单词 | bowhead |
例句 | The Iñupiat have for generations hunted bowhead whales every spring and fall. Climate change is melting Arctic ice cellars 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z The biggest question is, without ice cellars, will bowhead whales still give themselves to the Iñupiat? Climate change is melting Arctic ice cellars 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z The bears are attracted to the village in part because of its annual bowhead whale hunt, allowed under native treaties. In this Alaskan village, get nose-to-nose with polar bears 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z For the Inupiat villagers who have made their homes on this finger of land in the Chukchi Sea for generations, nothing is more important than the bowhead whale. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Curved bowhead jawbones, tall as trees, now mark the graves of whaling captains and encircle the town cemetery. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z In Alaska's vast North Slope Borough, most of the 9,700 residents are Iñupiat, and while bowheads are not an endangered whale species, they do face environmental and human-caused threats to their ongoing recovery. Climate change is melting Arctic ice cellars 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Sunlight feeds algae, which feeds krill, which feeds bowhead whales, which feed a Tikigagmiut village or a Massachusetts fortune. A View of the Bering Strait That’s Anything but Narrow 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Traveling out here, where huge bones from bowhead whales litter the beach, takes a 90-minute jet ride north from Anchorage and another hour by small plane over the Bering Sea. In Alaska’s Far-Flung Villages, Happiness Is a Cake Mix 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z This is home to wildlife found nowhere else in the US: polar bears, seals, bowhead whales and numerous fish, plus birds, such as the king eider and gyrfalcon. Jarvis Cocker: the iceman cometh 2012-06-02T19:53:37Z By the 16th century, when stocks in the Bay of Biscay started dropping, the Basques sailed farther, to the coast of Newfoundland, where they hunted bowheads. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z A bowhead can be 60 feet long and weigh 75 tons. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z This feeding style would match that used by modern bowhead and right whales, which swim with their mouth open near the ocean surface to strain small prey from the seawater. Long before whales, pioneering marine reptile was a filter-feeder 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z You’ve sequenced genomes of very long-lived animals such as the bowhead whale, which lives up to 200 years. How Old Can Humans Get? 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z Biologists studying bowhead whales, using research samples collected from the eastern Canadian Arctic and West Greenland, made a surprising discovery. Justin Trudeau Hits Reset Button With Major Cabinet Shuffle 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z She and her colleagues may have uncovered a rather extraordinary feat of nature: Females of the species may spend 23 months pregnant before giving birth to a baby bowhead. A 23-Month Pregnancy? Scientists See Hints in Bowhead Whales. 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z There are few plants to gather but an abundance of birds and animals to hunt and fish, including caribou, walrus, bowhead whale, seal, polar bear, muskox, and fox. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z He invited Haaland to view the bowhead whale that they harvested, but when Patkotak couldn’t provide a street name of where she would go, her security didn’t allow it. Major oil project approval intensifies Alaska Natives’ rift 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z With bowhead whales, they seem to have much better DNA repair. How Old Can Humans Get? 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z It’s also where subsistence hunters harvest caribou, seals, fish and bowhead whales to supplement extremely high food costs in rural Alaska, where for example a 24-ounce bag of shredded cheese can cost $16.99. TikTok campaign targets Biden on proposed Alaska oil project 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z To study free-ranging mammals like bowhead whales, scientists have had to rely on field observations and surveys, as well as carcasses washed up on shores. A 23-Month Pregnancy? Scientists See Hints in Bowhead Whales. 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z While some shrews shuffle off this mortal coil in less than 14 months, bowhead whales can swim in Arctic waters for more than two centuries. Mammals That Live Together Live Longer 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z What genetic changes have allowed bowhead whales to live for up to 200 years, far longer than any human, and can the knowledge be used to increase our life span? Humans still have the genes for a full coat of body hair 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z My dream experiment is to take a bowhead whale gene and implant it in a mouse to see if the mouse would then live longer. How Old Can Humans Get? 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z Olga Shpak made headlines around the world in 2017, when she captured the first footage of a pod of orcas using teamwork to hunt a young bowhead whale in the Sea of Okhotsk. Hero city: Crippled by Russian attacks, Ukraine’s science hotbed refuses to give up 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z But for this study, Dr. Lysiak and her colleagues looked at samples taken from 10 female bowhead whales collected by Inuit hunters in the eastern Canadian Arctic and West Greenland from 1998 through 2011. A 23-Month Pregnancy? Scientists See Hints in Bowhead Whales. 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Humpback whales were especially successful, but populations of bowhead, fin and sperm whales also expanded in the near absence of commercial whaling. The USSR once hunted endangered whales — while its scientists secretly tracked its toll 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Many of them have circled their whole culture around just one species—like the Inupiat in Alaska, who hunt bowhead whales. How Climate Change Is Leaving Some Species with ‘Nowhere Left to Go’ 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z There are also reports of killer whales — also known as orcas— showing up in areas they haven’t been spotted before, feeding on beluga whales, bowheads and narwhals, said Giles, the University of Washington orca researcher. Unprecedented die-offs, melting ice: Climate change is wreaking havoc in the Arctic and beyond 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z A mature bowhead whale, for example, can sport baleen that stretches out to be more than 14 feet long. To See Where a Whale Has Been, Look in Its Mouth 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Analysis of the data returned a pair of surges in progesterone over time that confounded the researchers’ expectation that bowhead pregnancy lasted about 14 months. A 23-Month Pregnancy? Scientists See Hints in Bowhead Whales. 