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  1. Humpback whale filmed apparently grieving its stillborn calf – video

    Footage recorded in July 2025 shows a humpback whale repeatedly returning for more than an hour to the spot where its stillborn calf lay, a kilometre off Australia’s Gold Coast. While similar behaviours have been documented in pilot whales, dolphins and killer whales, a new report from Griffith University and the Sea World Foundation suggests this is the first described case of a toothless baleen whale mother caring for her deceased newborn calf. ‘However, we can’t directly measure the emotional state of whales,’ writes Olaf Meynecke, a co-author of the report. ‘The behaviours we observed could represent grief, but they could also reflect maternal attachment, confusion or instinctive caregiving. For this reason, researchers use broader terms – such as postmortem attentive behaviour – rather than concluding that whales grieve in the human sense’

    theguardian.com/environment/vi

    #Marinelife #Whales #Wildlife #Animalwelfare #Animalbehaviour #Animals #TheGuardian #

  2. Do whales grieve? Rare footage of humpback alongside stillborn calf suggests they might | Olaf Meynecke for the Conversation
    By Olaf Meynecke for the Conversation

    The behaviours we observed could represent grief, but they could also reflect maternal attachment, confusion or instinctive caregiving

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Marinelife #Environment #Whales #Wildlife #Animals #Australianews #TheGuardian #OlafMeyneckefortheConversation

  3. Do whales grieve? Rare footage of humpback alongside stillborn calf suggests they might | Olaf Meynecke for the Conversation
    By Olaf Meynecke for the Conversation

    The behaviours we observed could represent grief, but they could also reflect maternal attachment, confusion or instinctive caregiving

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Marinelife #Environment #Whales #Wildlife #Animals #Australianews #TheGuardian #OlafMeyneckefortheConversation

  4. Do whales grieve? Rare footage of humpback alongside stillborn calf suggests they might | Olaf Meynecke for the Conversation
    By Olaf Meynecke for the Conversation

    The behaviours we observed could represent grief, but they could also reflect maternal attachment, confusion or instinctive caregiving

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Marinelife #Environment #Whales #Wildlife #Animals #Australianews #TheGuardian #OlafMeyneckefortheConversation

  5. Do whales grieve? Rare footage of humpback alongside stillborn calf suggests they might | Olaf Meynecke for the Conversation
    By Olaf Meynecke for the Conversation

    The behaviours we observed could represent grief, but they could also reflect maternal attachment, confusion or instinctive caregiving

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Marinelife #Environment #Whales #Wildlife #Animals #Australianews #TheGuardian #OlafMeyneckefortheConversation

  6. Do whales grieve? Rare footage of humpback alongside stillborn calf suggests they might | Olaf Meynecke for the Conversation
    By Olaf Meynecke for the Conversation

    The behaviours we observed could represent grief, but they could also reflect maternal attachment, confusion or instinctive caregiving

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Marinelife #Environment #Whales #Wildlife #Animals #Australianews #TheGuardian #OlafMeyneckefortheConversation

  7. Orcas in the harbour, again.

  8. Researchers in Australia captured footage of a female humpback whale repeatedly diving to make eye contact with her stillborn calf and lay next to its body on the seafloor.

    livescience.com/animals/whales

    #science #whales #grief

  9. Last night, in International Waters, the Icelandic Coast Guard seized the Bandero, removing the Captain Paul Watson Foundation's conservation vessel from the front lines of Operation 86 after weeks of pursuing Iceland's commercial whaling fleet, conducted by Kristján Loftsson's company, Hvalur hf.

    Throughout the campaign, the Bandero was closely monitored by the Icelandic Coast Guard. youtube.com/watch?v=o6MUi-tH_Rs youtube.com/watch?v=1Lccjb05F9c #whaling #whales #CPWF #WWF #sea #SeaShepherd #climate

  10. Last night, in International Waters, the Icelandic Coast Guard seized the Bandero, removing the Captain Paul Watson Foundation's conservation vessel from the front lines of Operation 86 after weeks of pursuing Iceland's commercial whaling fleet, conducted by Kristján Loftsson's company, Hvalur hf.

    Throughout the campaign, the Bandero was closely monitored by the Icelandic Coast Guard. youtube.com/watch?v=o6MUi-tH_Rs youtube.com/watch?v=1Lccjb05F9c #whaling #whales #CPWF #WWF #sea #SeaShepherd #climate

  11. Last night, in International Waters, the Icelandic Coast Guard seized the Bandero, removing the Captain Paul Watson Foundation's conservation vessel from the front lines of Operation 86 after weeks of pursuing Iceland's commercial whaling fleet, conducted by Kristján Loftsson's company, Hvalur hf.

    Throughout the campaign, the Bandero was closely monitored by the Icelandic Coast Guard. youtube.com/watch?v=o6MUi-tH_Rs youtube.com/watch?v=1Lccjb05F9c #whaling #whales #CPWF #WWF #sea #SeaShepherd #climate

  12. Last night, in International Waters, the Icelandic Coast Guard seized the Bandero, removing the Captain Paul Watson Foundation's conservation vessel from the front lines of Operation 86 after weeks of pursuing Iceland's commercial whaling fleet, conducted by Kristján Loftsson's company, Hvalur hf.

    Throughout the campaign, the Bandero was closely monitored by the Icelandic Coast Guard. youtube.com/watch?v=o6MUi-tH_Rs youtube.com/watch?v=1Lccjb05F9c #whaling #whales #CPWF #WWF #sea #SeaShepherd #climate

  13. Last night, in International Waters, the Icelandic Coast Guard seized the Bandero, removing the Captain Paul Watson Foundation's conservation vessel from the front lines of Operation 86 after weeks of pursuing Iceland's commercial whaling fleet, conducted by Kristján Loftsson's company, Hvalur hf.

    Throughout the campaign, the Bandero was closely monitored by the Icelandic Coast Guard. youtube.com/watch?v=o6MUi-tH_Rs youtube.com/watch?v=1Lccjb05F9c #whaling #whales #CPWF #WWF #sea #SeaShepherd #climate

  14. If you’ve not got around to sending cards and are thinking of making a donation to charity instead, please consider giving to Captain Paul Watson Foundation UK. Easy to do, just visit www.neptunespirates.uk/donate and you’ll be supporting our volunteers to get out there and take action to defend marine wildlife. #CPWF #neptunespiratesuk #xmas #merrychristmas2023 #whales #iceland #savethewhales #ocean #donatenow

  15. If you’ve not got around to sending cards and are thinking of making a donation to charity instead, please consider giving to Captain Paul Watson Foundation UK. Easy to do, just visit www.neptunespirates.uk/donate and you’ll be supporting our volunteers to get out there and take action to defend marine wildlife. #CPWF #neptunespiratesuk #xmas #merrychristmas2023 #whales #iceland #savethewhales #ocean #donatenow

  16. If you’ve not got around to sending cards and are thinking of making a donation to charity instead, please consider giving to Captain Paul Watson Foundation UK. Easy to do, just visit www.neptunespirates.uk/donate and you’ll be supporting our volunteers to get out there and take action to defend marine wildlife. #CPWF #neptunespiratesuk #xmas #merrychristmas2023 #whales #iceland #savethewhales #ocean #donatenow

  17. If you’ve not got around to sending cards and are thinking of making a donation to charity instead, please consider giving to Captain Paul Watson Foundation UK. Easy to do, just visit www.neptunespirates.uk/donate and you’ll be supporting our volunteers to get out there and take action to defend marine wildlife. #CPWF #neptunespiratesuk #xmas #merrychristmas2023 #whales #iceland #savethewhales #ocean #donatenow