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Ranging from whale vomit to Victorian mourning jewellery, Una Cruickshank's often astonishing book of essays The Chthonic Cycle meditates on the wonders of the earth and our use and abuse of them.
Charlotte Rampling and Richard Harris are the heavy-hitting Oscar nominees facing off with a big plastic whale.
Humans used whale bones to make tools 20,000 years ago Beached whales provided Stone Age humans with bones to fashion into hunting weapons ...
Oldest whale bone tools discovered Date: May 27, 2025 Source: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Summary: Humans were making tools from whale bones as far back as 20,000 years ago, according to a ...
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A second gray whale that died this year from a suspected vessel strike was found in the San Francisco Bay, according to The Marine Mammal Center (TMMC). It is the ninth… ...
Surprise baby whale sightings along a busy 'humpback highway' prompt new worries Whale researchers have new data about humpback whales giving birth along a busy “humpback highway” off Australia.
Surprise baby whale sightings reveal there's still much to learn about humpbacks Date: May 20, 2025 Source: University of New South Wales Summary: Humpback whales are not always born in tropical ...
The humpback whale has the whale equivalent of nearsightedness, which puts it at risk of being snarled in fishing gear.
The New England Aquarium Whale Watch is partnered with Boston Harbor City Cruises for the excursions.
A sick, starved pilot whale had to be euthanized after washing up on the beach in Sea Bright on Wednesday, officials said.
The Whale and the Claw are two art structures installed in Salt Lake County that have captured the zeitgeist of Utahns.
A whale found near Bold Point Park in upper Narragansett Bay has been dead for four months, its carcass having originally been spotted in January.