Visiting Antarctica or the Arctic? Here's how to minimise your impact
As polar tourism surges, experts warn of its environmental impact. From transport choices to local food, here's how to visit ...
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What ‘the world’s loneliest whale’ may be telling us about climate change
The frequency was much higher than a blue whale or its cousin, the fin whale, leaving scientists to ponder the mystery of Whale 52. The leviathan has been heard many times since, but never seen.
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Scientists witnessed a ‘Humpback Palooza’ in the Arctic. Local hunters worry about what that could mean for subsistence.
studies bowheads in the Arctic. But in 2021, she and her late colleague Craig George saw a whale that, to their surprise, turned out to be a humpback – a species that was once rare in the ...
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Blubber Bath: When Dead Whale Carcasses Were Used as Health Cures
Whales are some of the largest known creatures to exist (or, in the case of the blue whale, to have ever existed) on Earth, with some species weighing up to 200 tons—and while many find the ...
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Where are all the baby blue whales? Scientists may have finally cracked the mystery
Scientists may finally have an explanation for the longstanding mystery of why blue whale calves are rarely sighted, an advance that could help better conserve the critically endangered species.
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4,000 tons of nitrogen and 20 million Big Macs: What whales bring to the tropics every year in nutrients
A new study out of the University of Vermont quantifies just how much migrating female whales do to sustain ocean ecosystems.
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Inside the harsh lives of wolves living at the top of the world
Our writer spent 30 hours traveling with arctic wolves and gained a new appreciation for these predators of the tundra. Wolves pick at the remains of a muskox. To get this image, photographer ...
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Whales: Facts about the largest animals on Earth
They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed. Whales can be found in every ocean, with many species migrating long distances ...