Juvenile whales stranded, bacterium suspected
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Dozens of juvenile whales washed ashore along Argentina's Patagonian Valdés Peninsula, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and researchers said they suspected a bacterium as the cause.
Reposted by Trevor A. Branch
New paper: monumental new compilation of blue whale strandings from antiquity to the present, led by Kristina Randrup and @trevorabranch.bsky.social. We found 541 reported records of which 303 were verified as blue whales with high certainty
doi.org/10.1111/mms....
doi.org/10.1111/mms....
September 25, 2026 at 4:14 PM
New paper: monumental new compilation of blue whale strandings from antiquity to the present, led by Kristina Randrup and @trevorabranch.bsky.social. We found 541 reported records of which 303 were verified as blue whales with high certainty
doi.org/10.1111/mms....
doi.org/10.1111/mms....
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Four beluga whales who were part of a large rescue mission when they were moved over the summer from a defunct marine park in Canada have died over the past few weeks, aquarium officials said.
Four Beluga Whales Die Weeks After Major Rescue Mission
The belugas were among 30 whales transferred to aquariums in the United States and Spain from a closed marine attraction in Canada.
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September 26, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Four beluga whales who were part of a large rescue mission when they were moved over the summer from a defunct marine park in Canada have died over the past few weeks, aquarium officials said.
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#OtD 26 Sep 1950 a US naval ship sprayed Serratia marcescens and Bacillus globigii bacteria into the air two miles off the coast of San Francisco for six days as part of a secret experiment in biological warfare. Officials believe they exposed 800,000 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9872...
September 26, 2026 at 11:25 AM
#OtD 26 Sep 1950 a US naval ship sprayed Serratia marcescens and Bacillus globigii bacteria into the air two miles off the coast of San Francisco for six days as part of a secret experiment in biological warfare. Officials believe they exposed 800,000 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9872...