Children Find Dead Pregnant Beluga Whale During Field Trip
Oct/090
A class of young school children from Alaska found a dead beluga whale on the beach during a weekly field trip. The Winterberry Elementary School second graders came across the whale along the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail. According to their teacher, Meg Eggleston, the children saw the whale moving its tail and were convinced the whale will be fine. But the whale, dead for hours, had already begun to decompose.
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Children Find Dead Pregnant Beluga Whale During Field Trip
Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Population Decreases to 321: New NOAA Survey
Oct/090
The most recent NOAA Fisheries Service’s population survey reveals a decline in Cook Inlet beluga whale numbers.
Alaska’s small population of critically endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales is continuing to decline even further, according to the new survey by NOAA scientists.
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Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Population Decreases to 321: New NOAA Survey
Beached Whales: Nearly 50 Stranded Whales Discovered
Sep/090
According to press reports, nearly 50 pilot whales were found stranded on an Argentine beach over the weekend. Two workers discovered the whales in the province of Chubut in the coastal region of Bustamante Bay on Sunday. All of the whales have died.
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Beached Whales: Nearly 50 Stranded Whales Discovered
Killer Whales Just Wanna Have Fun – According to Scientists
Aug/090
Researchers have determined that killer whale groups form “superpods” to create and maintain social bonds with other whales.
Just like people, killer whales (Orcinus orca) get together to maintain social ties. Although the whales usually live in small pods of 20 or so, they also go in search of other pods, forming aggregate groups of approximately 100. These aquatic gatherings last from a few hours to nearly half a day, according to BBC Earth News.
Scientists from the Far East Russia Orca project observed the killer whales engaging in social behaviors with other pods, such as synchronized swimming and “rubbing flippers”, while in these larger groups. They also noticed that the whales’ sexual activity increased while in the “superpods” – indicating that these gatherings give the whales an opportunities to check out potential mates. Pairing with a whale from another pod likely increases genetic diversity throughout the whale population.
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Killer Whales Just Wanna Have Fun – According to Scientists
Western Gray Whale Critically Threatened by Oil and Gas Exploration
Jun/090
One of the world’s most critically endangered whales, the western gray whale, is being pushed out of its annual feeding area by loud industrial activity from oil and gas exploration by Exxon, BP, and Rosneft, says a panel of top scientists.
“Western gray whale cows with their calves feed near the shore, but the industrial noise resulting from oil and gas development activities is pushing them out of the area.” – Doug Norlen, Pacific Environment
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Western Gray Whale Critically Threatened by Oil and Gas Exploration
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