#narwhals — Public Fediverse posts
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Narwhals become quieter as the Arctic Ocean grows louder
Increasing shipping traffic is interfering with the whales’ ability to hunt and communicate.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/narwhals-become-quieter-as-the-arctic-ocean-grows-louder/#cetaceans #climate-change #conservation #narwhals #science #shipping #syndication #whales -
Narwhals become quieter as the Arctic Ocean grows louder Increasing shipping traffic is interfering with the whales’ ability to hunt and communicate. https://s.faithcollapsing.com/cc3is#cetaceans #climate-change #conservation #narwhals #science #shipping #syndication #whales
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#Narwhals become quieter as the #ArcticOcean grows louder
As global temperatures continue to rise, the acoustic world narwhals depend on is rapidly shifting throughout their range, from northeastern #Canada and #Greenland to #Norway’s #Svalbard archipelago and #Arctic waters in #Russia. It’s getting louder. Increasing shipping traffic is interfering with the #whales’ ability to hunt and communicate.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/narwhals-become-quieter-as-the-arctic-ocean-grows-louder/ -
#Narwhals become quieter as the #ArcticOcean grows louder
As global temperatures continue to rise, the acoustic world narwhals depend on is rapidly shifting throughout their range, from northeastern #Canada and #Greenland to #Norway’s #Svalbard archipelago and #Arctic waters in #Russia. It’s getting louder. Increasing shipping traffic is interfering with the #whales’ ability to hunt and communicate.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/narwhals-become-quieter-as-the-arctic-ocean-grows-louder/ -
#Narwhals become quieter as the #ArcticOcean grows louder
As global temperatures continue to rise, the acoustic world narwhals depend on is rapidly shifting throughout their range, from northeastern #Canada and #Greenland to #Norway’s #Svalbard archipelago and #Arctic waters in #Russia. It’s getting louder. Increasing shipping traffic is interfering with the #whales’ ability to hunt and communicate.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/narwhals-become-quieter-as-the-arctic-ocean-grows-louder/ -
#Narwhals become quieter as the #ArcticOcean grows louder
As global temperatures continue to rise, the acoustic world narwhals depend on is rapidly shifting throughout their range, from northeastern #Canada and #Greenland to #Norway’s #Svalbard archipelago and #Arctic waters in #Russia. It’s getting louder. Increasing shipping traffic is interfering with the #whales’ ability to hunt and communicate.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/narwhals-become-quieter-as-the-arctic-ocean-grows-louder/ -
#Narwhals become quieter as the #ArcticOcean grows louder
As global temperatures continue to rise, the acoustic world narwhals depend on is rapidly shifting throughout their range, from northeastern #Canada and #Greenland to #Norway’s #Svalbard archipelago and #Arctic waters in #Russia. It’s getting louder. Increasing shipping traffic is interfering with the #whales’ ability to hunt and communicate.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/narwhals-become-quieter-as-the-arctic-ocean-grows-louder/ -
Narwhals in ice break, Baffin Island, Nunavut, #Canada. Noise from ships can disrupt the animals’ ability to communicate and find food. The research, carried out in 2023 and published this year, adds to mounting evidence that underwater radiated noise – sound energy that ships emit through their hulls, propellers and machinery – is disrupting marine life.
Photograph: Minden Pictures/Alamy
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‘The #narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/25/shipping-noise-arctic-whales-narwhals-sound-quieter-vessels
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🦄🌊 Researchers at #Hokkaido University recorded 247 incidents of #narwhals hitting #underwater microphones placed 190-400 meters deep in #Greenland fjords, with the animals making foraging buzzes and rubbing sounds.
Scientists believe the narwhals may confuse the recording equipment with cod prey or use them as scratching posts, raising questions about whether "non-invasive" #research actually changes animal behavior.
