The group has records of dozens of humpback whales that have appeared in Irish waters and can be identified by markings and blemishes on their skin. “Over the past 20 years the number of whales ...

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology biologists used drone imagery to understand how nursing humpback ... of large baleen whale species in the face of threats ...

Wolfgang Kaehler / LightRocket via Getty Images An ambitious humpback whale is making waves in the ... and recognizable as a human fingerprint or face. “It’s like a five-meter banner of ...

Biologists used drone imagery to understand how nursing humpback whale mothers and ... predict the resilience of large baleen whale species in the face of threats, including disturbance ...

“Whales trying to survive while wrapped up in fishing rope face an absolutely brutal challenge ... is expected to reduce entanglement risk for humpback whales by decreasing the amount of ...

SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. (PIX11) – A dead humpback whale ... blubber, skin, and bone fragments and will be sent for further analysis.” Fractures were noted on the whale’s skull, but it is ...

For years, drones have zipped over the coastlines of Hawaii and Alaska, tracking one of the world’s largest creatures: humpback ... of large baleen whale species in the face of threats ...

An ambitious humpback whale is making waves in the marine biology ... as distinct and recognizable as a human fingerprint or face. “It’s like a five-meter banner of their ID,” Ted Cheeseman ...

Hermanus, which is an important calving ground for southern right whales, and a good place to spot humpback and Bryde ... callosity (thickening of the skin) patterns to identify individual ...

But also, starving whales are less likely to get pregnant, carry a pregnancy to term and be able to nurse and raise a calf. I asked Schulman-Janiger how she holds on to hope in the face of all the ...

IFAW will remove the whale from the beach today and has already visited the site to acquire skin and blubber samples to further investigate what might have happened to this humpback. Removal of such a ...

BREWSTER – Staff with the International Fund for Animal Welfare on Saturday responded to a deceased humpback ... a few skin samples, things like that.” In a follow up email, IFAW spokesperson Stacey ...