Do not force #whales to share food under pressure from #climatechange
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-whales-resources-pressures-climate.html
Do not force #whales to share food under pressure from #climatechange
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-whales-resources-pressures-climate.html
🐋🌊 New #research into #Alaska's #BristolBay beluga whales reveals a surprising social strategy. Instead of a few dominant males, these long-lived #whales take a "plenty of #fish in the sea" approach, frequently switching partners to maintain genetic #health.
This flexible mating system helps their small, isolated population avoid inbreeding.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/beluga-whales-sex-lives/
#marinebiology #biology #wildlife #conservation #science #nature #ecology #ocean
🐋🌊 New #research into #Alaska's #BristolBay beluga whales reveals a surprising social strategy. Instead of a few dominant males, these long-lived #whales take a "plenty of #fish in the sea" approach, frequently switching partners to maintain genetic #health.
This flexible mating system helps their small, isolated population avoid inbreeding.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/beluga-whales-sex-lives/
#marinebiology #biology #wildlife #conservation #science #nature #ecology #ocean
⟦O’Corry-Crowe et al.⟧ Mating systems, parentage, and reproductive success of beluga whales in Bristol Bay, Alaska https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1707758/full 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science
⟦O’Corry-Crowe et al.⟧ Mating systems, parentage, and reproductive success of beluga whales in Bristol Bay, Alaska https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1707758/full 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science
North Atlantic Right Whales Are Facing Extinction
"Ship strikes and fishing gear entanglements continue to reduce the numbers of North Atlantic right whale population, and the species could become extinct by 2040"
#Whales #Endangered #Extinction #conservation #Whaling #ShipStrikes #FishingGear #FishingGearEntanglements https://grrlscientist.medium.com/north-atlantic-right-whales-are-facing-extinction-c9e6ac60e2c8
North Atlantic Right Whales Are Facing Extinction
"Ship strikes and fishing gear entanglements continue to reduce the numbers of North Atlantic right whale population, and the species could become extinct by 2040"
#Whales #Endangered #Extinction #conservation #Whaling #ShipStrikes #FishingGear #FishingGearEntanglements https://grrlscientist.medium.com/north-atlantic-right-whales-are-facing-extinction-c9e6ac60e2c8
what awesome shot 😯 #humpback #whales
" #HumpbackWhales at Lennox Head in July 2025 by Danielle Smith"
what awesome shot 😯 #humpback #whales
" #HumpbackWhales at Lennox Head in July 2025 by Danielle Smith"
Blue whales fall silent due to starvation, seen as a warning of a collapsing #ocean #ecosystem.
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Blue #whales are calling less than they used to... a strange and heartbreaking shift that scientists link to shrinking krill populations during marine #heatwaves. When these giants struggle to find enough food, they spend more time searching and far less time singing... a change that signals stress in both the animals and the ecosystem they depend on. 🐋
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(live fishfree)
#vegan #saveourseas
Some British Columbia 
coast’s residents have whale detection equipment installed in an attempt to find them and eventually, prevent tragedies.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/whale-detection-technology-on-b-c-s-coast-9.6990987
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Certains résidents de la côte de la Colombie-Britannique ont installé du matériel de détection des baleines pour tenter de les retrouver et éventuellement de prévenir les tragédies.
// Article en anglais //
#BC #CB #BritishColumbia #ColombieBritannique #Whales #Baleines
Some British Columbia coast’s residents have whale detection equipment installed in an attempt to find them and eventually, prevent tragedies.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/whale-detection-technology-on-b-c-s-coast-9.6990987
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Certains résidents de la côte de la Colombie-Britannique ont installé du matériel de détection des baleines pour tenter de les retrouver et éventuellement de prévenir les tragédies.
// Article en anglais //
#BC #CB #BritishColumbia #ColombieBritannique #Whales #Baleines
I still have a number of big and small whales available for adoption!
Big whales are about 24”, small are about 10-12”.
Everything is handmade from recycled denim. They are also so soft and cuddly.
Two big humpbacks - $130 CAD each
Small humpback - $60 CAD
Small sperm whales - $50 CAD
Check your exchange rates because in USD these are currently real low. Contact me to figure out shipping.
Blue whales fall silent due to starvation, seen as a warning of a collapsing #ocean #ecosystem.
🐋
Blue #whales are calling less than they used to... a strange and heartbreaking shift that scientists link to shrinking krill populations during marine #heatwaves. When these giants struggle to find enough food, they spend more time searching and far less time singing... a change that signals stress in both the animals and the ecosystem they depend on. 🐋
1/4
(live fishfree)
#vegan #saveourseas
I still have a number of big and small whales available for adoption!
Big whales are about 24”, small are about 10-12”.
Everything is handmade from recycled denim. They are also so soft and cuddly.
Two big humpbacks - $130 CAD each
Small humpback - $60 CAD
Small sperm whales - $50 CAD
Check your exchange rates because in USD these are currently real low. Contact me to figure out shipping.
Wildlife category, second place: Double Breach
‘Two giant, school bus-sized, blubbery whales, sometimes weighing up to 40,000 kilograms, coordinated a jump at the same time. I took this image off the coast of Lennox Head, northern NSW, this winter, Saturday 5 July. We call it the humpback highway; every day you can see whales jumping. This was a rare opportunity to capture two at the same time.’
Photograph: Danielle Smith
The 2025 Oceania photo contest winners
Overall grand prize winner and people & nature category, first place: Tauhi‘We answered a call about an entangled humpback whale thrashing in distress. Arriving, we saw a heavy rusted chain cutting deep into her tail. Diving in, we worked carefully and silently to free her.’
Photograph: Miesa Grobbelaar
