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Gray whales travel from the Arctic to Mexico each year. And they're not finding enough to eat, scientists say.
New footage from Hawaiian waters shows something that should be impossible: unlikely companions sharing dinner without any ...
In a world full of bad news, there’s been good news in whale conservation. Many of the great whales are coming back. In fact, ...
The directors of 'Ocean with David Attenborough' share their favorite locations from the new documentary film.
It’s the largest shark in the world and weighs as much as an F-15 fighter jet, but the whale shark is nothing to be afraid of ...
They eat a lot of smaller fish. So, moderate amounts of contaminants ... But some kinds of gear can entangle endangered whales, with deadly consequences. “It’s a minefield,” Moore said ...
Why would an apex ocean predator eat gloves? Or rope? Or plastic cups? How does a whale end up ... far from land. A lot of animals, including shearwaters, albatross, and fish, don’t get noticed ...
Toothed whales usually eat larger prey, which can include fish, squid, octopus ... hunt by opening their mouths wide and pushing out a lot of water through their baleen to trap krill.
And yet, these days Japan is eating a lot less fish than it used to. The obvious explanation might be to say “Well, Japan’s population is shrinking, so obviously the country is going to be eating less ...
These are the orcas, popularly known as killer whales. Killer whales typically eat marine mammals, turtles, and fish. In the Gulf of California, a group of orcas has developed a unique hunting ...
Kelsey Williamson Despite being the largest shark in the ocean, whale sharks aren't apex predators in the same way as some of their relatives. They tend to eat small fish, shrimp and plankton by ...