For decades, humpback whales across the world have been seen performing a weird and unique trick. While underwater, the large animals start to spiral while blowing strings of bubbles, forming rings ...

Pilot whales are having to shout louder to be heard over deafening noise from shipping, reveals new research. The underwater sound from ships' engines in the Strait of Gibraltar is the equivalent to ...

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Hawaiian short-finned pilot whales are surprisingly voracious hunters, diving hundreds of meters beneath the Pacific to snatch squid in the dark. By tagging and tracking eight whales, researchers ...

How much squid do short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) off the coast of Hawai'i need to consume each day to survive and are there sufficient squid to sustain the population? Knowing ...

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If you liked this story, share it with other people. The rumble of ship traffic is drowning out the calls of long-finned pilot whales and potentially other marine species in the Strait of Gibraltar, a ...