SEven before modern humans existed, rice whales grew to leviathan-like sizes while diving deep to devour fatty fish, growing to the length of a bus and weighing as much as six elephants. Unfortunately for these giant creatures, their only habitat became a part of the Gulf of Mexico that much later the oil and gas … Read more
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Scientists have captured rare underwater footage of a whale giving birth, revealing a level of coordination and assistance from nearby whales that is rarely recorded in the wild. This video was recorded by the following team: marine scientistshowing not only the moment of birth, but also how other whales were nearby and appeared to be … Read more
The warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico are home to rice whales, one of the world’s rarest and most elusive marine mammals. According to the latest scientific estimates, only 51 of them remain, meaning they are literally on the verge of extinction. That’s why in 2019, the federal government (then under President Donald Trump’s … Read more