Science
What is the smell of rain?
You can tell when rain is coming just by the smell
The word for it is “petrichor.” It’s the name of an oil that’s...
Dead fin whale hit by cruise ship spotted in Vancouver’s harbour
Fisheries officials are investigating a dead fin whale that's floating near the port in Vancouver
CBC News Posted: May 11, 2015 8:45 AM PT
The...
Whales and Dolphins are thriving in Kenyan waters
Following my interview with Dr Gill Braulik of the Wildlife Conservation Society Tanzania Programme, I set out to find out what happens in...
Waaygat whaling station at Stony Point
Early History of the farm Waaygat
The land on which the whaling station was established originally formed part of the farm Waaygat. Historically and...
Beachcomber for a day
One of the chief delights of living on the whale coast is that there is always an excuse to go rambling along the...
Marine Tourism
How Whales Become Entangled
This illustration shows how fishing lines attached to traps and buoys on the ocean floor present a potentially deadly hazard to North Atlantic...
#GreenXmas @intheOverberg
We are grateful to the champions @intheoverberg @WWFSouthAfrica @GoSocialSA @GoToSouthAfrica @ShotLeft who created a twitter #chat platform on 25 November where we could share...
Clouds that look like ocean waves. What is it?
Van Gogh clouds! Like breaking ocean waves.
They are called Kelvin Helmholzt clouds, aka billow clouds or shear-gravity clouds
It’s widely...
Shipwrecked French Champagne – Revealing tastes from the past
Scientists say that 170-year old champagne found on a shipwreck at the bottom of the Baltic Sea actually tasted pretty good. The French...
How do remoras stick to their host?
Remoras, also known as sharksuckers or suckerfish, are famous for their ability to hitch rides on larger fish and marine mammals by means...
