The Beluga XL, Airbus’s super-transporter, took to the air for the first time from France’s Toulouse-Blagnac Airport on Thursday. The over-sized aircraft took a low pass on the airport wiggling its wings “Hello,” during its four-hour flight over the coast and mountains in south France. Following its maiden flight, Jumbo craft landed at the Toulouse-Blagnac […]
Authorities believe that a whale that inadvertently breached into the Tustumena as it was en route to Kodiak from Homer may have died from the collision on Wednesday. No injuries were reported from passengers in the collision where the whale hit the vessel at a right angle causing damage to the Tustumena’s starboard stabilizer as it transited the […]
Preliminary results from the necropsy of a male humpback on Admiralty Island in Southeast Alaska found signs of hemorrhage, bruising, and a fractured skull—indications of trauma likely caused by a vessel strike. “Confirmation of cause of death is pending lab results, which won’t be available for at least six months,” said Kate Savage, the lead […]
The North Pacific right whale is split into two populations, the western and eastern. The Eastern North Pacific right whale is one of the most critically endangered large whales in the world. With only 30 individuals left, if this population goes extinct, it is highly likely that we would never see any more right whales in the […]