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One of world’s rarest whales sighted off Point Reyes coast
San Jose Mercury News· 4 days ago“It was astonishing,” said research ecologist Jan Roletto, who sighted the whale about three miles...
Killer whales keep ramming and sinking boats. Scientists now may know why, report says.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe notion took the internet by storm in 2023, with "Sink the rich" mugs...other marine biologists...
Richard Ellis, 86, Dies; Artist Whose Works Included a Museum’s Whale
New York Times· 2 days agoOnce called the “poet laureate” of deep-sea creatures, he meldedscience with art in paintings, books...
Artificial intelligence decodes whale 'alphabet'
Futurity· 18 hours agoDavid Gruber is a professor of biology and environmental science at CUNY and the founder of Project CETI, an interdisciplinary scientific initiative that...
Scientists are learning the basic building blocks of sperm whale language after years of effort
Anchorage Daily News· 6 days agoScientists studying the sperm whales that live around the Caribbean island of Dominica have...
Nine National STEM Scholars hosted at WKU for prestigious professional development training
WBKO Bowling Green· 9 hours agoNine middle school science teachers from across the country have been awarded the title of National...
What does it sound like when whales pray?
National Catholic Reporter· 1 day agoLast Friday marked the ninth anniversary of the publication of Pope Francis' encyclical letter Laudato Si' "On Care for our Common Home." One of the...
Whales Have an Alphabet
New York Times· 7 days agoUntil the 1960s, it was uncertain whether whales made any sounds at all.
Best of Scientific Breakthroughs | The Daily Nexus
Daily Nexus· 17 hours agoWith AI often missing the mark on replicating verbal and written human interpretations of the world, William Wang, a professor in the Department of Computer Science at UC ...
Between Dives, Orcas Take Only a Single Breath
Smithsonian Magazine· 14 hours agoScientists know a lot about orcas—they live in matrilineal groups, are highly intelligent and can live up to 90 years, for instance. “Killer whales are...