Category: whales

Whales Are Buying Dogecoin, the Meme Crypto Ranks Among the Most Actively Used Smart Contracts

According to the smart contract activity, the Dogecoin (DOGE) is being accumulated by whales as investors buy the dip. Dogecoin has made it into the top ten most frequently utilized smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain. Smart contracts are programs stored on a blockchain that run when predetermined conditions are met. Through the smart contract…


For Baleen Whales, Meals Are Tons of Fun and Lots of Tons

WASHINGTON—The first study to methodically calculate how much food blue whales and some other similar-looking types eat has yielded a simple answer: a whole lot. The blue whale, the largest animal on Earth, eats about 16 tons of krill daily in the North Pacific, gobbling up these tiny shrimp-like crustaceans with a filter-feeding system in…


Biden Admin Urges Change in Fishing Practices to Save Endangered Whales

U.S. commercial fishing practices must change to prevent the extinction of North Atlantic right whales, the administration of President Joe Biden said on Thursday, as it prepares a list of new regulations to prevent whale entanglements in lobster and crab gear. The scientific assessment from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s fisheries unit is a…


Scientists Say Most Whale Strikes Go Undocumented

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—Scientists, researchers and environmentalists have long grappled with how best to analyze the occurrence of vessel strikes that kill or injure endangered whales and other marine mammals along the feeding ground waterways of the California coast. In Huntington Beach, a 63-foot fin whale washed onto California shores May 19, after it was struck…