Mastodawn

Stranded and dying, the German whale is a parable of our troubled relationship with these sea giants https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/18/stranded-dying-german-whale-troubled-relationship-sea-timmy 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science

Stranded and dying, the German whale is a parable of our troubled relationship with these sea giants

Even as we empathise with these intelligent animals, our relentless push for resources kills them in their thousands, just as whalers once hunted them to the brink of extinction

The Guardian

Environment | The Guardian US 3h ago

Stranded and dying, the German whale is a parable of our troubled relationship with these sea giants https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/18/stranded-dying-german-whale-troubled-relationship-sea-timmy #Whales #Germany #Oceans #Fishing #Cetaceans #Animals #Environment #Europe #MarineLife #WorldNews #Conservation #Wildlife

Stranded and dying, the German whale is a parable of our troubled relationship with these sea giants

Even as we empathise with these intelligent animals, our relentless push for resources kills them in their thousands, just as whalers once hunted them to the brink of extinction

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian 1d ago

Millionaires fund last-ditch attempt to save humpback whale stranded in Germany https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/16/millionaires-fund-last-ditch-attempt-to-save-humpback-whale-stranded-in-germany #Germany #Whales #Cetaceans #MarineLife #Wildlife #Europe #WorldNews

Millionaires fund last-ditch attempt to save humpback whale stranded in Germany

Critics say efforts to save the animal, nicknamed Tommy, unlikely to succeed and could lead to further harm

The Guardian

Environment | The Guardian US 2d ago

Gray whales, once rare in San Francisco Bay, dying there at alarming rates https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/15/gray-whales-san-francisco-bay #California #Whales #Environment #Cetaceans #WestCoast #UsNews #WorldNews #Wildlife #MarineLife #SanFrancisco

Gray whales, once rare in San Francisco Bay, dying there at alarming rates

Researchers find increase in whale deaths in the Bay, largely because of collisions with vessels on busy shipping route

The Guardian

Kate

2d ago

Sperm whale clicks follow similar rules to human speech https://phys.org/news/2026-04-sperm-whale-clicks-similar-human.html 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science

Sperm whale clicks follow similar rules to human speech

Sperm whales produce powerful clicks to communicate. To our ears, they sound nothing more than a series of repetitive, mechanical taps. But we could be a step closer to understanding some of their complex communication, as scientists have discovered that the large marine mammals organize their sounds in patterns similar to those of human speech.

Phys.org

Environment | The Guardian US 2d ago

Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/sperm-whales-alphabet-vocalizations-similar-humans #Whales #Language #Cetaceans #Environment #MarineLife #Wildlife #Science

Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds

Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own

The Guardian

Kate

3d ago

⟦Albrecht et al.⟧ Variation in foraging ecology of common dolphins in the Celtic Seas ecoregion https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2026.1728196/full 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science

Frontiers | Variation in foraging ecology of common dolphins in the Celtic Seas ecoregion

Predators forage by balancing the energy content of prey with the energy required to capture it, selecting prey based on their foraging strategy. In the Celt...

Frontiers

Kate

3d ago

⟦Peres dos Santos et al.⟧ Ecology and Seasonal Habitat Use of Northern Bottlenose and Sowerby's Beaked Whales in the Azores https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70172?af=R 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science

Kate

3d ago

Record humpback sightings build case for stronger protections https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/record-humpback-sightings-build-case-for-stronger-protections/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science