In the 1800s, a group of orca including an adult male called Old Tom, became famous for helping European colonist whalers hunt baleen whales in…
jackyreynoldsnzNovember 5, 2023
6 October 2023 What a beautiful morning filled with caring likeminded people. After getting the text to help out with the stranding this morning, I…
jackyreynoldsnzNovember 1, 2023
Sperm whales use echolocation clicks made up of multiple pulses to navigate, find food and communicate. The time it takes for each pulse to travel…
jackyreynoldsnzOctober 3, 2023
Massey University researchers have analysed skin and blubber samples of 14 male sperm whales that stranded in 2018. These whales all stranded within a month…
jackyreynoldsnzAugust 16, 2023
Being non-migratory, Bryde’s whales are able to take advantage of our temperate, less prey-abundant waters through switching between different prey sources depending on what is…
jackyreynoldsnzAugust 10, 2023
A recent study published in Polar Biology has found that New Zealand’s population of southern right whales is growing, despite escalating human stressors. With changes…
jackyreynoldsnzJuly 7, 2023
Since they were hunted to near extinction, monitoring the recovery of elusive southern right whales has proven difficult. However a recent study published in Ocean…
jackyreynoldsnzJune 7, 2023
How will climate change affect the distribution of larger whales? Research published in Ecological Indicators has shown that climate change will drive New Zealand’s larger…
jackyreynoldsnzMay 2, 2023
A new study published by Current Biology suggests that by caring for their grown sons, female killer whales significantly reduce their chances of having more…
jackyreynoldsnzApril 5, 2023