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Whale Watchers Asked To Help ID Visiting Whales
Three humpback whales were tagged some weeks ago on the Silver Bank, the humpbacks’ breeding grounds in the Caribbean between Dominican Republic and Turks and Caicos. The satellite tags are on the right side of the whales, just below the dorsal fin on this female below. Satellite tracking suggests these whales are on their way to Bermuda waters... Read more of this article
Air Canada Buys Rights To Whale Film
Bermuda’s waters and the humpback whales that pass through them will be showcased during Air Canada flights, with the airline having purchased the rights to show “Where the Whales Sing” on its flights for a two-month period. In addition, a television station in Iran has bought the rights to broadcast the film in the Middle East, and... Read more of this article
Video: Eight-Year-Old Swims With Humpbacks
Little Bermuda school girl Elsa Stevenson is just eight-years-old and less than five-feet tall. But she is shown swimming with some of the most enormous — and gentle — whales in the world in this video footage. Elsa, whose father Andrew Stevenson is founder of the Bermuda Humpback Whale Project, swam with the enormous mammals during a... Read more of this article
Humpback Whales Matched To 1978
Two whales spotted in Bermuda waters last month were determined to be the same whales that were seen in waters off Canada almost 35 years ago. The whales were photographed in Bermuda waters on 29th February 2012, and were matched by Roger Etcheberry to those photographed by Professor Hal Whitehead on 21st August 1978 off Newfoundland, Canada. Photographed... Read more of this article
Photos: Four Whales Fight Over Female
Whale researcher Andrew Stevenson captured photos of four male humpback whales fighting over a female on Monday [Jan.23], with the ocean love fest taking place approximately 25 miles off Bermuda in deep waters. Mr Stevenson said it was the first time he has witnessed humpback mating behaviour entirely consistent with courting humpbacks he has observed... Read more of this article
First Whales Of 2012 Photographed
Yesterday [Jan.9] Andrew Stevenson captured his first photographs of humpbacks for 2012, which included a calf and a female and escort in the waters 5 miles off Bermuda. Mr Stevenson heads the Humpback Whale Project, which was founded in 2007 and researches and collect visual and acoustics data on the great sea creatures. Mr Stevenson explained that... Read more of this article
Whale Researcher’s Silver Bank Trip
Whale researcher, documentarian and author Andrew Stevenson is about to embark on two trips to the Silver Bank in January and February to work with experts and researchers in the humpbacks’ breeding/calving grounds. After that he expect to spend over 20 days on the water here in Bermuda, with a goal is to once again obtain 150 individual fluke IDs... Read more of this article
Tommy Fox: St. David’s Uncrowned King
He was known as “King Tommy” — the uncrowned King of St. David’s Island — and once decided to establish the veracity of the Biblical story of Jonah by demonstrating it was possible for a man to crawl into the stomach of a whale. Henry Mortimer [Tommy] Fox [1860-1942] was a whaler, fisherman and renowned authority on hurricanes,... Read more of this article
‘Winter Whales’ Spotted Off Sonesta Beach
Five humpback whales were spotted in 100-feet of water off Sonesta Beach earlier this week; the sixth season in a row the ‘winter whales’ have been sighted. Whale researcher Andrew Stevenson said, “It is very important to log these winter sightings to help us understand the humpback whales’ behaviour. Most studies of the humpbacks... Read more of this article
Great Scot! Whale Book’s A Shetland Hit
Local researcher Andrew Stevenson’s new book about humpbacks in Bermuda’s waters is now being promoted as the Christmas gift to get for the Scotsman who has everything. The country’s “Shetland Times” includes Mr. Stevenson’s recently published “Whale Song: Journeys into the Secret Lives of the North Atlantic... Read more of this article
Upcoming: Humpback Whale Book Launch
The book launch of ‘Andrew Stevenson’s Whale Song: Journeys into the Secret Lives of the North Atlantic humpbacks’ will take place this Wednesday, 12th October 6-8 pm at the Aquarium in the Aquarium Hall. The introductory price of this large-format illustrated book will be $40.00 rather than the suggested retail price of $45.00. Thanks... Read more of this article
“Where the Whales Sing” Wins In Croatia
Continuing to pick up accolades, the Bermuda-made documentary “Where the Whales Sing” has won two more awards, this time at a Croatian Film Festival. The film won the Best Environmental Film Award and Special Audience Award at the International underwater film festival “Bijeli lav” held in Rovinj, Croatia this past weekend. Filmmaker... Read more of this article
