Birdwatch Ireland identifies 73 key seabird areas, urging government action for protection and conservation amid rising ...

Recent geopolitical tensions between Iran and the United States have introduced volatility to the cryptocurrency […] ...

A version of this article appears in print on May 27, 2025, Section D, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Vulnerable Giants: Humpback Whales Can’t See Dangerous Threats Ahead.

On July 1, a fleet of five ships set sail in the morning and returned in the afternoon with two minke whales. This year’s quota has been set at 227 Bryde’s, minke, and sei whales.

Something to sing about: humpback whales are reclaiming their territory in the Salish Sea, bringing new life to waters once left empty by commercial whaling. Humpback whales are graceful giants of the ...

Blue whales are not just the largest animals alive today, but the largest animals to ever live on Earth. They can stretch past 100 feet long and weigh up to 330,000 pounds. Being this big, it seems, ...

The answer lies in frequency. Killer whales have a hearing range that starts at 100 hertz, meaning they cannot detect sounds below this threshold. Some baleen whales, particularly those in the flight ...

Most shipping paths cross whale habitats, a recent analysis concludes, making ship collisions a “major threat” to the world’s whales. The study, published in Science last month, conducted a ...

The sei whale, said to be one of the fastest whales, is a member of the baleen whale family which includes dolphins and porpoises. The discovery brings the total number of marine mammal species ...

Japan caught 30 fin whales this season, half the quota of 60, alongside 294 minke, Bryde's, and sei whales—below the annual quota of 379. Conservationists, however, remain skeptical.

Since then, humans have managed to unintentionally persist as the primary threat to whale populations worldwide through ship collisions. In a study published Thursday in the journal Science, ...