If prizes were awarded to deep diving marine mammals, the Cuvier’s beaked whale would be the champion, according to a new study, which reports the cetacean has having the longest, deepest dive on record.
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The Big Bad Wolf stock figure of so many children’s fairy tales, has surfaced again. This time it’s in France, where there has been an outcry from animal rights groups since wolf hunts have resumed due to increased attacks by the animals after their “European comeback.”
Leatherback logging in the Atlantic
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Two Healthy Lions, and Their Cubs, “Zoothanized” … Why? (Op-Ed)
Does conservation demand that a zoo kill healthy lions?
Core skin bacterial community in humpback whales
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Cuvier’s beaked whales set new breath-hold diving records: Whales dive to nearly two miles depth, for over two hours
Scientists monitored Cuvier’s beaked whales’ record-breaking dives to depths of nearly two miles below the ocean surface and some dives lasted for over two hours.
Fish and Fisheries Public Seminar Series Starts April 3 in Gloucester (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
(Source: University of Massachusetts Amherst) UMass Amherst’s Large Pelagics Research Center brings four expert speakers Contact: Janet Lathrop 413/545-0444 AMHERST, Mass. – Experts will discuss the latest research on Atlantic bluefin tuna, fisheries and food webs, ocean ecology, right whale conservation and many related topics as part of a month-long series kicking off at 7 […]
Beaked whale is deep-dive champion
Cuvier’s beaked whales are likely to be the most extreme breath-holders among marine mammals. A satellite tag attached to one of these animals, swimming off the coast of California, recorded a dive to nearly 3km below the ocean surface that lasted 137 minutes. This performance exceeds that for any southern elephant seal, which is also […]
Beaked whale is deep-dive champion
Cuvier’s beaked whales are likely to be the most extreme divers among marine mammals, able to go nearly 3km down and hold their breath for more than two hours.
Endangered Right Whale Breeding Ground amid Shipping Lane Surveyed with Acoustic Monitoring Devices
A new report from Syracuse University details mating habits in an endangered North Atlantic right whale breeding ground off the Nova Scotia coast that’s right in the middle of a heavily trafficked shipping lane.
