Beautiful short film about decomposition of a whale carcass
When an animal as big as a whale dies, its body becomes a whole new ecosystem. One whale carcass can support other forms of life for 50-to-75 years—basically as long as the whale itself lived. This...
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Anniversary of the Blue Whale at London's Natural History Museum
Like the T. rex skeleton at the American Museum of Natural History, the blue whale model at London's Natural History Museum is the institution's unofficial mascot. The life-sized model (28.3 meters...
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Video: Rare white humpback whale sighting
Humpback whales with albinism are extremely rare, so it was a real treat when one appeared off the coast of Australia this week. (more…)
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Level cities with your strange squid song
Imagine that one day a giant squid materialized in the sky over a city like an Elder God, singing the song that will end the world. Imagine that you are that squid. Such is your remit in Modulocean, a...
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Humpback whales sure love ruining orcas' hunting
A paper published this summer looked into over 100 times humpbacks were observed disrupting orcas who are hunting, like these humpbacks trying to save a gray whale and calf. But why do they do it?...
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Unmanned craft finds naturally-occurring whale fall
What happens when a whale dies? It sinks to the ocean floor, creating a whale fall, which becomes a fantastical garden of biodiversity. EVNautilus stumbled on a naturally-occurring whale fall during a...
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First underwater video of True's beaked whales in the wild
True's beaked whales spend much of their time deep underwater, so much of what we know about the mysterious species comes from stranded corpses. That's why a live sighting of a pod including...
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Are solar storms causing whales to beach themselves?
A new study in the International Journal of Astrobiology posits that beached whales may sometimes be influenced by solar storms. (more…)
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Baby whales have to learn how to talk, too
Baby whales aren't very good at making various calls, but a new study shows that even adults continue to improve their calling techniques. (more…)
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An interview with the man who introduced the world to whale songs
Just over fifty years ago, scientist Roger Payne released the album Songs of the Humpback Whale to the general public. Audiences found the language of the whales moving, and in an era of commercial...
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Less whaling means less whale wailing
A new study published in the journal Nature Communications Biology suggests that whale songs may actually just be nature's emo croon. Using an 18-year dataset of humpback whale behavior, the...
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Rare footage: North Atlantic right whale bonding with her calf off Cape Cod Bay
It's not every day you get to see something like this: Spindle, a 41-year-old North Atlantic right whale, and her calf, were filmed swimming together in Cape Cod Bay. The footage, captured by the Woods...
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Happy "Oregon exploded a whale" day
On November 12, 1970, a 45-foot, eight-ton sperm whale washed up on the beach at Florence, Oregon. What unfolded next has become an epic representation of taking a bad idea and running with it. The...
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