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Sperm Whales May Team Up On Deep Sea Squid
Sperm Whales May Team Up On Deep Sea Squid
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A new study suggests that sperm whales hunt collaboratively with each one taking on a different role
Acoustic Engineer Creates Stunning Visual Representations Of Cetacean Songs
Acoustic Engineer Creates Stunning Visual Representations Of Cetacean Songs
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Acoustic Engineer makes scientific art out of whale and dolphin songs
Do Beluga Whales Like To Have Their Photo Taken?
Do Beluga Whales Like To Have Their Photo Taken?
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A group of beluga whales in a "natural farm" in Russia have been showing inquisitive behavior toward divers
Old Fossil Suggests Ancient Whale Was A Dwarf Mud Sucker
Old Fossil Suggests Ancient Whale Was A Dwarf Mud Sucker
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A new study on a 70 year old fossil leads to speculation that the mud sucking dwarf whale may have been the ancestor of today's baleen whales
Sea Shepherd Is At It Again As First Shots Are Fired
Sea Shepherd Is At It Again As First Shots Are Fired
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The Sea Shepherd boat Steve Irwin engaged in a high-powered water cannon battle with a Japanese whaling ship on Monday
Japan Continues Whale Hunt, Austrailia Threatens To Take Action
Japan Continues Whale Hunt, Austrailia Threatens To Take Action
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Australia's prime minister, Kevin Rudd, has threatened to take legal action against Japan if it continues its "research" whaling program
Norway To Increase Minke Whale Quota By 45% In 2010
Norway To Increase Minke Whale Quota By 45% In 2010
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Norway increases its minke whale hunting quota to 1286 whales, up 45 percent from last year.
Blue Whales Are Singing A New Song
Blue Whales Are Singing A New Song
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A new study has found that blue whales are singing deeper songs, but scientists aren't sure why.
Japan Catches 59 Whales Off Northern Island
Japan Catches 59 Whales Off Northern Island
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Japan said Monday it has caught 59 whales — one short of the maximum allowed by international guidelines — under a research program that critics say is a cover for commercial whaling
Sperm Whales Helping Global Warming?
Sperm Whales Helping Global Warming?
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New estimates suggest the mammals’ feeding habits help take in carbon
DNA Study Of Humpback Whales Reveals Mating Habits
DNA Study Of Humpback Whales Reveals Mating Habits
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A 15-year genetic study of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales has opened a window into the little known mating habits of the giant cetaceans
Are whales Killing Porpoises On Purpose, Scientists Wonder
Are whales Killing Porpoises On Purpose, Scientists Wonder
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Scientists are grasping for answers to explain why southern resident killer whales — a group of fish eaters that prefers chinook salmon — have also been observed toying with harbour porpoises...
Feds Reviewing Humpback Whale Endangered Status
Feds Reviewing Humpback Whale Endangered Status
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The federal government is considering taking the humpback whale off the endangered species list in response to data showing the population of the massive marine mammal has been steadily growing in...
Iceland Plans Huge Whale Meat Export To Japan
Iceland Plans Huge Whale Meat Export To Japan
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Iceland's fin whaling company said on Friday it plans a huge export of about 1,500 tonnes of whale meat, mainly to Japan, after wrapping up its hunting season for this year
New Species Discovered On Whale Skeletons
New Species Discovered On Whale Skeletons
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When a whale dies, it sinks to the seafloor and becomes food for an entire ecosystem. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have discovered previously unknown species that feed only...
Protecting Whales From Whale Watchers
Protecting Whales From Whale Watchers
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NOAA Fisheries Service has teamed with private industry and conservation groups to try to protect whales from whale-watch boats
Are Killer Whales Yelling?
Are Killer Whales Yelling?
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Killer whales raise their voices to be heard over boat noise, and the effort may be wearing the whales out as they try to find food amid dwindling numbers of salmon, new research says
Underwater Photography Tells The Sad Tale Of The Ocean's Plight
Underwater Photography Tells The Sad Tale Of The Ocean's Plight
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As underwater photographers, we travel far and wide for the privilege of unique encounters with marine life. When the encounters and conditions all come together, we sometimes even have the...
Whales Are Back? But Don't Stop Fighting The Good Fight
Whales Are Back? But Don't Stop Fighting The Good Fight
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Marine conservationist Carl Safina reports some good news amid all of the negative reports we are constantly bombarded with about marine health and species decline
Ancient Whale Remains Found In California
Ancient Whale Remains Found In California
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The partial remains of an ancient toothed whale species that roamed the ocean five million years ago have been discovered on a California beach
An Underwater Photographer's Guide To Humpback Whales In Tonga
An Underwater Photographer's Guide To Humpback Whales In Tonga
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Karen Varndell writes about photographing humpback whales in Tonga.
