#whales — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #whales, aggregated by home.social.
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💁🏻♀️ 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
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💁🏻♀️ 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
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University of Hawaii: Tagging whales from the sky: New methods revolutionize research. “Marine mammal research has attained new heights as scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa are deploying noninvasive suction-cup tags onto humpback whales using drones. Traditionally, researchers from the Marine Mammal Research Program (MMRP) in the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology approached […]
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University of Hawaii: Tagging whales from the sky: New methods revolutionize research. “Marine mammal research has attained new heights as scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa are deploying noninvasive suction-cup tags onto humpback whales using drones. Traditionally, researchers from the Marine Mammal Research Program (MMRP) in the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology approached […]
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It’s hard to imagine the largest animal that’s ever lived - the blue whale - can trace its family tree back to this small, pig-like mammal…
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It’s hard to imagine the largest animal that’s ever lived - the blue whale - can trace its family tree back to this small, pig-like mammal…
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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 JaneiroThe 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
#Whales #Brazil #RiodeJaneiro #Americas #Cetaceans #Environment #Marinelife #Worldnews #Wildlife #Biology #TheGuardian #ConstanceMalleretinRiodeJaneiro
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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 JaneiroThe 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
#Whales #Brazil #RiodeJaneiro #Americas #Cetaceans #Environment #Marinelife #Worldnews #Wildlife #Biology #TheGuardian #ConstanceMalleretinRiodeJaneiro
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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
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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
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Young volunteer attempts to keep stranded humpback whale alive on Queensland beach – video
By Guardian StaffChantelle Smith was with her daughter on Sunday morning on K'gari when they came across a stranded juvenile humpback whale. After she recorded this footage, a number of other local volunteers arrived to keep the animal wet. The juvenile mammal became trapped on a sandbank at the southern entrance of Wathumba Creek, sparking an immediate rescue effort from local beachgoers and wildlife authorities. A spokesperson for the Department of Environment confirmed that the whale managed to free itself and return to the ocean
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Young volunteer attempts to keep stranded humpback whale alive on Queensland beach – video
By Guardian StaffChantelle Smith was with her daughter on Sunday morning on K'gari when they came across a stranded juvenile humpback whale. After she recorded this footage, a number of other local volunteers arrived to keep the animal wet. The juvenile mammal became trapped on a sandbank at the southern entrance of Wathumba Creek, sparking an immediate rescue effort from local beachgoers and wildlife authorities. A spokesperson for the Department of Environment confirmed that the whale managed to free itself and return to the ocean
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🐋🎵 In 1984-85, thousands of belugas trapped in #Arctic pack #ice off #Russia’s #Chukchi Peninsula faced starvation.
The #icebreaker Moskva crushed an escape channel, playing #classical #music to coax the herd forward. Roughly 2,000 survived and about 1,000 died, though the music’s role stayed unverified.
#beluga #whales #marine #rescue #animals #behavior #ocean #conservation #engineering #history #sovietunion #ussr #wildlife #marinebiology #biology #science
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🐋🎵 In 1984-85, thousands of belugas trapped in #Arctic pack #ice off #Russia’s #Chukchi Peninsula faced starvation.
The #icebreaker Moskva crushed an escape channel, playing #classical #music to coax the herd forward. Roughly 2,000 survived and about 1,000 died, though the music’s role stayed unverified.
#beluga #whales #marine #rescue #animals #behavior #ocean #conservation #engineering #history #sovietunion #ussr #wildlife #marinebiology #biology #science
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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
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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
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Researchers have studied a mysterious rhythmic clanging noise produced by male sperm whales.
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Researchers have studied a mysterious rhythmic clanging noise produced by male sperm whales.
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Operation Beluga — or how a Soviet ice breaker played music to thousands of ice-trapped whales to save them from starving
Credit: Library of Congress collection. The Soviet Union now belongs largely to memory and history books, and many…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AU #Australia #beluga #Chukchi #icebreaker #Moskva #Russia #Science #Whales
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Operation Beluga — or how a Soviet ice breaker played music to thousands of ice-trapped whales to save them from starving
Credit: Library of Congress collection. The Soviet Union now belongs largely to memory and history books, and many…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AU #Australia #beluga #Chukchi #icebreaker #Moskva #Russia #Science #Whales
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Leaking oil tanker sinking further off Oman
BEIRUT (AP) — A sanctioned tanker carrying nearly 1 million barrels of oil appears to have become further…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Animals #CarolineBezengi #Climate #Climateandenvironment #endangeredspecies #Energyindustry #Generalnews #Greenpeace #NinaNoelle #Oceans #Oilandgasindustry #Oilspills #Oman #Omangovernment #Whales #WimZwijnenburg #World #Worldnews
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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
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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
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SeaWorld Completes Largest Captive Whale Transportation Operation in Nation’s History
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SeaWorld Completes Largest Captive Whale Transportation Operation in Nation’s History
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Sperm Whales Seem to Change Their Calls When Ships Are Near, Highlighting the Implications of Underwater Noise Pollution
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Sperm Whales Seem to Change Their Calls When Ships Are Near, Highlighting the Implications of Underwater Noise Pollution
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Whale diving in the St. Lawrence
📸 6 August 2011
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Baleine plongeant dans le Saint-Laurent📸 6 août 2011
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Whale diving in the St. Lawrence
📸 6 August 2011
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Baleine plongeant dans le Saint-Laurent📸 6 août 2011
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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
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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
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“Dolphins and whales aren’t as different as many people think. Dolphins are actually a group of toothed whales, just generally smaller species in the same cetacean family. They sometimes swim together, socialize, and even form temporary bonds. The ocean’s “dolphins” and “whales” are more like cousins than strangers sharing the sea.” #wildlife #nature #whales #dolphins #science #biology
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“Dolphins and whales aren’t as different as many people think. Dolphins are actually a group of toothed whales, just generally smaller species in the same cetacean family. They sometimes swim together, socialize, and even form temporary bonds. The ocean’s “dolphins” and “whales” are more like cousins than strangers sharing the sea.” #wildlife #nature #whales #dolphins #science #biology
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Nature always puts some of its best shows on display in #Alaska, where one person recently captured majestic footage of humpback whales during feeding hour. 🐳
🔗 See it for yourself here: http://dlvr.it/TTs4cw
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Nature always puts some of its best shows on display in #Alaska, where one person recently captured majestic footage of humpback whales during feeding hour. 🐳
🔗 See it for yourself here: http://dlvr.it/TTs4cw
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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
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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
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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