Cetacea

Recent images of whales and dolphins swimming in the Adriatic Sea have gone viral on social networks, prompting suggestions that nature has "finally got some peace" during the coronavirus pandemic, which has greatly reduced maritime traffic.

The humpback whale, seen in the River Thames, was found dead east of London between Crayford Ness and the Queen Elizabeth II bridge, Dartford and will be autopsied, Reuters reported.

The 10m long whale was found dead in the shallows in Greenhithe, Kent, yesterday and was transported to London during the night.

The London Zoo will investigate the cause of the whale's death.

Employees of the "Russian Arctic" Park of the Franz Joseph Land Archipelago have come across a rare find - a skull of a whale of a narwhal with a human-sized horn weighing more than 20 kilograms, according to the reserve's press service.

Scientists detect high levels of chemicals and mercury in the Dolphins inhabiting the English Channel. This is shown in a report published in the journal Scientific Reports and cited by BGNES.

Scientists say a study of whales and dolphins that have washed up dead in Greece over a 20-year period has found alarmingly high levels of plastic trash in the animals' stomachs, which can condemn them to a slow and painful death.

A small aircraft set off on a very special mission off the southern coast of Crete on June 3, to zigzag over hundreds of square kilometers just 180 meters from the surface of the sea for four to eight hours a day, through the summer.

Experts with Greece's Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute removed up to 100 plastic bags from the belly of a whale that was found dead off the coast of the holiday island of Myconos, the body's director, Alexandros Frantzis, told Skai TV on Thursday.

Ancient whales had extremely sharp predator teeth similar to lions, Australian scientists said on Aug. 30 in a discovery they believe debunks theories the mammals used their teeth to filter feed like today's gentle giants.

All over the world, whales leap high into the air and crash back into the water, slapping their tails and fins on the ocean’s surface on the way down. Since breaching (as the behavior is called) demands so much energy—especially when whales are fasting during migrations—scientists assume it plays a crucial role in cetacean life, but what exactly that role is remains murky.

The underground space of the Hub venue in the central Athenian neighborhood of Kato Petralona was packed with people. But they weren’t there for a fancy charity event or some conference about entrepreneurship – popular events these days.