A young whale’s journey across the Mediterranean highlights the many threats facing ocean animals, researchers say.
A young whale’s journey across the Mediterranean highlights the many threats facing ocean animals, researchers say.
Scientists from Greenpeace and the universities of Exeter and Haifa studied whales and dolphins in the Eastern Mediterranean, off the coast of Israel.
They found Cuvier’s beaked whales, bottlenose dolphins and sperm whales – including a young adult male previously seen off southern France.
The distance between sighting locations makes this the furthest recorded movement of a sperm whale in the Mediterranean – and means the whale made a hazardous journey.
Read more at: University of Exeter
Photo Credit: Tethys Research Institute, Italy