Fisheries Service Proposes New Rules to Safeguard Puget Sound’s Killer Whales
Fisheries Service Proposes New Rules to Safeguard Puget Sound’s Killer Whales
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Endangered Whales Could Be Given Wider Berth, Safety Zone
"Horn" Spotted On Humpback In St. Lucia
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In the whale-watching world in St Lucia, permit holder and researcher Danie Bennett gives names to humpbacks with specific markings, so scientists along the migratory route can keep track of...
Hanifaru Bay - Maldives Manta Madness
Hanifaru Bay - Maldives Manta Madness
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Hanifaru Bay in the Maldives has been quietly becoming a hot spot for underwater photographers over the last year or so. Thomas Peschak recently shot an assignment for National Geographic on the...
Connection Between Whales and Man?
Connection Between Whales and Man?
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A New York Times article that discusses the possible communication between whales and humans
Sardine Run 2009 - First Images
Sardine Run 2009 - First Images
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Underwater photography from the 2009 Sardine Run in South Africa
'Bycatch' Whaling A Growing Threat To Coastal Whales
'Bycatch' Whaling A Growing Threat To Coastal Whales
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Scientists are warning that a new form of unregulated whaling has emerged along the coastlines of Japan and South Korea, where the commercial sale of whales killed as fisheries "bycatch" is...
Migaloo Protection
Migaloo Protection
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Australian authorities have warned the public to stay away from a rare white humpback whale named Migaloo that has made an appearance off the east coast
Timor Seeks Help To Protect Whale, Dolphin Hotspot
Timor Seeks Help To Protect Whale, Dolphin Hotspot
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The government of East Timor says it plans to establish a national park to protect a bounty of dolphins and whales
Greenland Humpback Hunting Decision On Hold
Greenland Humpback Hunting Decision On Hold
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The US chair of the International Whaling Commission meeting in Portugal postponed a vote on the contentious issue until a special meeting later this year
Right Whale Feeding Areas Declared Critical Habitat
Right Whale Feeding Areas Declared Critical Habitat
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The future of one of Canada's most endangered animals, the North Atlantic right whale, has just got a little brighter.
Nets Disable Minke Whales
Nets Disable Minke Whales
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An injured minke whale has provided a unique insight into the dangers posed to marine animals by fishing gear
Climate Change Affecting Marine Mammals
Climate Change Affecting Marine Mammals
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More dolphins, porpoises and whales could be at risk from the effects of climate change than was previously thought, a new study has claimed
Blue Whales Off Coast Of New York
Blue Whales Off Coast Of New York
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Experts from the Bioacoustics Research Program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology have for the first time positively identified the voice of a singing blue whale about 70 miles off the Long Island...
Ningaloo Reef A Nursery For Whale Sharks?
Ningaloo Reef A Nursery For Whale Sharks?
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Ningaloo Reef may be a nursery for whale sharks, say scientists who are still striving to work out the full life cycle of the oceans’ biggest fish
Whale Caught on Video Gives Rare Clues About Behavior
Whale Caught on Video Gives Rare Clues About Behavior
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Marine mammal videotaped stealing fish provides information about animal's physical features
Endangered Right Whales Found Where Presumed Extinct
Endangered Right Whales Found Where Presumed Extinct
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A team of scientists from Oregon State University and the NOAA has documented the presence of endangered North Atlantic right whales in an area they were thought to be extinct
Singapore Casino Having Second Thoughts On Whale Shark Exhibition
Singapore Casino Having Second Thoughts On Whale Shark Exhibition
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A Singapore casino developer said Saturday it was considering alternatives to its plan to exhibit whale sharks
Blue Whales Re-establishing Former Migration Patterns
Blue Whales Re-establishing Former Migration Patterns
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Scientists have documented the first known migration of blue whales from the coast of California to areas off British Columbia and the Gulf of Alaska since the end of commercial whaling in 1965
Indonesia's Creates The Savu Marine Park, Largest In Southeast Asia
Indonesia's Creates The Savu Marine Park, Largest In Southeast Asia
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Indonesia has opened Southeast Asia's largest marine park in the Savu Sea, a migration route for almost half the world's whale species and home to vast tracts of rare coral, the country's fisheries...
