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Sperm whales drop giant poop bombs to save themselves from orca attackA pod of sperm whales flung their poop at unsuspecting orcas to avoid a fatal attack.
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Brutal footage shows orca mom and son team up to drown another pod's calfFirst of its kind footage captures the moment an orca mom and her son drown a calf in an extremely rare case of infanticide.
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Beluga whales appear to change the shape of their melon heads to communicate, scientists discoverBeluga whales appear to change the shape of their heads during encounters with one another in what scientists believe is a form of visual communication among this highly social species.
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Why some whales go through menopauseToothed whales appear to have lengthened their lifespan without lengthening their reproductive life so they can help care for their grandchildren, a new study suggests.
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7,000 humpback whales died in the North Pacific over 10 years — and 'the blob' is to blameNew research using artificial intelligence reveals that a decline in the North Pacific population of humpback whales between 2012 and 2021 coincided with the strongest marine heat wave recorded globally.
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'Should not really exist in these waters': Scientists spot gray whale, thought to be extinct in the Atlantic, off Massachusetts coastScientists spotted a gray whale — believed to be extinct in the Atlantic Ocean — while conducting an aerial survey.
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Male humpback whale seen forcing sex on emaciated, injured male in extremely rare encounterPhotographs taken off Maui, Hawaii, show the first documented case of a male humpback whale sexually penetrating another male, with the latter appearing injured and covered in parasites.
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Critically endangered right whales are shrinking, with drastic consequences for their populationClimate change appears to be causing North Atlantic right whales to get smaller, and it's making them have fewer babies.
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Millions of mystery holes at the bottom of the North Sea are not what scientists thought they wereHoles in the seafloor off the coast of Germany looked like those associated with methane. They might actually be the work of porpoises looking for eels.
