Inside a Rare Sperm Whale Birth Reshaping How Scientists Understand Animal Cooperation - Inside Climate News Two new studies from Project CETI provide the most detailed account of a sperm whale birth ever recorded, revealing coordinated care, complex communication and new clues about the evolution of coopera...

A rare sperm whale birth is reshaping how scientists understand animal cooperation. The discovery is also a reminder of how much remains unknown in the natural world. insideclimatenews.org/news/2603202... #zoology #biology #nature #Cetology #science #SciChat

Watch Unprecedented Footage of Sperm Whales Helping a Newborn Calf Take Its First Breaths Unrelated animals worked with the mother and her relatives, marking the first known evidence of whales from multiple families assisting in a birth

Unrelated animals worked with the mother and her relatives, marking the first known evidence of whales from multiple families assisting in a birth. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/w... via @smithsonianmag.bsky.social #biology #Cetology #science #SciChat

Scientists recorded a sperm whale birth up close for the first time. They discovered something extraordinary. The marine mammals act like midwives, supporting mothers and their calves through delivery.

Scientists recorded a sperm whale birth up close for the first time. They discovered something extraordinary. They act like midwives, supporting mothers & their calves through delivery. www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti... #cetology #biology #zoology #Science #SciChat

The world's oldest-known whale song recordings tell a story about the changing ocean | CBC Radio Researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have discovered a recording of humpback whales off the coast of Bermuda in March 1949 buried in their archives, marking the oldest-known recording o...

The world's oldest-known whale song recordings tell a story about the changing ocean Researchers unearth remarkably well-preserved humpback audio from Bermuda in 1949. cbc.ca/radio/asitha... #Cetology #zoology #biology #science #SciChat

3 unidentified orcas spotted in Vancouver Harbour never before documented in B.C. | CBC News Orcas appear in Vancouver Harbour from time to time and often delight residents who catch a glimpse of them. But marine experts say three whales spotted there last week are unlike any previously recor...

3 unidentified orcas spotted in Vancouver Harbour never before documented in B.C. The unfamiliar whales could belong to a rarely seen killer whale population from the high seas. cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cetology #zoology #CdnSci #science #SciChat

We Are One Step Closer to Understanding Whales. What Now? | Atmos An AI model originally trained to make music can turn any sound—including human speech—into sperm whale clicks.

An AI model, originally used to train music, is now learning to translate sperm whale clicks into other sounds - including human speech and vice versa. atmos.earth/science-and-... #AI #cetology #science #biology #SciChat

Northern BC humpbacks’ social bonds allow them to share and adopt bubble-net feeding tactics that may boost the whales’ recovery in changing oceans, a new study suggests. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/29/n... #environment #ecology #Cetology #science #SciChat

A dead whale found on the bow of a ship in New Jersey sparks an investigation The death of a whale found on the bow of a container ship at a port along the Delaware River in southern New Jersey is under investigation.

Dead whale found on bow of container ship on NJ.

#cetology

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The largest animal, the Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus), cruising along the San Diego coast.

Photographed in San Diego County, CA
June 2021

🛥️🐋 Gone Whale Watching

#bluewhale #balaenopteramusculus #zoology #cetology #sandiegocounty #california #ocean #wildlifephotography #canon

Photographed in San Diego County, CA
February 2021

🛥️🐋 Gone Whale Watching

#humpbackwhale #megapteranovaeangliae #zoology #cetology #sandiegocounty #california #ocean #wildlifephotography #canon

The book “Whales, Dolphins & Porpoises” by Mark Carwardine, illustrated by Martin Camm.

At the very start of my career, I was an assistant editor on this #book, and it remains one of the books I’m most proud of in my career. Even all these years on, I frequently see it on whale-watching boats, all over the world. #cetaceans #travel #whales #dolphins #porpoises #cetology

A close up photo of the details of a humpback whale’s upper and lower jaw from a head on perspective, showing coloration, tubercles, barnacles, and whale lice. The whale had approached the boat and lifted its head out of the water. All state wildlife viewing regulations were followed as closely as possible during this encounter, and these photos were taken as part of a research collaboration with a local whale watch operation in 2019. It is illegal and dangerous to approach whales and dolphins within 100 yards in Washington state, though the whales don’t have to follow the rules themselves.

A close up photo of the details of a humpback whale’s upper and lower jaw from a head on perspective, showing coloration, tubercles, barnacles, and whale lice. The whale had approached the boat and lifted its head out of the water. All state wildlife viewing regulations were followed as closely as possible during this encounter, and these photos were taken as part of a research collaboration with a local whale watch operation in 2019. It is illegal and dangerous to approach whales and dolphins within 100 yards in Washington state, though the whales don’t have to follow the rules themselves.

Once upon a time I saw God in the eyes of a humpback whale while my reflection danced in the gloss of its skin
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#humpbackwhale #humpback #whale #latinxinSTEM #chicanoinSTEM #queerinSTEM #marinemammalresearch #cetology #marinescience #marinebio #wildlifephotography

That gives a whole new meaning to "whale fall"! 😃
#MarineBiology #Cetology

The Surprising Science of Whale Earwax - American Academy of Audiology Who doesn’t love whales? They are majestic, intelligent, and mysterious. The blue whale is the largest animal to ever exist, and the bowhead whale can live for more than 200…

"Even though whaling was banned over 50 years ago, cortisol levels are still high in whales. Cetologists believe this is due to ship noise, climate change, and other factors." From: www.audiology.org/the-surprisi... #cetaceans #cetology #cerumen #earwax