Without a doubt, Killer Whales – also callled as orcas – are one of the most distinctive cetaceans in the world. They are the largest…
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Short-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhyncus) is a member of the dolphin family and are also known as Black Fish. The Black fish family (named…
Hi everyone, welcome to a new episode of WHALEZONE.TV, which is now available on our blog! In this episode, our PhD Candidate Lorenzo explains…
Have you ever seen a baleen whale “swallowing” a sea lion? Today browsing through the internet, I found a picture of a sea lion…
False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens) are named from the similarities in skull morphology with the ‘actual’ Killer Whale. Due to the conical shaped teeth, False…
The Bryde’s Whale (Balaenoptera edeni) has also been named « Tropical Whale » because it is generally sighted in the tropics and temperate waters. The whale was named after Johan Bryde,…
Today is the 29th of February, and with that the end of the hunting season for dolphins in Taiji, Japan has officially ended. But…
« Minke Whale » (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) comes from a German whaler named « Meineke ». Two stories are told: the first one is that Meineke may have…
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