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Medieval whale bone discovered at inland castle goes on display

Medieval whale bone discovered at land-locked castle goes on display

A rare medieval whale bone has gone on display where it was discovered at Launceston Castle in Cornwall. The 13th century bone, which measures more than half a metre across, was one of around 20 broken vertebrae, rib sections and small pieces of ...

18 Aug 2022 at 08:28

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Efforts to feed whale in French river fail again

Efforts to feed a dangerously thin whale that has strayed into the Seine River in France have failed so far and experts are trying to get the animal out of the river lock where it is stuck, environmentalists said. Marine conservation group Sea ...

08 Aug 2022 at 15:01

Cornwall kayaker captures ‘thrilling’ footage of close encounter with 30ft whale

A lone kayaker has captured “thrilling” footage of a close encounter with a 30ft whale off the coast of Cornwall. Rupert Kirkwood, 62, from Holsworthy in Devon, filmed the moment he was circled by a Minke whale for 20 minutes while paddling ...

10 Aug 2022 at 10:19

Beluga whale stranded in French river dies, authorities say

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Stranded whale lifted out of French river to be moved to saltwater basin

A whale stranded for several days in the Seine has died, French authorities said. It had been removed from the river in preparation for a transfer to a saltwater basin in Normandy in a bid to save its life. The dangerously thin beluga had ...

10 Aug 2022 at 13:30

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Rescuers to move whale stranded in French river to saltwater

French environmentalists will try to move a dangerously thin beluga whale that strayed into the Seine River last week to a saltwater river basin to try to save its life. The mammal, measuring four metres (13ft), will be transported there ...

09 Aug 2022 at 13:46

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Beluga whale which strayed into France’s Seine River not accepting food

French environmentalists are working around the clock to try to feed a dangerously thin Beluga whale that has strayed into the Seine River. So far, they have been unsuccessful. Marine conservation group Sea Shepherd France tweeted on ...

06 Aug 2022 at 13:13

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Battle to save weakened whale lost in the Seine

French environmentalists were hoping to feed a catch of herring to a worryingly thin Beluga whale that has strayed far from its Arctic habitat into France’s Seine River. They fear that the ethereal white mammal is slowly starving in ...

05 Aug 2022 at 18:04

Study sheds light on why whales do not get brain damage when they swim

New research has shed light on why whales do not get brain damage when they swim. Scientists suggest that special blood vessels in the animals’ brains may protect them from pulses, caused by swimming, in their blood that would ...

22 Sept 2022 at 20:00

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32 pilot whales rescued out of 230 stranded on Australian coast

Wildlife experts have rescued 32 out of the 230 whales that were found stranded on the wild and remote west coast of Tasmania a day earlier. Half the pod of pilot whales found stranded in Macquarie Harbour had been presumed ...

22 Sept 2022 at 10:20

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Rescue efforts under way as 230 whales beached in Tasmania

About 230 whales have been stranded on Tasmania’s west coast, just days after 14 sperm whales were found beached on an island off the south-eastern coast. The pod, which is stranded on Ocean Beach, appears to be pilot ...

21 Sept 2022 at 11:13

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14 dead sperm whales found beached on Australian island

Australian wildlife authorities are investigating the deaths of 14 young sperm whales that were found beached on an island off of the south-eastern coast. The whales were discovered on Monday afternoon on King Island,...

20 Sept 2022 at 12:06

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Vessels must slow down to save whale species from extinction, US rules say

Vessels off the East Coast of the US must slow down more often to help save a vanishing species of whale from extinction, the federal government said. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) made ...

29 Jul 2022 at 17:57

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