Whale news, features and articles
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'Unimaginable' video shows great white sharks ripping humpback whale carcass to shredsNOAA researchers stumbled upon a gang of great white sharks scavenging a dead humpback whale calf off the coast of Boston. Now, they're sharing the footage.
By Brandon Specktor Published
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Megalodon's mortal attack on sperm whale revealed in ancient toothAn ancient sperm whale tooth has gouge marks on it that may have come from an megalodon attack.
By Laura Geggel Published
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Sperm whales: The biggest toothed predatorSperm whales are the largest toothed whales, with enormous square-shaped heads and the biggest brains of any animal on Earth.
By Patrick Pester Published
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Stranded minke whale stinks so bad it's like 'death in a dumpster'A dead minke whale that washed ashore in a Massachusetts town smells so horrible that authorities plan to cart it to a landfill.
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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Humpback whale swallows lobster diver before spitting him outHumpback whales hunt by taking big lunges at groups of fish, so the encounter was likely a fluke.
By Ben Turner Published
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Will humans ever learn to speak whale?Cutting-edge technology is helping researchers collect and analyze whale communication.
By Randyn Bartholomew Published
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Nuclear bomb detectors uncover secret population of blue whales hiding in Indian OceanScientists using sound recordings from underwater nuclear bomb detectors have discovered the distinct song of a previously unknown population of pygmy blue whales in the Indian Ocean.
By Harry Baker Published
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Orcas 'attacked' humpback mother and calf. Now the calf is missing.Whale watchers in British Columbia recently witnessed a group of transient orcas attacking a humpback mother and calf in a rare encounter between the two species. But what really happened?
By Harry Baker Published
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Baby minke whale euthanized after getting trapped in Thames RiverThe injured baby whale slipped free from rescuers on Monday morning, and became stranded again after swimming upstream into shallower waters.
By Ben Turner Published
