A digital reconstruction of a humpback whale trap feeding (J. McCarthy). Ortelius's 1658 map of Iceland showing various mythological sea creatures. Diagram of humpback engaged in trap feeding ...

Photos accompanying the release captured the whale’s unique behavior — which is known as trap feeding. It’s not the first ...

Footage of humpback whales captured by drones has revealed how the animals manoeuvre their whole bodies when they feed. As BBC News filmed with scientists in the Antarctic Peninsula, one whale ...

More than 30 other humpback whales have now learned to trap-feed, and we’ve been documenting how they are learning this from one another. When the Planet Earth III team joined us to document ...

But the vertical fishing line creates a trap of its own for unsuspecting right whales, like the ones that gather to feed in the American Northeast — also a hotspot for the lobster industry. When ...

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Fishing for crab and lobster involves placing traps (also called pots ... they cut into flesh and impede the whales’ diving, surfacing for air, and feeding. To CT Harry of the International ...

cinching down and cutting into their flesh as they drag the heavy traps, sapping their strength and eventually drowning them. If they don’t drown, entanglements can prevent the whales from feeding, ...

UnSplash Conservationists and guests aboard a cruise ship off the eastern coast of Canada witnessed a humpback whale using an “unusual hunting technique” known as trap feeding. This technique ...