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Stunning video shows Antarctic killer whales appearing to use icebergs as scratching posts, possibly to exfoliate their skin
National Geographic captured the first known footage of killer whales rubbing up against icebergs, …
Grace Eliza Goodwin,Kelsey Vlamis
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Blue whales are returning to a tiny island in the sub-Antarctic — 50 years after whaling in the region brought them to the brink of extinction
Near a tiny little island in the sub-Antarctic called South Georgia, blue whales were hunted mercil…
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Soviet whalers wiped out blue whales from part of the Indian Ocean 50 years ago. Underwater audio reveals the gentle giants have returned.
Blue whales were wiped out from waters near the Seychelles islands half a century ago but underwate…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Soviet whalers wiped out blue whales from part of the Indian Ocean 50 years ago. Underwater audio reveals the gentle giants have returned.
Blue whales were wiped out from waters near the Seychelles islands half a century ago but underwate…
Kelsey Vlamis
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The death of an endangered fin whale was a marine murder mystery. Now, we have a suspect: orcas.
Bite marks have revealed the likely culprit in an endangered fin whale's death earlier this month.
Paul Squire
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Cargo ships are killing blue whales but the problem is 'uniquely resolvable,' marine biologist says
The world's busiest shipping lanes need to be rerouted to avoid "losing a culture of whales," marin…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Orcas may just be the beginning. Whales and humans are likely to have more strange encounters in the future.
Orcas are targeting boats near Spain and gray whales in Baja let humans pet them. Meanwhile many wh…
Kelsey Vlamis
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World's largest container line is rerouting its fleet to avoid collisions with endangered blue whales, the largest animals on earth
Mediterranean Shipping Company's new route avoids Sri Lankan waters where blue whales congregate af…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Incredible photos show the killing of a blue whale by a pod of orcas, documenting for the first time the largest animal on the planet being hunted
The Western Australia study is a unique record of orcas — also known as killer whales —…
Bethany Dawson
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Comparing an orca's brain to a human's explains why killer whales are the ocean's ultimate apex predator
Orcas and humans are at the top of their respective food chains. To understand why, just take a loo…
Emily Swaim
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Whales are turning up dead on beaches — and our online shopping addiction is partly to blame
Nearly two dozen whales have washed up along the Atlantic coast in recent months. Experts say clima…
Avery Hartmans
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Arctic explorer rates 9 polar survival scenes In tv shows and movies
Explorer Dwayne Fields looks at nine polar-exploration scenes from popular TV shows and movies and …
Ju Shardlow,Sarah Medroumi
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Big whales eat 3 times as much as previously thought, which means killing them for food and blubber is even more harmful to the environment
A decadelong study tagged over 300 baleen whales to understand how much they eat. It found that the…
Marianne Guenot
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US Names Mountain In Honour Of Indian-American Scientist
The US has named a mountain in Antarctica after an Indian-American scientist whose biological resea…
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Every year, hundreds of whales are slaughtered in Northern Europe - but their meat might be poisoning the people who eat it
The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society reported that pilot whales in the Faroe Islands region c…
Molly Sequin
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Scientists went on a hunt for the elusive colossal squid — and brought cruise ship tourists with them
Researchers in search of the colossal squid took Antarctic cruises, hoping to film and learn more a…
Jenny McGrath
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6 ways humans are transforming Antarctica from a pristine preserve to a polluted wasteland
Antarctica is one of the most pristine places on Earth, yet it's changing rapidly due to human encr…
Rupendra Brahambhatt
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Orcas were spotted swimming unusually close to Massachusetts
New England Aquarium scientists photographed four killer whales near Nantucket as they were conduct…
Rebecca Harrington
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Listen to 'the bloop,' a strange noise recorded in the southern Pacific Ocean that stumped scientists for years
In 1997, scientists recorded a haunting noise from deep beneath the ocean's surface. The mystery to…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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The northernmost town in the US won't see sunlight for another 66 days — here's what it's like to live and work in Utqiagvik, Alaska
Local business owners told Insider what it's like to work in America's northernmost town in Alaska …