Rice's Whales versus the USA

The Rice's Whale, earlier considered a sub-species of the Bryde's Whale, was discovered to be a new species only in 2021! Just when it was the whale's time to 'rice and shine', USA decided to lease its habitat for oil.

Cartoon for DW Environment. 

Pygmy Blue Whales in the Indian Ocean

Nuclear bomb detectors placed near Chagos Islands detected whale sounds, which when analysed by a group of scientists from the University of New South Whales, led to the discovery of a new population of Pygmy Blue Whales in the Indian Ocean! Comic from my column with Sunday Mid-Day.

Rice's Whale

Meet the newest species of whale (yes, WHALE) discovered from the Gulf of Mexico in the US, the Rice's Whale, named in honour of cetologist Dale Rice. Comic from my column with The Hindu.

Pregnant Whale

On plastic pollution of marine ecosystems from my column with Roundglass Sustain.

How some Creatures Cope with Climate Change

How some creatures cope with climate change. From my column with The Hindu Sunday Magazine.

Blue Whales and the Blue Whale Challenge

Say no to the challenge, say yes to Blue Whales!

Baleen Whales

This World Oceans Day, know your Baleen Whale species with this poster! The 14 species are distributed throughout the marine waters of the world. Baleen whales are called so because of the presence of baleen plates in their mouths instead of teeth, that enable filter feeding. The largest baleen whale is the Blue Whale, while the smallest, the Pygmy Right Whale. Most baleen whales are threatened by whaling, collisions with ships, entanglement in fishing gear, and climate change; the Omura's and the North Pacific Right Whale being the most endangered.

The compilation is available as prints and a wide range of merchandise (t-shirts, laptop skins, tote bags etc) on my webstore here.

For orders within India, e-mail me on rohanchakcartoonist@gmail.com. The range of products for Indian orders is as follows-

A1 Posters (loose)- Rs. 3000 each

A2 Posters (loose)- Rs. 1200 each

Mounted Posters (A3- Individual species and compilation)- Rs. 2000

Loose Posters (A3- Individual species and compilation)- Rs. 500 for the first copy and Rs. 200 for the second copy onwards

Tshirts (Cotton Roundneck)- Rs. 1200 each

Coffee Mug (Compilation)- Rs. 850