रूस में कई सालों बाद बुधवार सुबह (30 जुलाई, 2025) को अब तक का सबसे शक्तिशाली भूकंप आया. कामचटका प्रायद्वीप पर आए इस भूकंप की तीव्रता रिक्टर पैमाने पर 8.8 मापी गई है. इसके चलते उत्तरी प्रशांत क्षेत्र में सुनामी की चेतावनी भी जारी की गई है. भूकंप विज्ञानियों ने आने वाले हफ्तों में 7.5…
Several whales were found washed ashore along Japan’s coast on Wednesday, hours after a massive tsunami hit following the monster earthquake in Russia. The rare sight sparked concerns over the impact on marine life. One of the most powerful earthquakes since 2011 struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, as an 8.8-magnitude tremor rocked the Kamchatka Peninsula, prompting…
Could humpback whales be attempting to communicate with us? A recent study published in Marine Mammal Science suggests exactly that. Researchers from the SETI Institute and the University of California have recorded humpback whales producing bubble rings during voluntary and friendly encounters with humans. These actions of Whales appear intentional and communicative. These findings challenge…
The North Atlantic Right Whale (NARW), one of the most critically endangered mammals on Earth, continues to be threatened with several dangers despite the prohibition of commercial whaling. Entanglement in fishing nets and collisions with ships are now the greatest dangers to their existence. To help protect these whales from these dangers, scientists have come…
The hungry whale is the silent whale, according to the study. The study reveals that whales vocalise less amid the strong ocean heatwave to kill their prey which creates a barometer of the effects of climate change on the ecosystems. Scientists at the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary along California’s central coast are rich feeding…
Greenpeace is among the most well-known environmental organizations in the world, the result of more than 50 years of headline-grabbing protest tactics. Its activists have confronted whaling ships on the high seas. They’ve hung banners from the Eiffel Tower. They’ve occupied oil rigs. A (fictional) activist even sailed with Greenpeace in an episode of “Seinfeld,”…
The Biden administration on Thursday withdrew a proposal to expand protections for an endangered whale species. The rules would have required some ships along the Eastern Seaboard to slow down. North Atlantic right whales, a rare species conservationists have aimed to safeguard, have been injured or killed by collisions with vessels along the East coast….
PORTLAND, Maine : The federal government is withdrawing a proposal that would require more ships to slow down in East Coast waters to try to save a vanishing species of whale, officials said Wednesday. The move in the waning days of the Biden administration will leave the endangered North Atlantic right whale vulnerable to extinction…