On Friday morning, a humpback whale washed up on Fire Island, Sams Point Beach. The 30-foot humpback whale was found dead by beach goers, on its back, exposing its underbelly stripes. Sadly, this is not the first dead whale that washed ashore this year on Long Island. In January, a humpback whale washed ashore on…
On Saturday, another dead humpback whale washed ashore in New Jersey around 8 am. Sheila Dean, co-director of The Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine said that “We can’t see any visible signs that it was hit by anything.” Her team took fat and muscle samples to determine the cause of death. Dean said that…
On Tuesday morning, a group of workers saw a breached sperm whale at Rockaway Beach. They were building a seawall when they spotted the flailing whale in the water. Job site superintendent Anthony Rossitto said that they alerted the Parks Department, the NYPD, and the Department of Environmental Conservation. Before the officials made it to…
Moon the humpback whale has made the treacherous 3,000-mile journey from British Columbia to Hawaii. While scientists are amazed at her determination and will, they don’t believe she will live long enough to make it back. Recently, Moon was hit by a vessel that broke her back. Her tail is stuck in an S curve,…
According to Seafood Watch, we must stop eating lobsters to save whales. What do lobsters and whales have in common? Not much, aside from living in the ocean. While a lot of people consider lobsters to be guilt-free meals, they are causing more damage than we think. Seafood Watch monitors how seafood is harvested around…
This year, animal welfare monitoring on whaling ships will be mandatory. In Iceland, one last whaling company that owes two vessels is back in the water. After a four years hiatus, Hvalur hf. whaling company resumed its killing of whales. To make sure that the company is following all the guidelines, they are sending an…
The beluga whale rescued from the Seine River had to be euthanized. Since August 2nd, the beluga whale has been roaming the Seine River, which has nothing sufficient for the whale to eat. Rescue efforts were made to help feed the whale, but it refused the food. The longer the whale stayed in the river, the…
The dead white humpback whale that washed up on an Australian beach is not the beloved Migaloo. Saturday morning a white whale washed ashore at Mallacoota Beach in Victoria. The news caused concern amongst whale lovers, who feared it was the famous albino whale named Migaloo. Authorities at Victoria’s Department of Environment, Land, Water, and…
After four years, Iceland’s last whaling company will resume whale hunting this summer. The people of Iceland and the Icelandic Tourist Board are unhappy about this. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, tourism in Iceland has slowed down. Tourism officials hope that this year, tourism will be at the point it once was in 2017. Whale hunting…
It’s not every day that a Pygmy sperm whale beaches on a Brooklyn beach, but this weekend it did just that. The New York Marine Rescue Group was called on Sunday to help a stranded pygmy sperm whale. Before the team got there, beachgoers tried to push the whale into the water repeatedly. Every time…