Tag: whales

Five fold increase in whale strandings

EXPERTS have been left puzzled after a five-fold increase in the number of stranded beaked whales on the west coast of Scotland.   A total of...

Scientists find marine mammals can suffer ‘the bends’

WHALES and seals could suffer from the same sickness experienced by human divers, new research shows. Scientists at the University of St Andrews have found...

Police crackdown on wildlife crime

TWO Scottish police forces have teamed up to launch a crackdown on wildlife crime. Grampian Police and Northern Constabulary have joined together to help raise...

PICTURE SPECIAL: Polar life through a lens

THE BBC has released new pictures from its epic documentary charting life in the polar regions. Beluga whales enjoy an impromptu spa session, Adélie penguins toughen up...

PICTURE SPECIAL: Frozen Planet makes for TV cold

BBC documentary Frozen Planet began last night to general acclaim. In the third instalment of the epic BBC One series polar bears perch precariously on...

Killer whales on brink of extinction in Scotland

By Niamh Anderson SCOTLAND’S only resident pod of killer whales now seems doomed to almost certain extinction – and pollution could be to blame. The nine,...

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