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Orcas are ramming yachts off the Spanish coast – is the whale world rising up? | Philip Hoare
One explanation is they are reacting to past trauma inflicted on one member of the pod by humans, says the author Philip Hoare
Philip Hoare
25, May, 2023 @1:00 PM
Rare hooded seal pup born in Netherlands moved away from humans
Pup moved to remote location after discovery on Vlieland beach, far from usual Arctic habitat
Philip Hoare
05, Apr, 2023 @1:34 PM
‘Aural tattoos’: sperm whales use sounds to signal social identity, say scientists
Research says clicks emitted from whales’ heads are symbolic marking like human social expression
Philip Hoare
16, Sep, 2022 @11:59 AM
Whales and walruses: our cruel fascination with stranded sealife
Outrage over fate of Freya the walrus has exposed man’s inability to cope with marine mammals that go aground
Philip Hoare
20, Aug, 2022 @4:04 PM
From Loch Ness to the Essex Serpent, why are humans so keen to invent sea monsters?
As Sarah Perry’s novel becomes a TV drama, the human need to escape reality with a shiver of fear remains as strong as ever
Philip Hoare
08, May, 2022 @8:00 AM
Drone technology gives us the eyes of gods. Could it help us save arctic seals? | Philip Hoare
Images of harp seals taken from hundreds of miles above show their plight. They should spur us to action, writes Philip Hoare
Philip Hoare
08, Apr, 2022 @9:00 AM
Seeing 1,000 glorious fin whales back from near extinction is a rare glimmer of hope | Philip Hoare
Whales still face many threats, mostly from us, so let us savour this rare congregation of them in the Antarctic Peninsula, says author Philip Hoare
Philip Hoare
17, Jan, 2022 @4:35 PM
The return of whales, seals and dolphins to the British coast is a wonder to witness | Philip Hoare
Our shapeshifting seas have been degraded over the centuries, but we can still take inspiration from their beauty, says author Philip Hoare
Philip Hoare
03, Jan, 2022 @6:00 AM
Under the skin of the ocean, there’s a super-loud fishcotheque going on | Philip Hoare
The hubbub of an Indonesian reef should comes as no surprise: the world below is alive with sound, says author Philip Hoare
Philip Hoare
09, Dec, 2021 @6:31 PM
Mythic white sperm whale captured on film near Jamaica
Type of whale immortalised in Moby-Dick has only been spotted handful of times this century
Philip Hoare
30, Nov, 2021 @4:53 PM
Walrus leaves Arctic comfort zone for snooze on Dutch submarine
Unclear if ‘Freya’ is conducting protest lie-in or just waylaid, though Dutch navy note her choice of ‘Walrus-class submarine’
Philip Hoare
03, Nov, 2021 @6:00 AM
Horror at the Faroes dolphin slaughter is only human – but it risks hypocrisy | Philip Hoare
Our response to a mass cetacean hunt reveals man’s duplicitous attitudes to animals, says Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan, Or the Whale
Philip Hoare
15, Sep, 2021 @4:05 PM
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