Dead humpback whale wrapped in netting pulled from Portland Harbor likely drowned
The young female humpback named "Chunk" had congested lungs consistent with acute drowning,” according to the preliminary findings.
Source: wgme.com
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'It's a tremendously sad event:' Whale lovers mourn loss of 'Chunk' off coast of Maine
A humpback whale was found dead off the coast of Cape Elizabeth, near Richmond Island, Wednesday.
Source: fox23maine.com
Movie about whale eating Cape Cod diver being released – NECN
The story of Cape Cod commercial lobster diver Michael Packard being briefly swallowed by a humpback whale while in the water off the coast is being told in a...
Source: necn.com
Coastal News Today | World - Mutation rates in whales are much higher than previously reported
An international team of marine scientists has studied the DNA of family groups from four different whale species to estimate their mutation rates. Using the newly determined rates, the group found that the number of humpback whales in the North Atlantic before whaling was 86 percent lower than earlier studies suggested.
Source: coastalnewstoday.com
Mutation rates in whales are much higher than
An international team of marine scientists, led by the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and the Center for Coastal Studies in the USA, has studied the DNA of family groups from four different whale species to estimate their mutation rates. Using the newly determined rates, the group found that the number of humpback whales in the North Atlantic before whaling was 86 percent lower than earlier studies suggested.
Source: eurekalert.org