On June 19th, a humpback whale was hit by the Norræna ferry, sailing from Faroe Islands to Iceland. The captain reported a loud thud at 7AM that morning and claims that the whale was already deceased at the time of the collision. (Image via RÚV / Rúnar Snær Reynisson)

🚨 New Publication Alert! 🚨 "Interactions Between Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) and Neonate Long-Finned Pilot Whales (Globicephala melas) off South Iceland" by Chérine Baumgartner et al. doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7…

🚨 New Publication Alert! 🚨 "Sound production during feeding in Icelandic herring-eating killer whales (Orcinus orca)" by G. Giovannini et al. doi.org/10.1080/039493… Image by Filipa Samarra via Icelandic Orcas