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Typically, Ms. Kimber hears the chatter of bowhead whales, belugas, narwhals and other cetaceans native to that part of the Arctic. Melting Arctic Is a Bonanza for the Ocean’s Natural Born Killers 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Killer whales often feed on gray whales, bowhead whales and various kinds of seals, all of which frequent the Arctic Ocean. As Arctic Sea Ice Melts, Killer Whales Are Moving In 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z A bowhead whale, meanwhile, is a comparatively dainty eater, consuming about 6 tons of zooplankton per day, or the weight of an elephant. Baleen whales eat three times as much as scientists thought 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z When it comes to how long a mammal can live, a bigger body is usually better: The typical mouse life span is less than 4 years, whereas a bowhead whale may make it to 211. Chemical on-off switches for genes may help explain why large mammals live longer 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z In one, the bowhead whale’s pregnancy lasts 23 months. A 23-Month Pregnancy? Scientists See Hints in Bowhead Whales. 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Any decline in bowhead numbers could have consequences up the food chain too: The baleen whales are a significant food source for subsistence hunters in Indigenous Arctic communities, Ms. Kimber said. Melting Arctic Is a Bonanza for the Ocean’s Natural Born Killers 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Narwhals, like bowhead whales, are an important traditional food source for some communities in the Canadian Arctic. As Arctic Sea Ice Melts, Killer Whales Are Moving In 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z For 17th-century whalers, it was an El Dorado of bowhead blubber and walrus tusks. Freezing cold war: militaries move in as Arctic ice retreats – photo essay 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Another creature of interest is the bowhead whale, the longest-lived mammal on earth. Inside Silicon Valley’s quest to prolong life 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z That second scenario aligned with what biologists knew about bowhead whale fetus sizes — small or big in the spring, medium-size in the fall. A 23-Month Pregnancy? Scientists See Hints in Bowhead Whales. 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Orca are feasting more often on bowhead whales. Melting Arctic Is a Bonanza for the Ocean’s Natural Born Killers 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Nuiqsut whaling crews caught three bowhead in two days at the end of August, but then the animals swam farther offshore. Facing catastrophic climate change, they still can’t quit Big Oil 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Saturday 22: Today we got our first bowhead this year. Special Report: Icebound - The climate-change secrets of 19th century ship's logbooks 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z It's not immediately obvious how humans can capitalize on the bowhead whale's success; but perhaps the cetaceans will at least provide some hints. Inside Silicon Valley’s quest to prolong life 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z While more research is needed to pinpoint whether bowhead pregnancies last 23 months, the findings come at a time when the species is at risk. A 23-Month Pregnancy? Scientists See Hints in Bowhead Whales. 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Scientists and Indigenous Arctic communities have noted a growing number of bowhead whale carcasses in the northeastern Chukchi and western Beaufort seas with signs of orca attack. Melting Arctic Is a Bonanza for the Ocean’s Natural Born Killers 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z They got a single bowhead on Nov. 16, the latest recorded catch in at least half a century. Facing catastrophic climate change, they still can’t quit Big Oil 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z The interests of 19th century whaling captains and 21st century climatologists converge on a long-suffering species: the bowhead whale. Special Report: Icebound - The climate-change secrets of 19th century ship's logbooks 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z The whaling captain is also expected to agree not to hunt marine mammals except bowhead whales for a year after sentencing. Alaska man to accept 4-month sentence for killing polar bear 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Each year, they conduct bowhead whaling hunts that remain a key part of their subsistence culture. NOAA argues to allow Makah Tribe to hunt gray whales off Washington again 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Bowhead whales typically retreat into protective patches of dense ice when threatened by orcas, which lack the giant-skulled bowheads’ ability to break through frozen waters for air. Melting Arctic Is a Bonanza for the Ocean’s Natural Born Killers 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z The fall whaling season, one of the most important cultural traditions on Alaska’s North Slope, was nearly derailed by warmer waters that shifted the migration patterns of bowhead whales. Facing catastrophic climate change, they still can’t quit Big Oil 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Whaling ships hunted them by patrolling the ice-edge where the bowheads fed, which meant their logbooks were filled with observations about ice. Special Report: Icebound - The climate-change secrets of 19th century ship's logbooks 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z The eerie music of narwhals, known for their long “tusks”, and the sounds made by bowhead whales and bearded seals were also captured by the sensitive underwater equipment. An Arctic 'miracle': Icebreaker salvages lost recordings of Beluga... 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z The Inuit community of Point Hope is allowed to catch 10 bowhead whales per year. Arctic: a Double Polar Expedition - photo essay 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z An Inuit word, “aarlirijuk,” describes this bowhead fear response evolved specifically to evade killer whales. Melting Arctic Is a Bonanza for the Ocean’s Natural Born Killers 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Humpbacks, and possibly bowheads, sing complex songs with repeated patterns, said Michael Noad, an associate professor in the Cetacean Ecology and Acoustics Laboratory at the University of Queensland in Australia. These Whales Are Serenaders of the Seas. It’s Quite a Racket. 