#cetaceans — Public Fediverse posts

New Family of Oceanic Squid Discovered After 70 Years in Storage https://spacedaily.com/t-sperm-whale-stomach-new-squid-family-mobydickia/ 🐋
#Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Squid #DeepSea #Cephalopod

⟦Taylor et al.⟧ Comparing Drone and Vessel‐Based Imaging to Quantify Epibiont Coverage on Humpback Whales https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70255?af=R 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science

⟦Slesser at al.⟧ Sex Ratio, Pregnancy Status, and Blubber Testosterone Concentrations of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) on Foraging Grounds in the Southwestern Atlantic https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70266?af=R 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science

After commercial whaling nearly erased them, blue and fin whales are slowly reclaiming the southeast Atlantic https://phys.org/news/2026-04-commercial-whaling-erased-blue-fin.html 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling

Iberian orca known for ramming boats seen with suspected gunshot wounds
By Ashifa Kassam in Madrid

Marine conservationist says deliberate attack would be ‘act of extreme cruelty’ against endangered population

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/14/iberian-orca-known-for-ramming-boats-seen-with-suspected-gunshot-wounds

#Whales #Spain #Europe #Worldnews #Environment #Cetaceans #Marinelife #Wildlife #TheGuardian #AshifaKassaminMadrid

⟦Arangüena-Proaño, Calvo-Mac, & Tremblay⟧ Behavioral Response of Arctocephalus australis to Pedestrian Disturbance During the Breeding Season: Implications for Wildlife Tourism Management https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70257?af=R 🦭 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Science #Seals #FurSeals

Marine Biologists Solved a Wildlife Mystery From the Walkway of the Golden Gate Bridge: How the Harbor Porpoise Mates https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/marine-biologists-solved-a-wildlife-mystery-from-the-walkway-of-the-golden-gate-bridge-how-the-harbor-porpoise-mates-180989163/ 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Porpoise #Science

Fishing nets main cause of death among Cornwall's stranded common dolphins https://phys.org/news/2026-08-fishing-nets-main-death-cornwall.html 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science #Bycatch

Iberian orca known for ramming boats seen with suspected gunshot wounds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/14/iberian-orca-known-for-ramming-boats-seen-with-suspected-gunshot-wounds #Whales #Spain #Europe #WorldNews #Environment #Cetaceans #MarineLife #Wildlife

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦊🐋 #Indohyus was a #fox-sized, semi-aquatic mammal that lived in and around the coast of an island #India 49 to 45 million years ago.

#Fossil evidence, including a #skull accidentally broken in the lab in 2007, showed whale-like inner-ear #bones that placed it as the closest non-whale relative of all modern #whales. It gave rise to #Pakicetus and a chain of increasingly aquatic ancestors leading to today’s toothed and #baleen whales.

👉 https://www.discoverwildlife.com/prehistoric-life/indohyus

#evolution #paleontology #cetaceans #eocene #marine #biology #animals #wildlife #mammals #hippos #bluewhales #dogs #pigs

Humpbacks return to Rio: the whales are back from the brink of extinction – but will tourism help or hinder?
By Constance Malleret in Rio de Janeiro

The gigantic aquatic acrobats are exciting Brazil’s tourists as numbers recover from whaling. But some marine biologists question how booming tourism and conservation can coexist

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/12/humpbacks-return-to-rio-the-whales-are-back-from-the-brink-of-extinction-but-will-tourism-help-or-hinder

#Whales #Brazil #RiodeJaneiro #Americas #Cetaceans #Environment #Marinelife #Worldnews #Wildlife #Biology #TheGuardian #ConstanceMalleretinRiodeJaneiro

Humpbacks return to Rio: the whales are back from the brink of extinction – but will tourism help or hinder? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/12/humpbacks-return-to-rio-the-whales-are-back-from-the-brink-of-extinction-but-will-tourism-help-or-hinder #Whales #Brazil #RioDeJaneiro #Americas #Cetaceans #Environment #MarineLife #WorldNews #Wildlife #Biology

Dolphins learn how to use tools to hunt for fish from their mothers https://phys.org/news/2026-08-dolphins-tools-fish-mothers.html 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science

A Slow-Moving Humpback Led a Drone Pilot to One of the Rarest Whale Births Ever Filmed https://www.discovermagazine.com/a-slow-moving-humpback-led-a-drone-pilot-to-one-of-the-rarest-whale-births-ever-filmed-49520 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science

Birdsong and whale song show patterns similar to human language https://phys.org/news/2026-08-birdsong-whale-song-patterns-similar.html 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science

Whale Bones With Embedded Harpoon Points Named National Folklore Heritage https://en.sedaily.com/culture/2026/08/05/whale-bones-with-embedded-harpoon-points-named-national 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling #Prehistoric #Korea

UNESCO gives Mexico 6 months to show 'concrete actions' to protect remaining vaquitas https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/unesco-gives-mexico-6-months-remaining-vaquitas/ 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Porpoise #Vaquita #Bycatch #Extinction #Science

Bird flu decimated South America's marine mammals. What can Australia do differently? https://phys.org/news/2026-08-bird-flu-decimated-south-america.html 🦭 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Science #BirdFlu #H5N1 #Pinnipeds #SeaLions #Dolphins #Porpoises #Seals

⟦Fedorova et al.⟧ Group‐Specific Variation in Heterodyne Frequencies of Biphonic Calls in Resident (R‐Type) Killer Whales Orcinus orca ater https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70251?af=R 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science #Orca

⟦Zuriel et al.⟧ Structural Variation in Whistle Patterns of Two Coastal Dolphin Species Co‐Occurring in the Southern Israeli Mediterranean Sea https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70243?af=R 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science

Male sperm whales produce loudest communication sounds ever measured in any mammal https://phys.org/news/2026-08-male-sperm-whales-loudest-communication.html 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science

British Risso’s dolphins belong to single population https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1138375 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science

Tagging whales from the sky: New methods revolutionise research https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2026/08/02/tagging-whales-from-the-sky/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science

Falls in whale sightings, rare seabirds appearing; is something unusual happening in the Southern Ocean? https://phys.org/news/2026-07-falls-whale-sightings-rare-seabirds.html 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

Killer whales sink another boat off the coast of Spain; why are they still doing this after 6 years? https://www.livescience.com/animals/orcas/killer-whales-sink-another-boat-off-the-coast-of-spain-why-are-they-still-doing-this-after-6-years 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science #Orca #Whale

‘Forever chemicals’ could be ageing dolphins beyond their years https://www.sciencenews.org/article/forever-chemicals-aging-dolphins 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science #OceanPollution

Whales at risk, hungry pelicans: Marine heat wave hits California https://phys.org/news/2026-07-whales-hungry-pelicans-marine-california.html 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Pinnipeds #SeaLions #Dolphins #ElNiño

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐋🫧 Sperm #whales blow bubbles to keep from floating up while napping vertically in the #water. Researchers monitored 42 whales off #Norway’s #Lofoten Islands with suction-cup recording devices.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/sperm-whales-bubbles-sleep/

#spermwhales #marinebiology #animals #behavior #ocean #science #cetaceans #sleep #biology #nature

⟦Lo et al.⟧ Concentrations of essential and non-essential elements in eastern North Pacific killer whales (Orcinus orca) https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0353196 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science #Orca #Whale #OceanPollution

Sperm whales blow bubbles to achieve restful, vertical sleep https://phys.org/news/2026-07-sperm-whales-restful-vertical.html 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science