Gray Whale Approaches a Boat Captain To Have Lice Removed From Its Body; How Do Ectoprasites Affect Cetaceans?

Medicine & Technology Apr 12, 2023

A gray whale has been approaching a boat captain to be groomed. Watch how comfortable they are with each other.

Dolphin With Dementia: Scientists Proposed Grim Theory on Cetaceans Cases Stranded on Shorelines

Dec 22, 2022

A news study suggests that stranded dolphins may have weak leaders that have brain problems. Read on to know more about this news!

Kiska, the World's Loneliest Orca, Is Facing a Situation 'Tantamount to Torture': What Does Being Held Captive Do to Orcas?

Oct 10, 2022

Kiska has been held in captivity for 43 years and kept isolated for 11 years, making her the world's loneliest orca. Find out why being isolated is equivalent to torture.

Easy, Fast and Non-Invasive Way of Quick Health Check on Dolphins Will Also Helps Monitor Status of the Oceans

Sep 06, 2022

Researchers found a non-invasive, and completely easy to carry out a quick health check on dolphins that could also tell scientists about the health of the oceans. Read the article to learn more.

Eye Protein in Whales Enables Them to See in the Dark to Dive Deep in the Ocean, Study Reveals

Aug 03, 2022

Researchers present surprising details about how whales developed eyes that can see in the dark deep ocean, which links to swift evolutionary adaptation.

Dolphins, Whales Underground Air-Breathing Finally Understood in Nasal Passage Study of Animals, Other Cetaceans’ Evolution

Aug 06, 2021

A new stud study has shed light on cetacean’s long-time puzzle over the evolution of these animal types which include dolphins.

Two-Headed Harbor Porpoise Appeared In The North Sea In Netherlands

Jun 16, 2017

Fishermen recently caught rare two-headed harbor porpoise in the North Sea in Netherlands that probably breathed its last soon after birth.

A Race Against the Clock—Volunteers in New Zealand Try to Save Stranded Pilot Whale Pod

Feb 13, 2015

In a race against the clock, volunteers in New Zealand’s famous Golden Bay are attempting to save the near 200 pilot whales that beached themselves early Friday morning, Feb. 13. In what researchers say is the largest beaching event in over a decade, the pod of pilot whales became trapped on a sandbar known as the “Farewell Spit”, which is a common trap for migrating whales.