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z There might be bowheads alive today who remember the mass slaughter of their species – who might even have fled from the Fleetwing’s approach. Special Report: Icebound - The climate-change secrets of 19th century ship's logbooks 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z The Nov. 22 special report on “The new Arctic frontier” stated that the Inuit community is allowed to catch 10 bowhead whales per year. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: George H.W. Bush’s death, D.C.’s drug problem and a memorable Yale moment 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Arctic seas are home to a specialized group of marine mammals found nowhere else on Earth, including beluga and bowhead whales, narwhals, walruses, ringed and bearded seals and polar bears. As Arctic ship traffic increases, narwhals and other unique animals are at risk 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z Subsistence hunters in the town formerly known as Barrow brought in their full quota of 19 bowhead whales. Alaska town celebrates whaling season, mourns whaling deaths 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z Baleen plates of bowhead whales—called “Arctic time machines” in Nick Pyenson’s Spying on Whales—can preserve environmental signals such as carbon isotope ratios from a world before the widespread burning of fossil fuels. Why Brazil's Museum Fire Matters 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Polar bears might be the least vulnerable, with four other important species—bearded seals, walruses, bowhead whales and ringed seals—probably falling somewhere in the middle. Ships Threaten Arctic Marine Mammals 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Recent surveys show that bowhead populations are doing well, probably because warming temperatures in the Arctic are increasing the availability of food. Whaling in Alaska 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z This area is also a key migratory corridor for thousands of beluga and bowhead whales, Pacific walruses and ringed and bearded seals. As Arctic ship traffic increases, narwhals and other unique animals are at risk 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z At the recent gathering at the Wilhelm home, people joined hands to pray in Inupiaq and voice their gratitude for the bowhead. Alaska town celebrates whaling season, mourns whaling deaths 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z And 11 Native villages farther north are authorized by the International Whaling Commission to hunt bowhead whales. APNewsBreak: US won’t prosecute Alaska gray whale kill 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z They live far longer than us – like its Arctic cousin, the bowhead, the right whale may reach 200, perhaps more. Facing extinction, the North Atlantic right whale cannot adapt. Can we? | Philip Hoare 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z The native Iñupiat population have carved out a life here in the brutal cold of the Arctic Circle for at least 4,000 years, subsisting on bowhead whales, seals and caribou. What happened to winter? Vanishing ice convulses Alaskans' way of life 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z Modern baleen whales include many of the world’s largest cetaceans, such us blue, fin, humpback, right, bowhead, and minke whales. Prehistoric Toothless Whale Among Oldest of Its Kind 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z “It’s just what puts us together, is the whale, the bowhead whale. Just gets us all together,” Wilhelm said. Alaska town celebrates whaling season, mourns whaling deaths 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z No one knows for sure what all the crooning is about or why bowhead songs are so different from any other mammal’s. UW research: Listen to the ‘crazy, crazy’ songs of bowhead whales 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Humpback whales are known to sing similar songs across a single season, but for bowheads, song types only lasted a few hours or days before changing. The whales who love to sing in the dark 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Researchers on Tuesday said they conducted an intensive study of the vocalizations — singing — of a population of roughly 300 bowhead whales in the sea east of Greenland from 2010 to 2014, using underwater microphones. Arctic jazz: bowhead whales have amazingly diverse songbook 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z They found that bowheads - the bigger, more blubbery cousins of the better known humpbacks - are more prolific and downright jazzier than other whales. Cool jazz: Bowhead whales improvise when singing, study says 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z "With bowheads, there are lots of different songs. Every year, it's just completely different." These Mysterious Whales Are the Jazz Musicians Of the Sea 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Researchers recently sequenced the bowhead genome, in hopes of eventually unlocking its longevity secrets. UW research: Listen to the ‘crazy, crazy’ songs of bowhead whales 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Other bowhead groups, such as the Western Arctic population, are better understood thanks to the knowledge of native Alaskans, Prof Stafford explains. The whales who love to sing in the dark 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z They amassed the largest collection of recordings ever made for bowheads, revealing a diverse and constantly changing vocal repertoire. Arctic jazz: bowhead whales have amazingly diverse songbook 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z “The diversity of signal types uncovered by this study suggests that something very different is going on with bowhead whale song,” Parks wrote in an email. Cool jazz: Bowhead whales improvise when singing, study says 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z After analyzing five years of recordings of bowhead whale songs, she and her team found the animals frequently changed their songs over the season. These Mysterious Whales Are the Jazz Musicians Of the Sea 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Since then, a summertime, aerial census counted nearly 350 bowheads between Greenland and Svalbard, Norway. UW research: Listen to the ‘crazy, crazy’ songs of bowhead whales 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z It is not yet known whether individual bowheads sing the same song for a lifetime, or if they change from season to season. The whales who love to sing in the dark 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Among the world’s whales, only bowheads and humpbacks produce really variable songs. Arctic jazz: bowhead whales have amazingly diverse songbook 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Syracuse University biology professor Susan Parks, who wasn’t part of the study, praised the research as “a huge step forward” in learning about bowhead songs, showing surprising novelty and variety. Cool jazz: Bowhead whales