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Genetics Reveals Warming Seas May Drive Narwhals Into Extinction
"A recent study of the genetic history of narwhals reveals these medium-sized Arctic-dwelling whales face an uncertain future, thanks to climate change"
#ClimateCrisis #WarmingSeas #Whales #Narwhals #genetics #extinction #conservation #Arctic https://medium.com/grrlscientist/genetics-reveals-warming-seas-may-drive-narwhals-into-extinction-4d0d872390f2
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Genetics Reveals Warming Seas May Drive Narwhals Into Extinction
"A recent study of the genetic history of narwhals reveals these medium-sized Arctic-dwelling whales face an uncertain future, thanks to climate change"
#ClimateCrisis #WarmingSeas #Whales #Narwhals #genetics #extinction #conservation #Arctic https://medium.com/grrlscientist/genetics-reveals-warming-seas-may-drive-narwhals-into-extinction-4d0d872390f2
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Something to brighten your day! Four colourful nature and wildlife cards from Tamsin Abbott to add to her already-delicious collection :)
#NatureArt #WildlifeArt #HareArt #Narwhals #CheshireCat #GreetingCards #TamsinAbbott #PaganArt #MastoArt #FediArt
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Something to brighten your day! Four colourful nature and wildlife cards from Tamsin Abbott to add to her already-delicious collection :)
#NatureArt #WildlifeArt #HareArt #Narwhals #CheshireCat #GreetingCards #TamsinAbbott #PaganArt #MastoArt #FediArt
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[Ewing et al.] Narwhal acoustic presence in Eclipse Sound, Nunavut: relationships with sea ice and responses to ships https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-04032-1 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Narwhals
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#Videos Show #Narwhals Using Their Tusks to Play With Their Food
Researchers observed surprising behaviors by the #whales in #Canada's #Arctic.
Narwhals chased arctic char but did not, strangely, try to catch and eat it. The whales even slowed down when necessary to keep the fish just off the tip of their tusks. When they did interact with the fish, they used gentle taps or nudges — a stark difference to when they were observed hunting fish.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/science/narwhals-tusks-video.html
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🦄✨ #FairyTaleTuesday✨🦄
Discover the enchanting Asian #unicorns like the #Qilin from China 🇨🇳 and the Kirin from Japan 🇯🇵.
Did you know #narwhals 🐋 might have inspired the unicorn legend? Their tusks were once sold as unicorn horns!
📖💫 #FairytaleFlash 🦄✨Photo of Chinese Qilin Statue in Summer Palace, Public Domain.
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🦄✨ #FairyTaleTuesday✨🦄
Discover the enchanting Asian #unicorns like the #Qilin from China 🇨🇳 and the Kirin from Japan 🇯🇵.
Did you know #narwhals 🐋 might have inspired the unicorn legend? Their tusks were once sold as unicorn horns!
📖💫 #FairytaleFlash 🦄✨Photo of Chinese Qilin Statue in Summer Palace, Public Domain.
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🦄✨ #FairyTaleTuesday✨🦄
Discover the enchanting Asian #unicorns like the #Qilin from China 🇨🇳 and the Kirin from Japan 🇯🇵.
Did you know #narwhals 🐋 might have inspired the unicorn legend? Their tusks were once sold as unicorn horns!
📖💫 #FairytaleFlash 🦄✨Photo of Chinese Qilin Statue in Summer Palace, Public Domain.
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🦄✨ #FairyTaleTuesday✨🦄
Discover the enchanting Asian #unicorns like the #Qilin from China 🇨🇳 and the Kirin from Japan 🇯🇵.
Did you know #narwhals 🐋 might have inspired the unicorn legend? Their tusks were once sold as unicorn horns!
📖💫 #FairytaleFlash 🦄✨Photo of Chinese Qilin Statue in Summer Palace, Public Domain.
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Narwhals may use their iconic tusks to play.
Science News reports on research showing "the Arctic whales poked and prodded a fish that isn't usually a part of their diet."
