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Interspecies Adoptions

May 29, 2021

by Claudia Afeltra

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News has surfaced from New Zealand this month of an unusual interspecies occurrence. A female bottlenose dolphin has been found to have seemingly adopted a very young pilot whale calf. Although unusual, this is not the first reported case of interspecies adoptions, and we will cover s

Whales in winter

Jan 27, 2021

by Claudia Afeltra

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The weather has been particularly dreadful in the U.K this winter. To combat the cold, we snuggle up in cosy blankets and treat ourselves to hot cups of cocoa. But when January sea surface temperatures drop as low as 8.3 C off the coast of Shetland, how do whales stay warm? Whales and

‘Benny’ the Beluga still in the Thames

Sep 27, 2018

by Claudia Afeltra

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We had a chat with Dr Chiara G. Bertulli who works as Sightings Officer at Sea Watch in response to the news of 'Benny' the Beluga whale being in the Thames.

Beluga visits waters of the Thames Estuary!

Sep 26, 2018

by Claudia Afeltra

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A video of a beluga whale visiting the River Thames off Coalhouse Fort has been reported this morning on Twitter by ecologist and ornithologist Dave Andrews. The scientists at Sea Watch Foundation are very pleased to realise how positively the general public responds to this encounter

Narwhal found in Belgium!

Apr 29, 2016

by Claudia Afeltra

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Not since 1949 has the near-mythical narwhal been seen in Western Europe and today we can report that a dead individual has washed ashore on the banks of the River Schelde in Belgium. It is the first record for the country. Narwhals are sometimes called the “unicorn of the sea”, thank

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Whales in winter

‘Benny’ the Beluga still in the Thames

Beluga visits waters of the Thames Estuary!

Narwhal found in Belgium!

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