pilot whales are shouting to hear themselves over ship noise
- Written by Vanessa Pirotta, Postdoctoral Researcher and Wildlife Scientist, Macquarie University
A pod of long-finned pilot whales near a cargo ship.CIRCEIn the Strait of Gibraltar – a famous marine road connecting the Mediterranean and the Atlantic – lives a critically endangered sub-population of a few hundred long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas).
Despite their name, these dark and blubbery marine mammals aren’t...





