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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 349

Whales

The tail of the sperm whale spotted off the coast of Israel in spring 2022, which the Israeli team named Kim Kobo after the photographer. (University of Haifa)
August 28, 2024, 4:07 pm
Researchers track whale’s record 2,800-kilometer swim across Mediterranean
Team led by University of Haifa expert say understanding the paths taken by whales in shallow, risky areas could help save them from accidental deaths
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: A beluga whale in Alaska, August 25, 2017. (NOAA Fisheries via AP)
May 30, 2023, 4:33 pm
Beluga whale, once a suspected Russian spy, appears off Swedish coast
Whale-watchers in Norway have nicknamed it Hvaldimir, combining Norwegian word for whale — hval — and Russian first name Vladimir
By JAN M. OLSEN
Dr. Aviad Scheinin, director of the Marine Apex Predator Lab at the Morris Kahn Marine Research Station at the Haifa University Charny School of Marine Sciences, looks for marine mammals during the Israel-UK survey of Israel's economic waters, in Spring 2022. (Elad Aybes, Greenpeace Israel)
May 29, 2023, 8:14 pm
New findings on deep sea whales, dolphins prompt call to stop Israel’s search for gas
First extensive exploration of Israel’s deep-sea economic waters by Israeli-UK team identifies two species of threatened whales that are sensitive to underwater noise
By Sue Surkes
A young sperm whale that washed up on a Tel Aviv beach on May 20, 2022 (Screenshot/Twitter)
May 20, 2022, 5:18 pm
Dead sperm whale washes up on Tel Aviv beach
Scientists say difficult to determine cause of death of young marine mammal as the carcass was badly decomposed
By ToI Staff
Greenpeace International's newest sailing boat, Witness, arrives at the Ashkelon marina in southern Israel on March 31, 2022. (Dor Nevo)
April 5, 2022, 1:05 pm
Israel-UK researchers to map whales, dolphins in area set for oil, gas exploration
Species in little-explored section of deep sea will be documented by scientists from Greenpeace and University of Haifa using visual, acoustic equipment
By Sue Surkes
Michael Packard was swallowed by a humpback whale near Massachusetts on June 11, 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter)
June 12, 2021, 8:18 pm
Humpback whale swallows diver whole, then spits him out
56-year-old Michael Packard lives to tell tale after spending 30 to 40 seconds inside huge marine mammal
By ToI Staff and AP
Illustrative: An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy runs near a giant bonfire, during celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Lag B'Omer in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood, April 28, 2013. (Yaakov Naumi/ Flash90)
April 29, 2021, 1:43 pm
Daily Briefing Apr. 29: Lag B’Omer’s inflamed political, environmental disasters
Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today
By ToI Staff
Three sperm whale calves. (Amanda Cotton)
April 27, 2021, 6:26 am
Deep thought in deep blue: 5 Israelis in pioneering project to decode whale talk
Aim is to provide first blueprint of another animal’s language, using robot fish to record sperm whale talk, and cutting-edge machine learning and linguistics methods to decode it
By Sue Surkes
People clean tar from an oil spill in the Mediterranean sea in Gador nature reserve near Hadera, Israel, on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
February 21, 2021, 3:47 pm
Israelis told to stay away from beaches due to health fears over oil spill
Authorities urge keeping distance from entire Mediterranean coast from Rosh Hanikra to Zikim due to worry over tar exposure, a day after people fell ill helping cleanup efforts
By Sue Surkes
Vets carrying out a post-mortem on February 21, 2021 on the corpse of the young fin whale washed up onto Nitzanim beach in southern Israel on February 18, 2021. (Assaf Kaplan, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
February 21, 2021, 2:09 pm
Vets find ‘suspicious’ black liquid in lungs of whale found dead after oil spill
Parks authority chief vet says not yet clear that liquid was cause of animal’s death or linked to spill; authorities urge staying away from coast from Rosh Hanikra to Zikim
By Sue Surkes
A woman holds a dead fish after she cleaned it from tar from an oil spill in the Mediterranean sea in Gador nature reserve near Hadera, Israel, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
February 21, 2021, 12:33 am
Thousands of IDF troops to assist in cleanup of disastrous tar spill along coast
Dozens of tons of pollutant said spilled at sea in what expert warns could be worst environmental disaster in decades; 100 miles of coast affected; widespread death of wildlife
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Illustrative: A woman holds a dead sea turtle covered in tar from an oil spill in the Mediterranean Sea at the Gador nature reserve near Hadera, northern Israel, February 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
February 20, 2021, 1:55 pm
Huge tar spill along coast; several taken ill as thousands try to clean beaches
Dozens of tons of tar said spilled at sea; Nature and Parks Authority urges public without protective gear to stay away; 100 miles of coast affected; widespread death of wildlife
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Danny Morick, marine veterinarian, and Aviad Scheinin take samples from a 17-meter dead fin whale washed up on a beach in Nitzanim Reserve, Feb. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
February 20, 2021, 6:12 am
Tar spill that may have killed whale is a major hazard — environment minister
Gila Gamliel says pollution off coast is of a ‘magnitude we have not seen in years,’ vows to find those responsible, after 17-meter fin whale washed up dead on beach
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Danny Morick, marine veterinarian, takes samples from a 17 meters (about 55 feet) long dead fin whale washed up on a beach in Nitzanim Reserve, Israel, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. Aviad Scheinin of the Morris Kahn Marine Research Station said samples from the animal will be taken to try to determine a cause of death, officials said the water nearby is polluted, including with tar. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
February 18, 2021, 9:38 pm
17-meter young whale found dead on beach in south Israel amid possible tar spill
As other creatures also wash up, Parks Authority chief calls for Environmental Protection Ministry investigation into those responsible for the pollution
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A humpback whale leaps out of the water in the channel off the town of Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii in 2005. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
April 9, 2020, 7:30 pm
Amid pandemic, whales enjoy human absence in Mediterranean
With ports locked down, giant sea mammals, among other wild animals, are rediscovering areas they seldom venture into under normal circumstances
By John Leicester
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