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Spying on whales: The shocking truth about humans and whales

Despite centuries of commercial whaling, we know astonishingly little about the largest creature that ever lived, argues a new book by a leading cetologist

Culture

Ancient Romans may have killed off whale species in the Mediterranean

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Ancient Romans may have killed off whale species in the Mediterranean

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Four ways dolphins are amazing – and one way they’re not

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Four ways dolphins are amazing – and one way they’re not

Features

leaping dolphin

Life

Inside the secret military programme that uses dolphins as weapons

Features

Sperm whales are tracking fishing boats and stealing their fish

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Sperm whales are tracking fishing boats and stealing their fish

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The most elusive whales reveal their secrets in their wakes

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The most elusive whales reveal their secrets in their wakes

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Virtuoso bowhead whales constantly make up new songs

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Virtuoso bowhead whales constantly make up new songs

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Why ancient deer returned to the sea and became whales

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Why ancient deer returned to the sea and became whales

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North Atlantic right whale

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North Atlantic right whales didn't have a single calf this year

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humpback whale

Life

Drone captures humpback whales catching krill with bubbles

It’s the climax of a sophisticated technique called bubble-net hunting – the trapping of krill using columns of bubbles that the whales exhale via their blowholes

Regulars

Life

‘Speaking’ orca is further proof they shouldn’t be kept captive

Analysis

Humans

The secrets of your past that lurk inside your ears

Features

Life

Female dolphins have weaponised their vaginas to fend off males

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Life

Dolphins that work with humans to catch fish have unique accent

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