A new study published in Science Advances has exposed a large-scale, persistent illegal trade in fins from some of the ocean’s most threatened sharks. Researchers found fins from species listed under ...

A pod of Hawai’i short-finned pilot whales below the surface. Credit: HIMB Marine Mammal Research Program Short-finned pilot whales are the ghosts of the Hawaiian coast. They often appear briefly at ...

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Short-finned pilot whales eat far more squid than previously known (Image: HIMB Marine Mammal Research Program) Short-finned pilot whales off Hawaii eat far more squid than expected. A new study has ...

Hawaiian short-finned pilot whales are surprisingly voracious hunters, diving hundreds of meters beneath the Pacific to snatch squid in the dark. By tagging and tracking eight whales, researchers ...

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An aerial view of Hawai’i short-finned pilot whales at the surface. (Credit: UH Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology MMRP) For the first time, scientists have calculated a detailed “energetic budget” ...

The population of short-finned pilot whales in the water around Hawai'i need to eat millions of squid each year to keep up their deep-diving lifestyle, according to a new study. To find out how much ...

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For the first time, scientists have calculated a detailed "energetic budget" for Hawaiʻi's short-finned pilot whales, revealing what it takes to power their extreme, 800-meter (2,600-feet) dives for ...

How much squid do short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) off the coast of Hawai'i need to consume each day to survive and are there sufficient squid to sustain the population? Knowing ...

An adult pilot whale needs about 142 squid a day to meet its energy requirements, according to a new University of Hawaii study. Hawaii’s population of pilot whales is unique because they do not ...