Moment whale-watchers are dwarfed by FOUR humpback whales who lunge feed at the surface Whale watchers were blown away as four huge humpbacks feasted on fish hiding underneath their boat The humpbacks lunge fed at the surface of the water in Monterey Bay, California, near the tourist boat The whales were joined by the sea … Read more
Killer whales John Coe and Aquarius were spotted 550 miles from their Scottish Hebrides home in early May after they made a trip to Porthgwarra near Land’s End at the tip of Cornwall.
A killer whale has been taught to speak human words through her blowhole. Wikie, a 16-year-old female orca living in a French marine theme park, is able to copy words such as ‘hello’, ‘bye bye’ and ‘Amy’, as well as count to three. Researchers tested multiple sounds in three situations. In one the whale was … Read more
‘That’s not training, it’s beating’: Horror as trainer is caught on camera slapping and kicking two beluga whales after they failed to kiss him for a stunt Trainer Dmitry Bachinsky, 32, caught hitting animals at aquarium in Vladivostok Footage shows Bachinsky training whales Nil and Lear to kiss him during a stunt When belugas refuse, … Read more
‘That’s not training, it’s beating’: Horror as trainer is caught on camera slapping and kicking two beluga whales after they failed to kiss him for a stunt Trainer Dmitry Bachinsky, 32, caught hitting animals at aquarium in Vladivostok Footage shows Bachinsky training whales Nil and Lear to kiss him during a stunt When belugas refuse, … Read more
Sperm Whales belong to the suborder of toothed whales and dolphins, known as odontocetes, and is one of the easiest whales to identify at sea. The creatures gained their name during the days of commercial whaling. Whalers thought that their large square heads were huge reservoirs for sperm, because when the head was cut open it … Read more
This is the incredible moment a sea captain fought off killer whales with a pole and screamed at them to ‘p**s off’ after they attacked his boat. Captain Antonio Busse, 40, shouted ‘get off the f***ing boat’ as a pod of orcas surrounded his vessel in the waters of the Gibraltar Strait. The predators had … Read more
The largest animal on Earth swims through the depths of the oceans, but 50 million years ago whales walked the land on four legs. A professor at Northeast Ohio Medical University reveals the massive creatures are descendants of an ancient ‘little deer,’ known as Indohyus. Through the research of cetaceans evolution, which includes hippopotamus to … Read more
The largest animal on Earth swims through the depths of the oceans, but 50 million years ago whales walked the land on four legs. A professor at Northeast Ohio Medical University reveals the massive creatures are descendants of an ancient ‘little deer,’ known as Indohyus. Through the research of cetaceans evolution, which includes hippopotamus to … Read more
The number of endangered North Atlantic right whales remains dangerously low. There are fewer than 366 surviving specimens, according to a new assessment. Vessel strikes and entanglements in fishing nets remain the biggest threat to the massive marine mammals, but climate change is leading to rising ocean temperatures that endanger the krill the whales eat … Read more