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Drone captures #narwhals using their #tusks to explore, forage and play
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-drone-captures-narwhals-tusks-explore.html #science #ecology #MarineBiology #cetaceans
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Ah yes, the groundbreaking discovery of #narwhals doing... narwhal things, now brought to you by a #drone. 🤖✨ But wait, what's that? A 400 Bad Request? Clearly, the internet gods have deemed this highly 'critical' #research too dangerous to share. 🚫🐋🔧
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-drone-captures-narwhals-tusks-explore.html #interneterror #wildlife #conservation #techinnovation #HackerNews #ngated -
Drone captures narwhals using their tusks to explore, forage and play — https://phys.org/news/2025-02-drone-captures-narwhals-tusks-explore.html
#HackerNews #Drone #Narwhals #Exploration #Foraging #Nature #Wildlife -
Drone captures narwhals using their tusks to explore, forage and play https://phys.org/news/2025-02-drone-captures-narwhals-tusks-explore.html 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Narwhals
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Drone captures #narwhals using their tusks to explore, forage and play https://phys.org/news/2025-02-drone-captures-narwhals-tusks-explore.html paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1518605/full
"It is believed to play a role in competition for mates. The tusk may have other uses and its function is still debated, primarily because few people have observed how these elusive #animals use their tusks in the wild... Using #drones, researchers captured 17 distinct behaviors, which shed light on the dynamics between the #narwhal, its prey and avian competitors."
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I am incredibly fortunate to work with Malene Simon Hegelund from the #Greenland natural resources institute, today she is presenting work from #BlueAction and other projects on the reliance of #narwhals on #ice 🌊⚒️ including a spectacular recording of their sound
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This song from the ancient times has been playing in my head ever since waking up this morning:
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This song from the ancient times has been playing in my head ever since waking up this morning:
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This song from the ancient times has been playing in my head ever since waking up this morning:
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This song from the ancient times has been playing in my head ever since waking up this morning:
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This song from the ancient times has been playing in my head ever since waking up this morning:
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Every kid we know is currently obsessed with narwhals (we blame the unicorns) but if they really want to know about these one-toothed sea creatures, they need to speak to Martin Nweeia. A dentist by day, he has taken more than 20 trips to the Arctic to log Indigenous knowledge about the tusk, discover what exactly it’s made of, and what it’s for. @KnowableMag interviewed him.
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2024/life-of-the-narwhal-martin-nweeia
#Science #Nature #Zoology #MarineBiology #Narwhals #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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Clues for the #evolution of #menopause in whales — and humans?
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/22/1198909539/menopause-humans-whales-evolutionThe evolution of menopause in #ToothedWhales https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07159-9
"menopause is something of an evolutionary blip. We are one of the few #animals to experience it... There are five species of toothed #whales that undergo menopause — short-finned #PilotWhales, #FalseKillerWhales, #KillerWhales, #narwhals and #belugas — making it the type of animal that is known to have evolved menopause most frequently."
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The only other mammals to go through the menopause live longer because of it | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/menopause-whales-live-longer-study-b2512062.html#Menopause
#Whales
#ShortFinnedPilotWhales
#FalseKillerWhales
#Narwhals
#Beluga
#BelugaWhales
#Grandmothers
#Babysitting
#FoodSharing
#LeverhulmeTrust
#NaturalEnviromentResearchCouncil
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[Hansen et al.] Abundance and distribution of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) on the summering grounds in Greenland between 2007-2019 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2024.1294262/full 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #Whales #Narwhals
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Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #316: Narwhal tusks.
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#cetaceans #narwhals #tusks #scientificmysteries #science #biology #marinebiology #comic #webcomic #facts #funfacts #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn -
"As global warming causes Arctic waters to heat up and sea ice to melt, #MarineAnimals adapted to a cloistered life are threatened by the arrival of other #aquaticmammals and by increases in human activity.
The three #whale species that live in the #arctic year-round— #narwhals, #belugas and #bowheads—are particularly at risk."
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-cloistered-arctic-whales-bigger-climate.html#!
