Right now, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has active UMEs for the Atlantic Florida manatee, the Atlantic humpback whale, the Atlantic minke whale and the North Atlantic ...

A young minke whale calf was rescued after being found stranded at Inishlacken Island, Ireland, on May 7, by a Galway boat tour operator. Footage filmed by Damien O’Malley from Roundstone Bay ...

They focused on gray, humpback, and right whales. (They avoided other baleen whales such as blue, fin, and minke because less is known about the migration patterns of these species.) To calculate ...

But what would happen if all marine life—from the tiniest plankton to the largest whales—disappeared? A recent study delves into this extreme scenario to uncover the crucial role that ocean ...

But what would happen if all marine life – from the tiniest plankton to the largest whales – disappeared? A recent study delves into this extreme scenario to uncover the crucial role that ocean ...

Among all of Earth’s massive marine ecosystem, the one creature that elicits both awe and fear is the whale. While there are as many as 90 whale species across the world’s oceans, biologists ...

To some extent, the whale pump influences carbon cycling and storage too. Whales can also help cycle nutrients in the ocean when they disturb the seabed as they feed. Gray whales (Eschrichtius ...

A minke whale that washed ashore in Chilmark - Courtesy Bret Stearns The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) and federal marine researchers are investigating the cause of death of a minke whale ...

A dead minke whale washed ashore on Black Point Beach in Chilmark on Martha’s Vineyard on Sunday. The whale was 27 feet long and weighed approximately 6,000-7,000 pounds, according Bret Stearns ...

Years ago, I was introduced to the Adizes Organizational Life Cycle model, which maps the evolution of businesses from infancy to prime and, if mismanaged, into inevitable decline. Seeing this ...

Now, things have gotten so bad that L.A. County lifeguards have begun taking mental health days off to cope with the devastation as an algae bloom is poisoning and killing marine life from San ...

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