artificial features like offshore oil and gas platforms, with both acting as migratory “stepping stones”, a new study has found. The study analyzed satellite tracking data from 78 whale sharks ...

"Whale sharks travel huge distances across the oceans, and our study illustrates that they tend to use undersea pinnacles and sea mounts as stepping stones on these journeys because the currents ...

People have spotted humpback whales in 11 locations across the county. The Sussex Dolphin Project has revealed that as of January 16, 26 sightings of a humpback whale have been reported.

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Whale sharks are drawn to natural underwater features such as seamounts and canyons as well as artificial features like offshore oil and gas platforms, with both acting as migratory "stepping stones", ...

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Not a good look, Massachusetts. Not a good look. Last week, in its final days the Biden administration yanked proposed rules that would have required some ferries to Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard ...

Humpy the humpback whale was first spotted off Fishguard Harbour on the morning of January 19 last year. Just after 1pm the whale was reported as being between the end of the inner breakwater and the ...

The Atlantic humpback dolphin (Sousa teuszii) is among the poorest understood oceanic mammals. There is a lack of historical and present-day information about population size, habitats, ecology, and ...