Normally, a whale watch cruise from Boston Harbor might yield two or three close sightings, even on good days. But this month, whale watchers have been treated to a rare abundance of humpback whales, ...
The little sand lance is unexpectedly split in two, revealing a breadth of genetic diversity that could help it survive. By Brian Owens / Hakai Magazine Published Mar 7, 2023 9:00 PM EST This article ...
AMHERST, Mass. - A slender little fish called the sand lance plays a big role as "a quintessential forage fish" for puffins, terns and other seabirds, humpback whales and other marine mammals, and ...
The highlight of our Berners Bay cruise with Audubon was sighting a pod of orcas, calmly swimming back and forth close to a gravelly beach. There were perhaps five or six individuals in the group: a ...
FRIDAY HARBOR — By now, the millions of people around the world who followed the saga of a mother orca carrying her dead calf know the endangered southern-resident orca whales exclusively eat chinook ...
In the vast oceans, one would assume their inhabitants can travel far and wide and, as a result, populations of a species would mix freely. But this doesn't appear to be the case for a vital forage ...
If you go on a whale watching tour, you might be lucky enough to catch humpback whales feeding. Sometimes they slap their tail flukes on the surface, frightening their fishy prey so they school, ...
Did a sand lance eat its way out of a shark’s head? There’s another explanation, experts say. Facebook screengrab If it’s possible for one fish to eat its way out of another fish, the uncomfortable ...
FRIDAY HARBOR — By now, the millions of people around the world who followed the saga of a mother orca carrying her dead calf know the endangered southern-resident orca whales exclusively eat chinook ...