Researchers are finding alarming concentrations of persistent pollutants such as PFAS in Australian dolphins. These record-breaking levels are cause for concern.
Humpback whale breach at Ningaloo.
Image: Kate Sprogis
The multi-billion-dollar whale-watching industry enables millions of people to see these magnificent creatures up close. But the noise made by so many boats is a threat to whales’ wellbeing.
A group of tagged minke whales forage off the coast of the West Antarctic Peninsula.
Duke Marine Robotics and Remote Sensing. Taken under NMFS permit #23095.
Antarctic minke whales are elusive and hard to track – but a new study of their behaviour offers clues to their evolution and the limits of their filter-feeding behaviour.
Harbour porpoises are the most common toothed whale in the turbine-rich North Sea.
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Some animals, such as California sea lions, have small brains relative to their body size, but are still impressively intelligent, showing brain evolution is even more complex than it appears.
A humpback whale near the Antarctic ice.
Dr Olga Shpak
The cetacean brain has a specialised thermogenic system that helps the animal’s brain to produce enough heat to maintain a functional brain temperature.
The long tusk of the male narwhal earned these whales their fanciful nickname. But there’s more to these Arctic mammals than their unique spiral tooth.
Canada’s Parliamentary debate around captive whales and dolphins touched on the animals’ intellectual and social properties.
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As the field of animal law continues growing, so does public awareness of the problems with inconsistent ways that Canadian law protects some animals, while leaving others behind.