Tag: Whales

Whale Migration Marathon | Animal Winter Games

14Jan

By National Geographic32 Comments

News & Events

Whale Migration Marathon | Animal Winter Games

Each spring, a sequence of epic battles are fought within the waters off America's west coast. It is the season when killer whales hunt their largest prey — grey whales which are migrating up the coast.

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Latest: Sperm whale’s slow death trapped in maze-like Japanese bay raises alarm over impact of global warming

26Feb

By UNN News DeskNo Comments

Environment

Latest: Sperm whale’s slow death trapped in maze-like Japanese bay raises alarm over impact of global warming

Tokyo — The slow demise of a stray whale that spent its last days circling Osaka Bay not only saddened TV viewers across Japan, it also alarmed cetacean experts who called the whale the latest casualty of a warming planet. "Whales used to lose their way every three years or so," Yasunobu Nabeshima, a visiting researcher at the Osaka Museum of Natural History, told CBS News. "Until now it was a rare phenomenon. But these incidents have increased." A file photo shows a sperm whale swimming near the Ogasawara Islands, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. Getty This month's tragedy marked the second case in as many years. Nabeshima said global warming ...