The nutrients often benefit coastal areas with low nitrogen and coral reef ecosystems. Fin whales in Iceland may produce more than 250 gallons of urine per day when they are feeding. By comparison, ...

Second only in size to the blue whale, seeing a fin whale surface from the ocean's depths can leave you spellbound!

“It was very surreal,” said Jacobs, the founder of Keep Fin Alive ... Their killers were killer whales. It was a shocking discovery. Killer whales eat a wide range of food as a species ...

Iceland’s largest commercial whaling company, Hvalur hf., has said it will not hunt any fin whales in the summer of 2025. Hvalur hf. exports almost all of its whale meat to Japan. However Loftsson, ...

Other songs, like those of blue and fin whales, are low-pitched (often below 100hz), loud and monotonous. The loud, low songs can travel long distances through the water, but orcas can’t hear ...

Examples of baleen whales include blue whales, fin whales and humpback whales. Toothed whales usually eat larger prey, which can include fish, squid, octopus, seabirds, seals, penguins ...

On Thursday, dozens of volunteers gathered on the Anchorage mudflats to cut apart the 47-foot-long juvenile fin whale that first washed up near the mouth of Ship Creek four months ago, quickly ...

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