Hundreds of thousands of baleen whales were killed in the 20th century. Here, the blue whale is slowly recovering in Antarctica. Image: Julia Hager Blue whales form a unique population around Antarctica and CCAMLR should minimise the human impact on the species around...
Determining the mutation rate of cetaceans is not an easy task, as it is difficult to locate and sample them. Photo: Julia Hager Before commercial whaling began, the number of humpback whales in the North Atlantic was apparently 86 percent lower than previously...
The songs of blue whales are so loud that they can still be heard 800 kilometers away. Photo: Julia Hager Blue whales are the largest animals that have ever lived on our planet. So it’s hardly surprising that they are also the loudest animals on Earth. And yet...
Whales require large amounts of food in the form of krill or fish. Baleen whales, like this humpback, open their huge mouths and enclose a good portion of the shoal. They swallow only the prey, squeezing the water out through their baleen. Photo: Dr. Michael Wenger...
This year, fin whales are spared from Icelandic whalers. Photo: Aqqa Rosing-Asvid Good news from the island nation at the Arctic Circle: The Icelandic whaling company IP-Utgerd announced on April 24 that it will stop whaling completely, while the country’s...
