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Whale breaching

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Whales talk to each other by slapping out messages on water

Humpback whales break the surface and splash down to make a long-distance call, while fin-slapping is for local conversations

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Platanista gangetica gangetica river dolphin

Life

Rare river dolphins get trapped in fishing nets as waters drop

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harbour porpoises swim underwater

Life

Porpoises plan their dives and can set their heart rate to match

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Hacker, the humpback whale who got tangled in an internet cable

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Hacker, the humpback whale who got tangled in an internet cable

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Group of pilot whales

Life

Pilot whales babysit each other’s young while swimming in groups

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Massive sea lizards once hunted plesiosaurs in Antarctica

Life

Massive sea lizards once hunted plesiosaurs in Antarctica

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whaling history

Earth

Whale tales: The real-life Moby Dicks

Features

Dead vaquita in net

Life

Last-ditch effort to save the world’s smallest porpoise agreed

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Two whales swimming along, one of them has left a plume of faeces behind it

Life

Whales’ dung is the real reason we need to stop hunting them

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Robert Pitman

Life

I saw humpback whales save a seal from death by killer whale

When Robert Pitman realised he had just witnessed an organised rescue mission by humpback whales, he had to find out why

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Life

Sound blasts could keep whales away from wind farm construction

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Life

How baby beluga whales dive deeper and longer than any others

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Life

White killer whales were a legend – now they are everywhere

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Life

Endangered dolphin with broken blowhole learns to mouth-breathe

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