improvise when singing, study says 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z "They weren’t bearded seals, they weren't narwhals, so they must be bowhead whales." These Mysterious Whales Are the Jazz Musicians Of the Sea 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z And they dream of someday being able to attach an acoustic tag to a bowhead, to record its songs and travels at the same time. UW research: Listen to the ‘crazy, crazy’ songs of bowhead whales 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z The timing of migrations among everything from bowhead whales to caribou are shifting, becoming less dependable. In doomed Alaska town, hunters turn to drones and caribou as sea ice melts 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z The research, published in the journal Biology Letters, confirmed that the bowheads sang regularly from late fall to early spring. Arctic jazz: bowhead whales have amazingly diverse songbook 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z For the first time, scientists have eavesdropped year-round on the songs of bowhead whales, the little-heard whales that roam the Arctic under the ice. Cool jazz: Bowhead whales improvise when singing, study says 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z A typical bowhead song lasts for between 45 to 90 seconds, which the whale then repeats over and over for 24 hours a day. These Mysterious Whales Are the Jazz Musicians Of the Sea 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Expanding sea ice redirected Dutch voyages of northern exploration into bowhead whale feeding grounds off Norway’s Svalbard archipelago. Some places flourished in the Little Ice Age. There are lessons for us now. 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Members of the community are allowed to catch limited number of bowhead whales a year from stable populations. The people of the whale 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Jeff Kowunna used his drone to record this year’s celebration of another successful bowhead whaling harvest for one of the oldest Alaska Native settlements. Taken for granted elsewhere, high-speed internet to bring big change to remote Alaska 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z They found that bowheads — the bigger, more blubbery cousins of the better known humpbacks — are more prolific and downright jazzier than other whales. Cool jazz: Bowhead whales improvise when singing, study says 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Ms. Fortune’s study, as well as a 2016 study published in a Russian journal, now help confirm those suspicions, and shed light on why the bowheads keep returning to their summer destination. Even Whales Have to Exfoliate 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z In the summer of 2014, a team of researchers spotted a handful of odd-looking bowhead whales in a bay off the northeastern coast of Canada. These whales use boulders for a good back scratch 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Though some villages hunt belugas, the Inupiat that hunt bowhead whales prefer to watch the white whales as they pass by during their migration. The people of the whale 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z “This is really exciting. I’ve heard about this in beluga whales and orcas, but never in bowheads,” says Paul Anderson, a research scientist at Mystic Aquarium who was not involved in the study. See What Happens at a ‘Day Spa’ for Whales 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Over three years a single underwater microphone captured 184 distinct bowhead whale songs, according to Stafford’s study in Wednesday’s Biology Letters . Cool jazz: Bowhead whales improvise when singing, study says 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z A picture caption in an earlier version of this article misstated the location of two bowhead whales. Even Whales Have to Exfoliate 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z When marine biologist Sarah Fortune spotted bowhead whales rolling onto their backs in coastal waters near Canada’s Baffin Island several summers ago, she was baffled. Watch these whales exfoliate their way to healthy skin—by rubbing on rocks 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Unlike with bowhead calves and smaller whale species, such as minke, the orcas’ hunting strategy in this situation went beyond drowning their prey. Orcas Team Up to Kill Whale in Raw, First-Ever Video 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Then, she saw a group of eight bowhead whales rubbing their bodies against the large boulders. See What Happens at a ‘Day Spa’ for Whales 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Until now, biologists would hear only snippets of bowhead songs in other Arctic areas. Cool jazz: Bowhead whales improvise when singing, study says 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Environmental groups say potential Arctic Ocean spills put polar bears, bowhead whales and other marine mammals at risk. US approves Alaska offshore drilling from gravel island 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z One bowhead was rubbing away for at least 8 minutes. Watch these whales exfoliate their way to healthy skin—by rubbing on rocks 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z The juvenile bowhead was already over 26 feet long and weaned from its mother, she says. Orcas Team Up to Kill Whale in Raw, First-Ever Video 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Unlike bowheads, belugas will travel hundreds of miles to reach their “day spa” on the Cunningham Inlet along Somerset Island, to the northwest of Baffin. See What Happens at a ‘Day Spa’ for Whales 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Scientists think only male bowheads sing and that they are singing for sex, improvising to try to attract females with the best rendition of songs. Cool jazz: Bowhead whales improvise when singing, study says 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Environmental groups object to Arctic offshore drilling and say potential spills put polar bears, bowhead whales and other marine mammals at risk. US approves Alaska offshore drilling from gravel island 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z The results reveal gigantism emerged independently in several branches of the family tree, including the bowhead and the right whales. How did whales become so large? Scientists dive into marine mystery 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Shpak adds “the presence of bowheads there is paradoxical to begin with,” because the bays of the western Okhotsk Sea are much warmer and less salty than the species' typically Arctic habitat. Orcas Team Up to Kill Whale in Raw, First-Ever Video 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z “It was like a bowhead whale day spa,” she says. See What Happens at a ‘Day Spa’ for Whales 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Though she admitted