Scientists at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Seti) in the US claim to have conversed with a humpback whale in Alaska as a proxy for communicating with aliens. Whales are known to ...
The odds of a two-year old killer whale calf surviving in the open ocean on its own and eventually reuniting with family ...
A new method of whale detection will help protect cetaceans from ship disturbances and collisions in B.C.’s Salish Sea, an ocean conservation group announced Thursday. Vancouver-based Ocean Wise ...
John Ford still recalls the first time he heard them. He’d been puttering around the Deserters Group archipelago, a smattering of spruce- and cedar-choked islands in Queen Charlotte Strait ...
The iconic marine mammals may not belong to one species but several. Surprise! By Craig Welch / Hakai Magazine | Published Apr 3, 2024 8:00 AM EDT This article was originally featured on Hakai ...
Newly published science suggests orcas may be not just one but three distinct species. Researchers say that, based on what they've found, the killer whales deep in the Pacific Ocean should get ...
A group of scientists had a “conversation” with a humpback whale in Alaska — and they hope principles learned from it will someday help communicate with aliens. The team was assembled by the ...
Scientists claim they have had the first one-on-one conversation with a whale. The team from the SETI Institute and the University of California 'spoke' with a 38-year-old humpback whale, named ...
Whales may be known as gentle giants, but they still have a looming presence as the world’s loudest and largest animals. The Antarctic blue whale can weigh up to 400,000 pounds and stretches ...
Editor’s note: This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Amelia Macapia: Let’s start with whale culture. This isn’t a figure of speech but rather an observation that whales communicate.
Whales may be known as gentle giants, but they still have a looming presence as the world’s loudest and largest animals. The Antarctic blue whale can weigh up to 400,000 pounds and stretches to 98 ...