8/11/2016
Pitman began his research when he observed a humpback whale come to the rescue of a seal after a pod of killer whales had knocked it off an ice ...
8/10/2016
A major study into humpback whales has found that they are the police of the seas, defending sea life from pods of killer whales. In the depths of the ...
8/9/2016
Scientists have found that humpback whales are rescuing and protecting seals and other animals from orcas, or killer whales. In 2009, Biologist ...
Humpback whales appear to rescue not just their own species, but also other whale species, seals and sea lions from attacks by killer whales.
8/8/2016
Scientists find that altruism touches humpback whales, which rush in to save smaller whales, sunfish, sea lions and seals from getting killed.
Humpback whales have been found to protect other species from killer ... victims that humpback whales tried to save were humpback whale calves; ...
A humpback whale was seen interfering with this orca's attack on a crabeater seal in Antarctica, one of hundreds of incidents where humpbacks seem ...
8/5/2016
Humpback whales rescue seals and other animals from killer whales ... A humpback might be able to fight a killer whale because of its gigantic size ...
8/4/2016
Researchers have discovered that humpback whales across the globe are saving animals from killer whales. The whales can be seen confronting ...
The photo is extraordinary. In waters near the Antarctic peninsula, an enormous humpback whale floats on its back, cradling a Weddell seal on its ...
Humpback whales have been stopping orcas from hunting and killing seals in what appears to be a bizarre altruistic intervention. In a review of ...
Is there a whale war going on? Researchers say that humpbacks are rescuing other from carnivorous orcas, also known as killer whales.
8/3/2016
In the water off Monterey Bay, California, a pod of roughly 10 killer whales was working to isolate a lone gray whale calf from its mother. Blocking their ...
7/31/2016
Scientists are beginning to recognize a pattern in humpback whale behavior around the world, a seemingly intentional effort to rescue animals that are ...
7/29/2016
Recent accounts and Internet videos suggest that humpback whales will approach marine animals in distress and offer protection, most notably when ...
7/26/2016
This humpback whale protected a Weddell seal from killer whales by ... Scientists think they may know why two humpback whales decided to save a ...
7/23/2016
It sounds like something out of a children's animated film: the whale and the seal, at first put off by their differences, team up and become best friends.
7/22/2016
At first it seemed like the usual, deviously clever attack. Several killer whales were trying to catch a Weddell seal that had taken refuge atop a drifting ...