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Humpback whales sometimes hold their mouths open for no clear reason. Tourists are helping scientists understand the rare behavior
Humpback whales sometimes hang out with their mouths wide open for no apparent reason. To figure out why they engage in the ...
Researchers say of the thousands of whales photographed for the study, only two humpbacks made the record-breaking trip.
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Video shows fish start jumping seconds before humpback whale bursts through bubble-net trap
"The fish jumping is the warning sign." ...
One of the world’s largest mammals, the humpback whale is an incredible species for many reasons. They may even be the ocean’s protectors. Researchers have witnessed humpback whales intervening during ...
Everyone waits with bated breath, watching seagulls circle over the water. We break our collective focus to make excited eye contact when a faint vocalization comes through the hydrophone. “Get your ...
There is something moving about volunteers and marine professionals working together on open water to free an entangled whale ...
Humpback in the Senyavin Strait in far eastern Russia. When University of Southern Denmark whale researcher Olga Filatova set off on her first field trip in 2000, she spent five years looking for ...
If you’ve ever stood on a coastline or the deck of a boat during migration season, watching a 40-ton humpback whale hoist its ...
The Gulf of California was once known as “the aquarium of the world.” But on a recent whale watching trip—and in an era where ...
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