#marinemammal — Public Fediverse posts

We take a look inside the new orca exhibition at the Natural History Museum

Orcas, the lovable black and white marine predators, have taken over 10,000 square feet of the Natural History…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #freewilly #killerwhale #MarineMammal #NaturalHistoryMuseum #orca #orcas #Science
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/610632/

We take a look inside the new orca exhibition at the Natural History Museum

Orcas, the lovable black and white marine predators, have taken over 10,000 square feet of the Natural History…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #freewilly #killerwhale #MarineMammal #NaturalHistoryMuseum #orca #orcas #Science
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/610632/

Flying with #whales: #Drones are remaking #marinemammal #research
What if scientists could collect snot by somehow flying over the whale? Researchers can glean much information from whale snot, including DNA sequence, its sex, whether it is pregnant, and its microbiome.
After many experiments, Kerr’s idea turned into what is known as #SnotBot: a drone fitted with 6 petri dishes that collect a whale’s snot by flying over as it surfaces and exhales through its blowhole.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/11/flying-with-whales-drones-are-remaking-marine-mammal-research/

It's time to save #whales again
July 22, House #NaturalResources #subcommittee, GOP Rep. #NickBegich (AK) introduced draft legislation that would scale back #MarineMammal Protection Act. Among other things, it would limit ability of #US gov to take action against “incidental take,” killing of whales, #dolphins and #seals by sonic blasts from #oil exploration, ship and boat strikes or by drowning as accidental catch (#bycatch) in #fishing gear.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-08-16/whales-marine-mammal-endangered-species-environmental-protection-agency
https://archive.ph/b9Ye1

#Scientists capture first-ever footage of killer #whales making #seaweed #grooming 'tools'
#KillerWhales have been filmed making and then using what is thought to be the #cetacean equivalent of a pumice stone. Reported in Current Biology, this is the first time that a #marinemammal has been seen creating a grooming-related tool and then using it with another individual.
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/killer-whale-kelp-tool

#Scientists capture first-ever footage of killer #whales making #seaweed #grooming 'tools'
#KillerWhales have been filmed making and then using what is thought to be the #cetacean equivalent of a pumice stone. Reported in Current Biology, this is the first time that a #marinemammal has been seen creating a grooming-related tool and then using it with another individual.
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/killer-whale-kelp-tool

#Scientists capture first-ever footage of killer #whales making #seaweed #grooming 'tools'
#KillerWhales have been filmed making and then using what is thought to be the #cetacean equivalent of a pumice stone. Reported in Current Biology, this is the first time that a #marinemammal has been seen creating a grooming-related tool and then using it with another individual.
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/killer-whale-kelp-tool

#Scientists capture first-ever footage of killer #whales making #seaweed #grooming 'tools'
#KillerWhales have been filmed making and then using what is thought to be the #cetacean equivalent of a pumice stone. Reported in Current Biology, this is the first time that a #marinemammal has been seen creating a grooming-related tool and then using it with another individual.
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/killer-whale-kelp-tool

#Scientists capture first-ever footage of killer #whales making #seaweed #grooming 'tools'
#KillerWhales have been filmed making and then using what is thought to be the #cetacean equivalent of a pumice stone. Reported in Current Biology, this is the first time that a #marinemammal has been seen creating a grooming-related tool and then using it with another individual.
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/killer-whale-kelp-tool

Happy World Orca Day! A keystone and indicator species for ocean health and one of my favourites to see when out at sea.

Find my print here:
https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/780785898

#WorldOrcaDay #orca #killerwhale #marinemammal #conservation #linocut #printmaking #mastoArt

People are harming the Bay's wildlife --often out of misplaced concern.

Marin in particular "has an exceedingly high number of severe disturbances with young seal pups, which can be life-threatening interactions,” said Giancarlo Rulli of the Marine Mammal Center.

Bottom line: if you see an animal in distress, do NOT approach it. Instead call the center’s hotline to submit a report: 415-289-7325

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/06/16/sausalito-based-marine-mammal-center-logs-worrisome-wildlife-disturbances/

@MercNews #wildlife #seals #sealife #bayarea #harborseals #marinemammal

Shot with my iPhone.

