Melissa Hobson
PR Consultant and Freelance Writer at Freelance
Marine science & conservation writer available for commissions. Bylines in @natgeo @guardian @thetimes & more. Always looking for cool ocean stories to cover 🌊
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When a boat came across a huge humpback whale carcass in Chile, they decided to do something amazing
5 days ago |
discoverwildlife.com | Melissa Hobson
A team of scientists, conservationists and community members working to protect nature and wildlife in Chilean Patagonia have been inspiring people to protect the ocean in a surprising way – by displaying an enormous humpback whale skeleton.
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6 days ago |
national-geographic.pl | Melissa Hobson
Spis treści:Niezwykłe reakcje humbakówEmpatia humbakówDlaczego wieloryby chronią inne wieloryby? Jak uratować wieloryby przed sieciami? Czy wieloryby są altruistyczne? Nowy artykuł naukowy oraz nagranie wideo przedstawiają przekonujące dowody na to, że odpowiedź brzmi „tak”. Kilka lat temu, gdy Rachel Cartwright i jej zespół badawczy zbliżyli się do dwóch wielorybów, zauważyli coś dziwnego. Młodszy wieloryb był zaplątany w linkę rybacką.
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1 week ago |
discoverwildlife.com | Melissa Hobson
Blue Spring State Park in Florida is a haven for manatees. Four decades ago, it had just a handful of these gentle animals but, thanks to conservation efforts, these squidgy 'sea cows' now visit in their hundreds. “Every winter, manatees gather in the spring’s constant 22°C (72°F) waters to escape the cold,” says Andi Cross who shared footage from a visit to the park during her Edges of Earth Expedition.
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1 week ago |
discoverwildlife.com | Melissa Hobson
Researchers in Hawaiʻi were surprised to find evidence of tiger sharks and oceanic whitetips – two species not usually found together – calmly munching on a whale carcass together. At least nine oceanic whitetips (Carcharhinus longimanus) and five tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) were seen getting a slice of the action. Details of the event – which is believed to be the first report of oceanic whitetips and tigers scavenging together – has been published in Frontiers in Fish Science.
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1 week ago |
discoverwildlife.com | Melissa Hobson
An enormous elephant seal romped through Gordon’s Bay, South Africa, bringing traffic to a standstill and shocking passersby. In a video that has been circulating this week, the enormous seal waddles up to a car and rests its chin on the bonnet briefly before hauling itself away across the pavement. “No way,” one of the onlookers can be heard gasping as they back up to get out of the way of the huge animal.
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RT @OfficialZSL: 🌍 Europe's native oyster ecosystems have been classified as ‘Collapsed’ via @redlisteco framework. This critical finding h…
RT @OfficialZSL: @redlisteco You can read about this in @mel_pud's story for @wildlifemag 👇 https://t.co/3gZ1gFw9E5
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