One of the rarest and most unique species, often endangered and found in the waters of Oman will soon be featured in global television platforms all thanks to the united effort of a group of young creative Omanis led by Maisa al Hooti, a passionate underwater photographer and conservation advocate who runs ‘Oman in Focus.’ This is possible with the.
New population of blue whales discovered in the western Indian ocean
An international team of researchers has discovered what it believes to be a new population of blue whales in the western Indian Ocean.
Blue whales are the largest animals that have ever lived on our planet, and they are found around the globe in all oceans. All blue whales sing very low-pitched and recognizable songs, and conveniently for researchers, every population has its own unique song. In a recently published paper in the journal Endangered Species Research, the researchers describe a new blue whale song that is heard from the Arabian Sea coast of Oman across to the Chagos Archipelago in the central Indian Ocean and as far south as Madagascar in the southwest Indian Ocean.