bowhead music isn’t for everyone. Cool jazz: Bowhead whales improvise when singing, study says 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z The area abounds with polar bears, harp and ringed seals, millions of birds, narwhal, beluga, and bowhead whales. The Complicated Relationship Between Cruise Ships and the Arctic Inuit 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Men from the whaling crews had dumped the carcass of a bowhead whale on the pile earlier in the day. Polar Bears’ Path to Decline Runs Through Alaskan Village 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z The Beaufort and Chukchi seas are habitat for several species listed as endangered and species that are candidates for the endangered species, including the bowhead whale, fin whale, Pacific walrus and polar bear. President Obama bans oil drilling in large areas of Atlantic and Arctic oceans 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Tuesday’s announcement would ban drilling in about 98 percent of federally owned Arctic waters, or about 115 million acres, a pristine region home to endangered species including polar bears and bowhead whales. Obama Bans Drilling in Parts of the Atlantic and the Arctic 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z The area supports what may be the world’s largest annual marine mammal migration of bowhead and beluga whales, Pacific walrus, ice seals and migratory birds. Obama creates 'resilience area' to protect Bering ecosystem 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z This moustache is properly called baleen, and is found in the mystecetes: the group of whales that include the famous giants such as humpbacks, bowheads and blue whales. How did the whale get its “moustache”? | Elsa Panciroli 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z The giant bowhead whales native to this part of the Arctic are actually prospering with warming seas here. Above the Arctic Circle, climate change closes in on the remote town of Barrow 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Starting last September, whaling crews in high-speed aluminum boats harpooned fifteen bowheads and towed them back to the sandy beach north of town. Whale Hunters of the Warming Arctic 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z The newly expanded park will protect habitat for such species as the Atlantic walrus, bowhead whale, polar bear, narwhal, and white gull. World’s Northernmost Islands Added to Russian National Park 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z But the melt also seems to boost food availability, at least if you’re a bowhead. There’s at least one creature on Earth that’s loving global warming 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z The former vertebrate record-holder was a bowhead whale estimated to be 211 years old. 400-year-old Greenland shark ‘longest-living vertebrate’ - BBC News 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Nielsen said the vertebrate with the longest-known lifespan until now was the bowhead whale, topping 200 years. Long in the tooth: the Greenland shark may live four centuries 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Similarly, bowheads seem to be thriving, and humpback whales, harbor porpoises, and salmon are expanding their range. Whale Hunters of the Warming Arctic 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Bowhead whale: One male bowhead living in the Arctic waters was estimated to be 211 years old when it died. These animals outlive humans: Top 10 longest living critters 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z That is good news for one group: bowhead whales, the Arctic’s largest marine mammal. There’s at least one creature on Earth that’s loving global warming 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z The previous record holder was the bowhead whale, which can live up to two centuries. 400-year-old shark is the longest-living vertebrate ever 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z That makes Greenland sharks the longest lived vertebrates on record by a huge margin; the next oldest is the bowhead whale, at 211 years old. Greenland shark may live 400 years, smashing longevity record 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z As far as mammals go, bowhead whales seem to have the most candles on their cake—over 200. Meet the Animal That Lives for 11,000 Years He learned how to speak the language and hunted polar bear, walrus, and bowhead whales with the Eskimo. How Dad and Daughter Survived the Alaskan Wilderness 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z “It is a good time to be a bowhead,” Moore says. Some Whales Like Global Warming Just Fine 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z There you will find staggering migrations of hundreds of thousands of caribou, over 150,000 walruses, 17,000 bowhead whales and millions of shore and seabirds. The Unlikely Diplomats 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z Residents, Epstein said, worry that islands will affect the migration patterns of bowhead whales harvested by subsistence hunters. Company plans gravel island to extract Arctic offshore oil 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z A bowhead whale surfaces from a dive in the chilly waters of Lancaster Sound, Canada. Meet the Animal That Lives for 11,000 Years Each autumn, polar bears and grizzly bears are drawn to Kaktovik, Alaska, to dine on the rotting carcasses of bowhead whales. ‘Hey, lay off my carcass!’ Grizzlies chase polar bears away from important food source 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z We’ll see if it continues to be a good time to be a bowhead as more and more sub-Arctic whales move north to compete in Arctic waters. Arctic Marine Mammals Swim Up to the Microphone 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Every spring, the Inupiat of Alaska’s North Slope hunt bowhead whales, which provide tons of meat consumed year-round. These Ice Cellars Fed Arctic People for Generations. Now They're Melting. 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Alaska Natives — and the Interior Department — worry that the noise of drilling would disrupt the feeding and migration patterns of bowhead whales, beluga, walruses and seals. Shell’s big gamble: Oil wrangling at the far reaches of the Arctic frontier 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z When hypothermia stands in the way of Paul Nicklen's dream of photographing a 50-foot bowhead whale, sometimes a little push is all that is needed. Meet the Animal That Lives for 11,000 Years Shell itself estimates in its last environmental permit application that drilling activity will harass 13% of endangered species like bowhead whale, grey whale and ringed seals. We in Alaska see that climate change is real. The time to act is now | Othniel Art Oomittuk 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z The Inuits’ icy highways will be broken up even more while the region’s bowhead, blue and beluga whales face the prospect of their underwater communications being disrupted or blocked in these once quiet waters. My Arctic journey shows how a warming climate exposes our most fragile ecosystem – and threatens its very survival 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, Ahsoak’s crew caught a bowhead whale that yielded roughly 47 tons of meat. These Ice Cellars Fed Arctic People for Generations. Now They're Melting. 