Researchers detail a life full of tragedy and hardship, adding that Ocean Sun should’ve died years ago, but she persevered.

and “Nimbus”, a 16-year-old male who was entangled in fishing rope in 2023. “While it was encouraging to see Nimbus displaying normal behaviors again like feeding, observing him in an area ...

Upon maneuvering closer to the commotion, they spotted three orcas — an adult male and a mother-calf pair — circling a sperm whale, which measured under 20 feet. “According to the anglers ...

The U.S. Navy’s Orca drone, also known as the Extra-Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV), has been in development for years, but will soon be in the hands of sailors as the sea service works to ...

In a video the Department of Conservation says was shared to Instagram in February, the 50-year-old Auckland man, whom authorities did not name, jumped off the boat into waters off the coast of the ...

or saddlepatch behind the dorsal, or any which look like male orca – these have huge and unmistakable dorsal fins. "There is nothing to get a sense of scale – orca are much larger than common ...

"And again, because him being a social animal in the wild, a male Orca will live their ... of physical issues with the beautiful orca. Kshamenk's dorsal fin - which sits on his back - has ...

Male wasp spiders use the hairs on their legs to sniff out mates 1. A sense of taste has been documented in many spiders, but how most species smell airborne chemicals remains a mystery ...

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A small international team of marine mammal scientists has found evidence that just 7% of the male humpback whales residing near New Caledonia, in the southwest Pacific, may have fathered offspring.