Home » whales

You Searched For "whales"

Matinee fever

If not at the parties around the town, most well-known Delhiites are seen at movie premieres organised in the capital....

20 July 2013 5:36 AM

It also sighted 50 Gangetic dolphins, an endangered species, at 28 spots, up from 42 spotted in a 2015 study by the UP government. (Representational image)

Big and brilliant: complex whale behaviour tied to brain size

Scientists have identified key differences among cetaceans linked to brain size.

18 Oct 2017 7:27 AM

This photo is made with a drone, a young resident killer whale chases a chinook salmon in the Salish Sea near San Juan Island, Wash. (Photo: AP)

Endangered orcas compete with seals, sea lions for salmon

A study suggests that competition from other marine mammals might be bigger problem for a small group of killer whales.

21 Nov 2017 8:28 AM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Another whale population suddenly dying in Atlantic

Most of the necropsies so far on the humpback whales show blunt force trauma, suggesting ship strikes as the cause of...

1 Feb 2018 2:00 PM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

A whale with words: Orca mimics human speech

New experiment shows how smart orcas really are.

1 Feb 2018 10:50 AM

COSEWIC noted that Sowerbys Beaked whales are particularly susceptible to noise pollution as the species uses sound to navigate and hunt. (Photo: AFP)

Whale: Endangered wildlife in Canada

Canada lists three whale species as threatened.

7 May 2019 3:39 AM

(Representational Image)

Ailing whale stuck in New York bay is euthanized

Experts said when whales become stranded it generally indicates underlying health issues.

24 Nov 2016 4:36 AM

Killer whale Tilikum that hit limelight by the US documentary Blackfish, died on Friday, at the age of 36. (Photo: AFP)

Tilikum, SeaWorld's killer whale no more

Tilikum had been fighting a bacterial lung infection since March when he died at the marine theme park in Orlando,...

8 Jan 2017 12:55 AM

German visitor Lea Stubbe rubs water on a pilot whale that beached itself at the remote Farewell Spit on the tip of the South Island of New Zealand. (Photo: AP)

About 200 beached whales refloat themselves in New Zealand

Hundreds of volunteers from farmers to tourists have spent days at the beach dousing the whales with buckets of water to...

12 Feb 2017 5:36 AM

Stranded whales on Farewell Spit beach in New Zealand. (Photo: AP)

300 whales die on New Zealand beach

Jutting hook shape of Farewell Spit could have trapped the whales.

11 Feb 2017 1:14 AM

Whale rising out of waves off the coast of New Jersey (Photo: Youtube)

Whale breaches near NJ coast!

Video footage shows the huge sea-mammal rising out of waves right beside a small boat

24 Jun 2017 6:54 AM