All posts tagged "Whales"
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Ravi Mandalia | 28 September 2015
Ambergris 101: The lump of whale vomit that recently sold for £11000
Weird items at auctions may be an everyday affair but there are instances when something peculiar ends up...
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Ravi Mandalia | 26 September 2015
Whale vomit lump found by Anglesey resident auctioned for £11,000
It’s not everyday that you find a lump of whale vomit aka ambergris while walking on the beach...
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Ravi Mandalia | 18 September 2015
What killed all those whales in B.C. and Alaskan waters? Algae toxins!
Over two dozen whales have washed up on British Columbia and Alaskan waters this year and researchers have...
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Ravi Mandalia | 16 September 2015
Researcher: Recent whale deaths could have been caused by toxic algae
Director of the UBC Marine Mammal Research Unit, Dr. Andrew Trites, has revealed that the recent whale deaths...
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Ravi Mandalia | 12 September 2015
Sperm whale dialects governed by culture, study suggests
There is a direct influence of culture and development of dialects in animals as well, a new study...
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Ravi Mandalia | 10 September 2015
Researchers reason why sperm whales have different dialects
Dialects is something that has long been associated with humans with very few direct observations of groups of...
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Megha Kedia | 8 September 2015
Whale vomit may fetch up to £7,000 at auction
In a first of its kind auction, a lump of whale vomit, which washed up on the shores...
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Ravi Mandalia | 6 September 2015
Naturalists spot extremely rare fin whale in north Puget Sound
Whale sightings are always a treat and if the sighting is of an extremely rare whale and that...
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Ravi Mandalia | 3 September 2015
[Video] Watch the rare beluga whale sighting as captured by holiday-makers
Holiday-makers visiting sweeping beach at Warkworth, Northumberland were treated with rare sighing of beluga whales and as expected...
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Ravi Mandalia | 3 September 2015
Rare beluga whale sightings off Northumberland coast a treat for holiday-makers
Holidays makers who didn’t go to the Northumberland coast this season may feel left out after quite a...