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Whales

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How Whopping Whale Skeletons Come to Life at 'Bonehenge'

“Every one of these animals has a story."

December 5, 2019

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Hitler’s Secret Antarctic Expedition for Whales

Whales meant margarine, and margarine meant victory.

November 6, 2019

A Dead, Decomposing Whale Once Toured the United Kingdom

The Tay Whale brought together science, spectacle, and hucksterism in the quest to turn a buck.

October 16, 2019

Drone-Piloting Scientists 'Weighed' Whales From 130 Feet in the Air

In Argentina, aerial imagery helps researchers get a close look at southern right whales from a distance.

October 2, 2019

The 'Moby-Dick' Musical Is Swimming With Sea Shanties and Nurdle Ballads

We watched it with a whale anatomist to see if the cetacean science holds water.

Amsterdam Island, Norway

Smeerenburg Blubber Ovens

These circular ruins are all that remain of a 17th-century Arctic whaling outpost.

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Llotja de Sant Jordi

This exhibition space designed to look like the skeleton of a whale is hidden underground.

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Santa Fe, New Mexico

Ethyl the Whale

This sculpture of a blue whale is made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

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Fribourg, Switzerland

Taxidermy Whale of Fribourg

This unique preservation is one of the only taxidermies in the world made with real whale skin.

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Found: Inscriptions by American Whalers, Carved Over Indigenous Australian Petroglyphs

Researchers believe the sailors were commemorating their voyages.

Churchill, Manitoba

Churchill River Beluga Whales

You don't have to visit the deep blue sea to see these majestic creatures swimming wild and free.

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

Keahole Point Blowhole

This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.

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Every Dead Whale Has a Tale to Tell

An introduction to cetacean forensics.

Sold: A Stuffed Whale Penis for $6,000

February 13, 2019

Whales Remix Each Other's Songs, Nearly 3,000 Miles Apart

Humpback whales separated by a continent can sound pretty similar.

January 11, 2019

You Can Now Eavesdrop on Orcas on Your Computer

Listen to the peaceful, and sometimes not-so-peaceful, sounds of the sea for the sake of science.

November 12, 2018

Margarine Once Contained a Whole Lot More Whale

And helped launch a corporation now worth more than $40 billion.

October 11, 2018

Dead Whales Once Saved Polar Bears From Climate Change, But Not This Time

Less sea ice and fewer whales mean a grim outlook.

October 10, 2018