Oregon Tried To Dynamite A Whale Carcass, And You Can Imagine How It Went
n 1970, Oregon's problem was a whale carcass on the beach, and the solution officials in Oregon came up with literally blew up.
The Legend Of James Bartley, Who Was Supposedly Swallowed By A Whale
Supposedly this month in 1891 a sailor named James Bartley was swallowed by a whale and lived! But The Straight Dope took a closer look and found this story was almost certainly too good to be true.
Nearly Swallowed By Whale
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Pilot Whales Trick Their Predators By Mimicking Their Voices
A team out of New Curtin University in Australia has found that pilot whales appear to imitate one of their predators, tricking them away from the hunt.
How Space Might Save The Whales
Science has brought whales and outer space together for the first time since the fourth Star Trek movie. The British Antarctic Survey has been partnering with researchers in Chile on a way to protect whales via satellite.
The Spy Whale Who Loved Me
The story of the whale wearing a GoPro that might be some kind of Russian surveillance agent is pretty wild, but it's not even close to the first time governments have turned to animals for surveillance purposes.