#Whales #Marine #California #Monterey #MarineMammal

UGH, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service are proposing to narrow the definition of “harm," rescinding protection for wildlife from habitat destruction 🦭🪸

You can leave a public comment here:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/17/2025-06746/rescinding-the-definition-of-harm-under-the-endangered-species-act#open-comment

#biodiversity #MarineMammal #conservation #environment #uspol #ocean

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Poor Steller's Sea Cow....

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/stellers-sea-cow-first-historical-extinction-of-marine-mammal-at-human-hands.html

#Sirenians #StellersSeaCow #Nature #MarineMammal

A few birds and beasts from Pt. Lookout, NY last Wednesday (3/26)
#nature #NaturePhotography #birds #Wildlife #marinemammal #biodiversitycrisis #birdphotography #birding #biodiversity #endangeredspecies

@KateShaw 's new episode is about elephant seals:

the heaviest pinneped, with some males being nearly elephant sized, and capable of astonishing dives of up to 1,753 meters deep for the northern elephant seal, and 2,388 meters deep for the southern.

... and ... a surprising journey.

https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2025/02/10/episode-419-the-elephant-seal/

#seal
#seaLion
#pinniped
#mammal
#marineMammal
#diving

Some birds and beasts seen at Pt. Lookout, NY, yesterday on a very cold day!

These are:
Harbor Seal:
This individual popped up three times to check me out on the jetty I was taking pictures from.

Red-throated Loon

A pair of male Common Eiders

King Eider:
Well, it would be a Queen Eider, in this case. Eiders are large diving ducks (although they will sometimes feed at the surface like dabblers). King Eiders nest in the far reaches of the north. The migrate down the coasts, but are not common in our area. And, they are threatened by climate change, fossil fuel extraction and other human impacts. I was hoping to see this bird, and lucked out. I just realized the way I cropped the image, it looks like the two ducks in the foreground are sitting in a movie theater watching a movie on the Big Screen 😆

#nature #NaturePhotography #birds #Wildlife #naturecommunity #photography #BirdsOfMastodon #birdphotography #birding #marinemammal #pinniped #HarborSeal #CommonEider #KingEider #RedthroatedLoon

New Lego set nabbed.

The irony of these 2 models is that the sperm whale is made from the 3in1 deep-sea kit that's for a squid, and the squid is from the 3in1 kit for the dolphin.

🦑 #Lego #LegoAddict #AFOL #MarineLife #MarineMammal #DeepSea #Cetaceans

Oh, that's sneaky pasta. The Deep Sea 3in1 Lego set I bought for the squid comes with a surprise 4th .... so, of course, I made the whale instead.

Also worked it so Mr Sperm Whale has a properly located nostril, and just like mine right now, his blow (made of the seaweed) is bright green 🤧🤣

🐳 #Lego #LegoAddict #AFOL #MarineMammal #DeepSea #Whales #MarineLife #Cetaceans

If you're in the SF Bay Area, I strongly recommend getting to Pacifica to see the humpback whales that have been pottering around for the last month. Quite remarkable. They lunge up when feeding. Track where they are with this Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/352947586172817/

#NaturePhotography #Whale #HumpbackWhale #MarineMammal #SanFrancisco #Pacific

Greenland weather is unpredictable — several planned excursions were canceled because of storms or icepack — but that once gave us time to check a random fjord where there were a pair of bearded seals, or as I would call them, mustached seals. Tubular!

#WildlifePhotography #Photography #NaturePhotography #Greenland #TravelPhotography #MarineMammal #Fjord

So far, eight females from two #seal colonies have filmed almost 90 hours of footage across more than 500km, helping #scientists to #map 5,000 sq km of #habitat. The #SeaLions have mapped rocky reefs and seagrass meadows along the continental shelf, and shown humans the places that are important to them.

With that information, #conservationists will have much clearer ideas on how to protect the country’s only endemic seal.

Goldsworthy, of the South #Australian #Research and Development Institute #SARDI, has been studying the fast-disappearing #MarineMammal for 25 years. But he says the cameras are a gamechanger.

