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  1. Experts are baffled as rarely seen beaked whales are involved in a series of strandings.

    A series of strandings of one of the world’s deepest dwelling and most rarely seen types of whale in the last few days across northern Europe have left scientists trying to understand why so many of the deep-diving whales have appeared.

    mediafaro.org/article/20250730

    #Whales #Environment #Wildlife #MarineLife #Cetaceans #BeakedWhales #Strandings #Scotland #Netherlands #Europe

  2. Scientists & ocean experts have found compelling data correlating the 2010 #DeepwaterHorizon #oilspill – a disaster that produced a 149,000-square-kilometre ocean oil slick in the #GulfOfMexico – with steep declines in #whale & #dolphin populations in the region.

    Findings document a decline by as much as 30% for #spermwhales & a staggering 80% for #beakedwhales since the spill.

    #auspol
    oceanographicmagazine.com/news