I’m writing this in the noisy departure lounge of Nadi Airport, Fiji. The plane is delayed a couple of hours, so I thought I’d start thinking about one of the …
We’re back in the Banda Sea in November spotting magnificent Blue Whales. We still have one cabin left by the way. Let me know soon if you’d like to join …
Last week Masters Student in Ecology Leisha Knack spoke about how whale wee works wonders for ecosystemsHow ecosystems function An ecosystem is a community of lifeforms that interact in such …
A new study on whale voice boxes shows how they can produce such complex sounds. But naturally, there are limitations to how loudly they can sing and the implications of …
Here are some of the various subjects I’ve been reading about lately. Three articles on animal autonomy, whale personhood and eating rats. All are very enlightening ideas that relate to …
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How do Sperm Whales catch squid? Five curious adaptations.
One of my favourite books is Sperm Whales by Hal Whitehead. Reading this rounded off a lifetime of fascination with the species. Sperm Whales are one of the biggest animals …
If you’ve been watching the news lately, you may have asked, what is an Atlantic White-sided Dolphin? On the Faroe Islands last week, nearly 1,500 of these beautiful creatures were …
Next month, the Norwegian government is planning to capture up to a dozen Minke Whales and one by one, place them into a cage, sedate them and begin tests to …
There is a lovely statement in the opening paragraph of Tyson Yunkaporta’s book Sand Talk. It says that ‘fifty per cent of the echidna brain is used for some of …
When it comes to nature it seems, the more we learn, the less we know. Beaked whales are a group of cetaceans (the collective name for whales and dolphins) that make …
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