“Information has been so elusive, because they’re feeding at the bottom of the sea,” he said. “Now we get this amazing, exquisite detail. They’re giving us a window into their world that we haven’t had before.

“Just like humans know our streets, the sea lions know the sea bed in intimate detail for hundreds of kilometres and they build up this knowledge over time. They have a mental map of their environment and they are leading you to places of profound significance for them.”

https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/07/australia-sea-lions-cameras-ocean-floor

#wildlife #MarineScience #MarineBiology #SeaLife #OceanConservation #OceanHabitats #OceanScience #nature #MarineEcology #environmental #OceanLife #ecosystems #ecological

Happy World Orca Day! A keystone and indicator species for ocean health and one of my favourites to see when out at sea.

#WorldOrcaDay #orca #killerwhale #marinemammal #conservation #linocut #printmaking #MastoArt

#Mexico expedition sights only 6 to 8 #vaquita #porpoises, the most endangered #marinemammal
Last year, experts on a sighting expedition estimated they saw from 10 to 13 of the tiny, shy, elusive porpoises during nearly two weeks of sailing in the #GulfOfCalifornia, also known as the #SeaOfCortez. More troubling, no baby vaquitas were seen this year by the conservation group #SeaShepherd https://phys.org/news/2024-06-mexico-sights-vaquita-porpoises-endangered.html

Last full day in Cape May, and the dolphins did not disappoint. Plus, we saw a few other species on the beach we did not expect.

More photos ... https://technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/Travel-photos/Cape-May-2024

#Photography #MarineMammal #Dolphin #WildlifePhotography #CapeMay #JerseyShore

#US #Navy Tried to Turn #Whale Songs Into Secret Code
In 1959, the Navy Electronics Laboratory got to work on the concept as part of #ProjectCombo. The work centered on the understanding that certain #marinemammal sounds and vibrations they generated might travel over very long distances #underwater. More importantly, they'd appear so common as to go unnoticed by enemy. #ColdWar project as an ingenious but overly complicated method for #submarines to send covert messages.
https://www.twz.com/8778/the-u-s-navy-tried-to-turn-whale-songs-into-secret-code

Collected over 60 years ago and still fragrant. #whale #marinemammal #zoology

Sea Lions are quite interesting marine mammals with their long flippers, short, thick hair, long whiskers, torpedo shaped bodies and their small ear flaps. They are social, playful and intelligent. I was thrilled to capture this close up of the diving California Sea Lion.
Whiskers available here
https://debbie-oppermann.pixels.com/featured/whiskers-debbie-oppermann.html
#SeaLion #WhiskersWednesday #animal #mammal #marinemammal #whiskers #nature #photography #BuyIntoArt #artforsale #PhotographersOnMastodon #fediverse #GiftIdeas

Happy World Orca Day! A keystone and indicator species for ocean health and one of my favourites to see when out at sea.

#WorldOrcaDay #orca #killerwhale #marinemammal #conservation #linocut #printmaking

In the #lawsuit filed last year, the #CenterForBiologicalDiversity alleged the agency #failed to establish a plan to #protect the #whales from #deadly #entanglements in sablefish pot gear. In a December 2021 permit, #NOAA authorized "the incidental, but not intentional" take, or catch, of listed or #protected #MarineMammal #species in the #Washington , #Oregon & #California #sablefish pot fishery.

https://www.chronline.com/stories/judge-feds-failed-to-protect-endangered-humpbacks-from-fishing-gear,315628?

Curious Baby Gray Whale

Description: Estimated to be somewhere between 2-4 weeks old, a curious baby gray whale takes a look at all the weird creatures above the waves.

Location: Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

https://thecareyadventures.com/blog/curious-baby-gray-whale/

#BajaCaliforniaSur #Featured #Mexico #NorthAmerica #PhotooftheDay #animals #baby #BajaCaliforniaSur #boats #graywhale #marinemammal #Mexico #POTD #whales #whale

At last, a reason to go to Blyth
#walrus #blyth #northumberland #MarineMammal