opinion: When We Couldn't Stop a Whale From Dying Near Mumbai
Though the beaching of whales and dolphins is common in India, we have zero protocol to deal with such instances, says Swati Thiyagarajan.
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Sale of Whale and Dolphin Meat Worries Japan, 'Exceeds Safe Mercury Limits'
Samples tested by Environmental Investigation Agency contained mercury levels up to 47 times higher than recommended safe level.
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More Than 130 Dolphins Beach in Japan
More than one hundred thirty melon-headed whales, a member of the dolphin family usually found in the deep ocean, beached in Japan on Friday, sparking frantic efforts by locals and coastguards to save them.
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Whales And Dolphins Frequently Hang Out With Each Other: Study
As the annual humpback whale migration is underway with thousands of whales passing by the Australian coast, there are reports of dolphins joining the mass movement.
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Drones Find Orcas Crafting Tools Out Of Kelp, Using Them For Grooming
The more we learn about orcas, the more remarkable they are. These giant dolphins are the oceans true apex predator, preying on great white sharks and other lesser predators.
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Why Don't Humans Have Hair All Over Their Bodies? A Biologist Explains
Humans aren't the only mammals with sparse hair. Elephants, rhinos and naked mole rats also have very little hair. It's true for some marine mammals, such as whales and dolphins, too.
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Mystery As 55 Pilot Whales Dead After Mass Stranding On Scottish Beach
Long-finned pilot whales are one of the largest members of the dolphin family, second in size to the killer whale. According to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, they measure 19 to 25 feet long and can weigh up to 5,000 pounds.
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Sailor Recalls Attack By Killer Whales: "Threw Yacht Around Like Rag Doll"
Orcas are the largest members of the dolphin family and belong to the suborder of toothed whales known as odontocetes.
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Elusive Beaked Whales Spotted Close To Beach In Netherlands, Experts Worried: Report
A number of strange and rarely seen beaked whales, predominantly found in deeper seas, have been spotted near to the shore in the Netherlands, all in quick succession.
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Nearly 100 Whales Dead In New Zealand After Mass Stranding
About 100 pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins have died in a mass stranding on the remote Chatham Islands, about 800 km off New Zealand's east coast, officials said on Wednesday.
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Chile's Patagonia To Become An Open-Air Lab To Study Climate Change
In one of the most inhospitable places on Earth, the southernmost part of Chile's Patagonia region, scientists are studying whales, dolphins and algae in order to help predict how climate change will affect the world's oceans.
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Whales Go Quiet And Dolphins Shout In Loud Oceans, New Studies Show
The oceans are loud and getting louder all the time. And marine mammals must live in the din. These animals take different approaches to the noise: Dolphins perform the equivalent of shouting. Humpback whales, when competing with a nearby boat, go silent.
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Goats Are "Attentive", Prefer Happy People, Says This Research
Goats get a lot of love on the Internet. They get less in the pages of animal cognition journals. The darlings of such research tend to be primates, whales, dolphins, dogs and horses. Goats, on the other hand, "are not considered to be the smartest cookies," said Christian Nawroth, an agricultural scientist at the Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal ...
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Opinion: When We Couldn't Stop a Whale From Dying Near Mumbai
Though the beaching of whales and dolphins is common in India, we have zero protocol to deal with such instances, says Swati Thiyagarajan.
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Sale of Whale and Dolphin Meat Worries Japan, 'Exceeds Safe Mercury Limits'
Samples tested by Environmental Investigation Agency contained mercury levels up to 47 times higher than recommended safe level.
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More Than 130 Dolphins Beach in Japan
More than one hundred thirty melon-headed whales, a member of the dolphin family usually found in the deep ocean, beached in Japan on Friday, sparking frantic efforts by locals and coastguards to save them.
