Category: Whale

  • Whales in False Bay, seen from a boat

    Whales in False Bay, seen from a boat

    While you may be lucky enough to see whales from the sky like we did in August 2015, thanks to African Wings in Hermanus, the most common way to approach these huge mammals is taking a boat tour in a location where they are seen quite usually. Since whales are relatively common during Summer near…

  • Whales in Hermanus, seen from above

    Whales in Hermanus, seen from above

    To start the publication of a series of photos shot in South Africa, here is gallery of some quite unusual pictures: Whales shot from a small plane (African Wings) in Hermanus, about one hour driving out of Cape Town. We could see quite clearly a large number of whales like this Southern Right Whale paddling…

  • Sudden drop of minke whale populations

    A scientific study coming from Iceland suggest that in the recent years the minke whale population suddenly dropped from 45000 in 2001 to less than 15000 last year. This is a enormous change that is not yet explained for a small whale that was more or less protected by its smaller size (big whales bring…

  • Near the end of whaling?

    This is the question or the hope that we can have after the opening of a legal investigation in Japan. A public prosecutor announced on last 19th of May that he decided to explore the observed operations of sale of whale meat to restaurants. Greenpeace actively participates and there are many people hoping this to…

  • Japan: Whaling for research purposes

    Japan: Whaling for research purposes

  • Nature best photographs of 2007

    Nature best photographs of 2007

    See them all at http://www.naturesbestphotography.com/ Jürgen FreundOCEANSDwarf Minke WhaleRibbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Australia