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z At the new cemetery nearby, the lower jawbones of a bowhead whale formed an arch 20 feet high. Blooming in a Barren Land 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Incidentally, according to the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration, the bowhead also has the largest mouth of any animal. Meet the Animal That Lives for 11,000 Years The bowhead whale is listed under the US Endangered Species Act. Shell’s US Arctic drilling will harass thousands of whales and seals 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z They include narwhal, beluga and bowhead whales, seals and walrus. Norway-based energy consortium defers Canadian Arctic seismic tests 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Building an underground ice cellar to store bowhead whale and other meat in Barrow, Alaska, is no small task. These Ice Cellars Fed Arctic People for Generations. Now They're Melting. 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z The sea is also a major migration route and feeding area for marine mammals, including bowhead whales and walruses. Alaska’s Tricky Intersection of Obama’s Energy and Climate Legacies 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Ten other populations are increasing, the study found, including bowhead whales and walrus, while nine others are stable. First comprehensive review of Arctic’s marine mammals highlights policy challenges 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z By Shell’s own estimate, 13% of the overall population of bowhead whales still alive are potentially harassed . Shell’s US Arctic drilling will harass thousands of whales and seals 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z The struggle is symbolized by two massive whalebone arches — formed from the ribs of bowhead whales caught by villagers more than two decades ago — that lie at the entrance to the town from the airstrip. The remote Alaskan village that needs to be relocated due to climate change 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z In the study, the researchers chopped samples of bowhead whale DNA into 4 billion tiny pieces, called nucleotides. Bowhead whale genome may unlock its longevity secrets 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z In doing so, they spotted key differences between the genome of the bowhead whale and other mammals. 200-Year-Old Whale May Give Clues to Human Longevity 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z To learn the secret behind aging gracefully, you may want to check out the bowhead whale, the majestic denizen of the Arctic waters that boasts a lifespan topping 200 years. How to age gracefully? Ask a bowhead whale 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z In the spring, as the ice begins to recede toward the North Pole, bowhead whales migrate along the Chukchi coastline and into the Beaufort, and the local Inupiat hunt for them. The Wreck of the Kulluk 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Keeping with a tradition that stretches back thousands of years, bowhead whales are hunted by boat during the fall season. AP PHOTOS: Whale catch is survival in Alaska town 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z The investigation spanned the two major lineages of cetaceans: Krill-loving baleen whales—such as bowheads and minkes—were surveyed along with those with teeth, like bottlenose dolphins and sperm whales. Whales Can't Taste Anything But Salt 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z And like nearly every other species on the planet, whales are threatened by climate change—especially species like bowhead and beluga that live in the rapidly warming Arctic. Japanese Whaling Ban Won’t End the Whale Wars 2014-03-31T16:08:57Z Barrow's residents are predominantly from the Inupiat tribe - they hunt bowhead whale and seal. The American village set to disappear 2013-07-30T00:15:28Z For the tests, Werth submerged racks of humpback and bowhead baleen in a flow tank. Whale Baleen Bends and Weaves to Snag Food 2013-06-01T00:15:05.810Z Learning from Inuit hunters that killer whales use specific methods to hunt bowheads, beluga, narwhal and seals, Ferguson discovered at least two different killer whale groups based on prey preferences. Being There: Scientists Enlist Inuit for Long-Term Observations of Arctic Wildlife [Slide Show] 2013-02-13T21:15:07.370Z Researchers say there are four or five stocks of bowheads, two of which, the Okhotsk Sea and Spitsbergen populations, are identified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as “endangered” and “critically endangered,” respectively. Bowhead whales lost genetic diversity, study shows 2012-10-18T11:02:00Z The paper describes the variegated calls of Spitsbergen's bowheads, captured on underwater acoustic recorders by Dr. Stafford and her colleagues. Green Blog: Capturing the Winter Songs of Rare Whales 2012-08-07T19:01:21Z For the first time in decades not a single bowhead whale was caught from Barrow. The American village set to disappear 2013-07-30T00:15:28Z The vote means that Alaskan Inupiat retain their quota of 56 bowhead whales each year. Indigenous whaling bids granted 2012-07-03T18:26:32Z In Nunavut one of the biggest resource extraction efforts ever proposed for the eastern Arctic, the Mary River iron ore project, could have impacts on various species including caribou, bowhead whale, narwhal, beluga and walrus. Being There: Scientists Enlist Inuit for Long-Term Observations of Arctic Wildlife [Slide Show] 2013-02-13T21:15:07.370Z Villagers in windswept Barrow fear that Shell’s seismic work and drilling will disturb the bowhead whale migration, forcing whales away from their food and whalers dangerously far offshore to catch them. Green Blog: Tremors of Anxiety Over Arctic Drilling 2012-05-24T11:52:38Z These are Spitsbergen's bowheads, a special subpopulation of bowheads that was once one of the most populous, comprising anywhere from 25,000 to 100,000 whales. Green Blog: Capturing the Winter Songs of Rare Whales 2012-08-07T19:01:21Z “I’m worried because we live off the ocean, the bowhead whale, the beluga, the walrus, the bearded seal,” said Tommy Olemaun, president of the Native Village of Barrow, an Eskimo tribal organization. The Energy Rush: Shell Arctic Ocean Drilling Stands to Open New Oil Frontier 2012-05-23T23:27:17Z Some locals brought muktuk, the Eskimo name for the skin of a bowhead whale with blubber, to share with others who sought shelter. Hardy Alaskans use ingenuity and native traditions to cope with hurricane-strength