their food source. Unlike with bowhead calves and smaller whale species, such as minke, the orcas’ hunting strategy in this situation went beyond drowning their prey. (See the surprising reason ...

With ice declining, bowhead whales of the Pacific Arctic are ... “But if there is something critical to their survival — like a food source — in the Northern Bering that they no longer ...

Until now, belugas, narwhals, and bowhead whales thrived in the Arctic ... Whales like belugas and bowheads are not just a food source but also central to Indigenous culture and economy.

Many tribes rely on bowhead harvest for food and resources, and may be left without if parts of the whales' range are abandoned. Exactly how the whales will adapt to the changing climate in the ...

Paleolithic humans used whale bones as tools 20,000 years ago, the earliest evidence of marine tool-making discovered.

"It could mean its food supply is dwindling, and if so, what are the reasons behind it." Wursig says the counting and describing of the Bowhead whales should be completed by July. Contact ...

Bowhead whales may carry their babies ... These teeth-like projections in the whale’s mouth — its filtration system keeping food in and water out — bloom from the gum and retain a molecular ...

Bowhead whales could end up abandoning parts of their historic ranges, leaving some tribes with no access to this traditional food and cultural resource. Having tribal involvement in whale ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The blue, fin, bowhead ... food," Silva added. Basilosaurus, a toothed apex predator from about 40 million years ago, was the largest-known early whale.

An international team led by researchers from the University of Adelaide and the University of Copenhagen reconstructed an 11,700-year ecological baseline for bowhead whales, which are a threatened ...

Twenty-five years ago, scientists working with Indigenous whale hunters in the Arctic showed that bowhead whales could live up to and even over 200 years. Their evidence included finding stone ...

Researchers have long suspected that bowhead whales keep in touch from far away. New evidence of synchronized diving between two whales 100 kilometers apart supports the theory. By Joanna Thompson ...