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How the final shots of the Civil War came to be fired off the shores of Alaska
Two months after the war ended, Confederate soldiers destroyed a fleet of Yankee ships, which were harvesting bowhead whales ...
Rafter Is Briefly ‘Swallowed’ by Whale in Chile, as His Father Films
Paddling in the Strait of Magellan, Adrián Simancas was caught in a humpback’s lunge. “I realized that I was in something’s mouth and I had been eaten,” he said.
Video shows whale scooping up kayaker: ‘I thought I had died’
A man who was swept up in a humpback whale’s mouth before being released has described his terror during the extraordinary ...
Humpback whale in spectacular series of breaches
Stunning footage has been captured of a humpback whale breaching off the coast of Newquay. The whale put on a spectacular show for about 35 minutes on Thursday, leaving onlookers in awe. Ian Boreham, ...
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Humpback Whale Song Follows Zipf’s Law, A Fundamental Law Of Human Language
Zipf’s law of abbreviation was only found to apply to blue whales and humpback whales, though only five species could be ...
Some whales sing low enough to be ’acoustically invisible’ to predators: Research
The whales that travel in groups and are more likely to fight a killer whale, include right, bowhead, grey and humpback, ...
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Do All Whales Sing? Unraveling The Mysteries Of Cetacean Communication
Only male whales sing as part of an elaborate courtship display to prove their worth to potential mates. Other ways to woo a whale can include physical competition, where males charge at speed all in ...
Forbes14d
The ‘52-Hertz Whale’ Is The Loneliest Animal In The World—Here’s What We Know
Deep in the Pacific, humans have tracked a mysterious whale’s call for decades—but no other whale ... [+] seems to respond. And now, we might be running out of time to find the source.
The Current14d
A look at the search for endangered right whales off Coastal Georgia
Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current GA Once in the calving ground, roughly seven miles from shore, the boat crew keeps a lookout for signs of whales breaching the surface of the water. The GADNR aerial ...
CNET15d
Change Healthcare Data Breach Impact Rises to 190 Million -- What to Do If Your Information Was Stolen
Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years. After graduating with a journalism degree from SUNY Oswego, he wrote credit card content for Credit Card Insider (now Money Tips) before ...
Greek Reporter15d
How the Sperm Whales’ Clicking Sounds Can Keep Them Alive in the Greek Seas
Though sperm whales have survived the enormous pressures of the darkest depths for millions of years, today there’s one thing they cannot survive: the human activity that has been affecting their ...
The Boston Globe16d
Sperm whale washes ashore on Cuttyhunk Island off Cape Cod, officials say
A sperm whale washed ashore on Cuttyhunk Island off Cape Cod Sunday, the International Fund for Animal Welfare said in a statement. The most recent whale discovery is part of a series of whale ...