storm 2011-11-11T23:32:58Z Biologists also built on Iñupiaq observations to learn that bowheads possess a sense of smell, unlike most other whales. Being There: Scientists Enlist Inuit for Long-Term Observations of Arctic Wildlife [Slide Show] 2013-02-13T21:15:07.370Z The bowhead whale is at the center of the culture for Inupiat Eskimos. Green Blog: Tremors of Anxiety Over Arctic Drilling 2012-05-24T11:52:38Z Dr. Stafford said it seemed as though the bowheads were passing through the middle of the strait but mainly staying put on the western side. Green Blog: Capturing the Winter Songs of Rare Whales 2012-08-07T19:01:21Z The natural world holds a mystical grip on the nearly 5,000 Eskimos of the North Slope, where the migration patterns of the bowhead whale dictate the rhythm of life. The Energy Rush: Shell Arctic Ocean Drilling Stands to Open New Oil Frontier 2012-05-23T23:27:17Z Some brought subsistence comfort foods like caribou and bowhead whale blubber to share at village emergency shelters. Hardy Alaskans use ingenuity and native traditions to cope with hurricane-strength storm 2011-11-11T23:32:58Z People worry intensely that offshore drilling would hurt the bowhead population — and that a spill could destroy it. Arctic Village Split by Oil-Drilling Plan 2011-10-25T14:46:54Z It sounds almost exactly like the song of the bowhead whale, a rarely encountered denizen of arctic seas. Dot Earth Blog: A Hummingbird's Musical Tail 2011-09-08T18:09:31Z Plankton make tasty treats for bowhead whales, sea birds and fish. Proposed oil drilling off Alaska coast prompts studies of environmental impact 2011-08-22T19:23:57Z They feared that drilling would disturb the bowhead migration, forcing the whales away from their food and their pursuers dangerously far offshore. The Energy Rush: Shell Arctic Ocean Drilling Stands to Open New Oil Frontier 2012-05-23T23:27:17Z For centuries, Native Alaskan Inupiat have roamed these shores hunting bowhead whales, bearded seals, walruses and caribou. Pondering impact of drilling off remote northwest Alaska 2011-08-16T23:18:00Z In the 1840s, commercial whalers from New England and elsewhere came here and started a brutal industry from the bowheads. Arctic Village Split by Oil-Drilling Plan 2011-10-25T14:46:54Z I pass the gray skull of a bowhead whale, as big as a golf cart. Taking the Arctic Plunge 2011-07-29T21:17:30Z Now, a fair bit of the hunting - 40%, in the case of George's southernmost village of Savoonga - is done in November and December, as the bowhead whales return south. Subsistence argument 2011-07-13T14:16:45Z A research team photographed and recorded the underwater vocalizations of a bowhead whale off the coast of Greenland. Green: Eureka! A Roaming Bowhead Whale 2011-06-22T20:30:52Z Alaska Natives worry that the mere noise of drilling would disrupt the feeding and migration patterns of bowhead whales, beluga, walruses and seals. Pondering impact of drilling off remote northwest Alaska 2011-08-16T23:18:00Z Jonathan Aiken’s crew watches another boat pursue a bowhead. Lens: A Warm Feeling for the Arctic 2011-06-10T09:00:22Z After three springs of trying, it looks like this year will result in a population estimate for the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort population of bowhead whales. Scientist at Work: Leaving a Warming Arctic 2011-06-07T21:18:10Z Not only bowhead whales but seals and fish are caught for food, with some being bartered with other indigenous groups inland in return for caribou meat. Subsistence argument 2011-07-13T14:16:45Z “Identifying bowheads is actually pretty easy” she said. Green: Eureka! A Roaming Bowhead Whale 2011-06-22T20:30:52Z On average, a mouse may live for two years, whereas bowhead whales may live for over 200 years. Forever young 2011-06-02T00:15:32Z In the book and the magazine, he documented the Inupiat fight to preserve the traditional bowhead whale hunt, without restrictions. Lens: A Warm Feeling for the Arctic 2011-06-10T09:00:22Z By this time next year, there should be an updated estimate of abundance for the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Sea population of bowhead whales. Scientist at Work: Leaving a Warming Arctic 2011-06-07T21:18:10Z It is not just bowhead whales that use the lead to migrate north but beluga whales and, most impressive, hundreds of thousands of king and common eiders. Scientist at Work: Biodiversity in the Arctic Sky 2011-05-27T15:53:37Z It also provides the genetic identification of individuals to include in future population estimates of bears using capture-recapture methods similar to the photo identification project for bowhead whales. Scientist at Work: In Polar Bear Territory 2011-05-19T21:48:52Z The low frequencies used by bowhead whales overlap the acoustic bandwidth in which large ships and oil and gas exploration produce sound. Scientist at Work: Under the Ice, Sounds of Spring 2011-05-17T21:16:19Z Through all of this, more than 10,000 bowhead whales are passing from the Bering Sea to the Canadian Beaufort Sea. Scientist at Work: Watching Whales Around the Clock 2011-05-12T11:47:36Z However, not all bowhead whales are well marked. Scientist at Work: Three Ways to Count Whales 2011-05-03T16:02:33Z The main questions we’re trying to answer are how many bowhead whales there are and whether the population is increasing or decreasing. Scientist at Work: At the Edge of the Ice, Counting Whales 2011-04-22T22:16:23Z The season was generally too late to capture any bowheads on account of the ice barrier which held back the ships. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z During spring migration, bowhead whales produce a variety of sounds, including songs that may serve a similar function as the bearded seal trills. Scientist at Work: Under the Ice, Sounds of Spring 2011-05-17T21:16:19Z This allowed them to wrest a number of concessions from Shell, including a commitment to stop all offshore operations during the bowhead migration and hunt, should drilling ever proceed. Arctic resources: Now it's their turn 2011-03-03T10:48:29Z I’ve never thought it was a good idea to drill for oil and gas in an ocean where we’ve been coexisting with migrating bowhead whales and other marine mammals for thousands of years. A Voice From the Next Offshore Oil Frontier 2010-09-05T11:30:00Z Kate Stafford, an oceanographer at the Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of Washington, writes from Alaska, where she is participating in a visual census of bowhead whales. Scientist at Work: At the Edge of the Ice, Counting Whales 2011-04-22T22:16:23Z It was just like this when we caught three big bowheads from the Mary Foster. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z The Shell plan has stirred controversy for many years among environmentalists and advocates of the endangered bowhead whale, which is legally hunted in the area for subsistence by Alaska Natives. Arctic Drilling Proposal Advanced Amid Concern 2010-05-20T03:10:00Z They worried that icebreakers and drill ships would hurt the bowhead whales on which they depend. Arctic resources: Now it's their turn 2011-03-03T10:48:29Z Nobody knows how a spill would affect our traditional bowhead whaling. A Voice From the Next Offshore Oil Frontier 2010-09-05T11:30:00Z For the moment, what is known as the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort population of bowhead whales looks pretty healthy and may be on the rise. Scientist at Work: At the Edge of the Ice, Counting Whales 2011-04-22T22:16:23Z Stirling recalled the method employed by the natives in capturing bowheads. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z The employee said that the process “was horrible, they ignore everything” and that drilling “would be a disaster for the bowhead and the Natives who take bowhead through subsistence.” Arctic Drilling Proposal Advanced Amid Concern 2010-05-20T03:10:00Z Christopher Winter, an attorney for the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission, said the Interior Department agency "simply ignored key aspects" about the possible effects of drilling operations on bowhead whales, including interruption of feeding patterns. Shell urges court to allow drilling in Arctic over environmentalists' objections 2010-05-07T04:00:00Z So whatever happens, it better not harm the bowheads or you won’t find many supporters up here. A Voice From the Next Offshore Oil Frontier 2010-09-05T11:30:00Z It would allow 69 bowhead whales, 145 gray whales, 14 humpbacks and 109 fin whales to be hunted each year around the world. Commission Proposes Limited Commercial Whale Hunts 2010-04-23T14:28:00Z "There's plenty of seals there, but darn few bowheads!" The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Animals doing better include bowhead whales, white-tailed eagles, and the Atlantic Puffin. Arctic Animals Doing Better, But Not Close to Pole 2010-03-18T14:23:00Z Three years ago, it secured a quota of two bowhead whales and 25 more minke whales. Whaling woes 2010-03-02T12:48:00Z The head of the bowhead whale is smooth, black, and without the bonnet and the "rock-garden," the colorful clusters of callosities characteristic of the black right whale. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification A great bulk wallowed just before him, the helpless body of the bowhead whale, the killers darting in a mad mêlée for its head. A Man to His Mate Game he had found in plenty: walrus, seals—both hair and fur—killer whales, bowheads, polar bears, and musk ox had fallen to the younger son's rifle or harpoon. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Then, one day he came upon the carcass of an immense bowhead whale far north on the Alaskan shore. The Blue Envelope Oh, the ice-blink white and near, And the bowhead breaching clear! Verses 1889-1896 Though two separate columns sometimes may be visible under windless conditions in the blows of most mysticetes, this feature is exaggerated and is most characteristic in the bowhead and right whales. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification When your peers, Mr. Land, destroy decent, harmless creatures like the southern right whale or the bowhead whale, they commit a reprehensible offense. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea His tanned features and knotted hands, his quick manner and alert stride, spoke the Dundee and Grimsby whaler, who had sailed many seas and fastened to more than an ordinary number of bowhead whales. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z This first bowhead yielded us eighteen tuns of oil and a ton of baleen, which made the catch about equal in value to that of a seven-tun cachalot. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Note that this species, like the bowhead, lacks the series of ventral grooves which characterize all other baleen whales of the western North Atlantic. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification Like its more northern relative, the bowhead whale, the right whale was once the object of a widespread and extensive whale fishery, which reduced the species to critically low numbers. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification "Those animals are only members of the genus Balaenoptera furnished with dorsal fins, and like sperm whales, they're generally smaller than the bowhead whale." Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea The ice will lie about here, and the bowhead can't go north till it opens. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z At last the tremendous and incessant blows, dealt by the most active member of the trio, seemed actually to have exhausted the immense vitality of the great bowhead, for he lay supine upon the surface. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Note also the absence of the vest of white on the chin, a feature which is characteristic of the bowhead whale. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification The bowhead and right whales may be readily distinguished from one another by the characters listed below for stranded specimens. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification Even if they are encountered together, bowhead whales can be distinguished from all the balaenopterid whales by the absence of a dorsal fin. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification The Ice Pilot had hastened to many bowheads and realized that Cushner had taken the proper direction and would most likely intercept the whale upon its next appearance. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z It was on the ninth or tenth morning after our arrival on the grounds that a bowhead was raised, And two boats sent after him. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales In the photo on the bottom left note the extremely long baleen plates, characteristic of bowhead and right whales. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification Within these ranges, bowhead whales move southward in front of the advancing ice floes and may be expected near the southern limits of their range from September or October through the early spring months. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification Two of these, the bowhead or Greenland whale, and its more widely distributed close relative the right whale, are baleen whales. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification A school of bowheads was approaching an open lane to the north and the Arctic. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z But we saw no more bowheads, for which none of us forward were at all sorry. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Figure 8b.—Swimming, blowing, and diving characteristics of humpback, bowhead, right, and sperm whales. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification In the late 19th century, after stocks of bowhead whales were severely reduced by overwhaling, northern bottlenosed whales became a prime target of arctic whalers. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification |
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