ADEX 2009 - Asia Dive Expo Report
ADEX 2009 - Asia Dive Expo Report
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DPG's Singapore representative and incredibly talented photographer, Aaron Wong, reports from the 2009 Asia Dive Expo
Whale Shark Populations On The Rise In Australia
Whale Shark Populations On The Rise In Australia
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Federal Research Boat hits right whale off Massachusetts
Federal Research Boat hits right whale off Massachusetts
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A federal research vessel struck an endangered right whale just off the coast of Massachusetts, but officials said the injuries don't appear life threatening
South Korea to Consider Whaling
South Korea to Consider Whaling
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South Korea would consider resuming whaling off its shores if the International Whaling Commission (IWC) approves a plan for neighbour Japan to conduct coastal whaling
Japanese Whalers Don't Meet Quota
Japanese Whalers Don't Meet Quota
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Japanese whalers missed their quota this year in their annual whale hunt
Video: Underwater Videographer Gets Whacked By Humpback
Video: Underwater Videographer Gets Whacked By Humpback
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Having just come back from Socorro where we were able to get in the water with humpbacks (albeit the encounters were limited), this video really caught my attention
Humpback Whale Visits New York Harbor
Humpback Whale Visits New York Harbor
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After just returning from Socorro where we were in the water with Humpbacks, I was amazed to turn on the evening news last night and see a large Humpback in New York harbor. These instances...
New Way To Study Endangered Whale Sharks
New Way To Study Endangered Whale Sharks
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Whale sharks -- giants of the fish world that strike terror only among tiny creatures like the plankton and krill they eat -- are imperiled by over-fishing of the species in parts of its ocean range
Scientists Use DNA To Study Whale Shark Migration
Scientists Use DNA To Study Whale Shark Migration
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Whale sharks -- giants of the fish world that strike terror only among tiny creatures like the plankton and krill they eat -- are imperiled by over-fishing of the species in parts of its ocean range
Video: DPG Expedition Report, Socorro
Video: DPG Expedition Report, Socorro
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The first of our DPG underwater photography & video expeditions for 2009 was to the Revillagigedos Archipelago, more commonly called Socorro, known for its large resident groups of friendly giant...
Maine lobstermen Unhappy With Rope Ban?
Maine lobstermen Unhappy With Rope Ban?
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Marine scientists and conservationists say using rope that sinks will make the whales less prone to getting snagged as they lumber through the Gulf of Maine each spring and summer
Mass Whale Stranding In Australia
Mass Whale Stranding In Australia
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About 80 whales and dolphins were stranded Monday on a remote southwest Australian beach
New York Times Article On Right Whale Conservation
New York Times Article On Right Whale Conservation
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Cornelia Dean writes an article about the Rise and Fall of Right Whales.
Hippo And Whale Relation Being Argued
Hippo And Whale Relation Being Argued
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Two scientists are disputing a recent study that creates a different family tree for the hippo
Conservation Groups Sues Hawaii's National Marine Fisheries Service
Conservation Groups Sues Hawaii's National Marine Fisheries Service
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Seeking an end to the continuing slaughter of false killer whales in the waters of Hawai‘i, Earthjustice, representing a coalition of conservation groups, filed suit in federal court in Honolulu...
South Korea Wants Whale Quota If Japan Gets Deal
South Korea Wants Whale Quota If Japan Gets Deal
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Anti-whaling groups fear South Korea and other countries will try to resume whaling if Japan gets permission for limited catches on its coasts in return for stopping so-called "scientific" whaling...
Smallest Whale Shark Ever Found ... Worth A Thousand Words
Smallest Whale Shark Ever Found ... Worth A Thousand Words
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15 inch baby whale shark is the smallest ever on record
Video: Baby Blue Whale
Video: Baby Blue Whale
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Averaging 25 feet (7.6 meters) long at birth, no other leviathan is more mysterious. than the endangered blue whale. So when a baby blue whale is caught on film by a National Geographic crew in...
Video: GoMA What? Part 3
Video: GoMA What? Part 3
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The third and final part of DPG video editor Rick Morris'series on the Gulf Of Maine Area Program of The Census Of Marine Life
Volunteers, Scientists Guard Endangered Whales
Volunteers, Scientists Guard Endangered Whales
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Volunteers in Florida help protect right whales
U.S., Others Call On Iceland To Drop Whaling Plan
U.S., Others Call On Iceland To Drop Whaling Plan
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The United States and five other nations have called on Iceland's new government to drop a plan to step up whale hunts that whalers say would create jobs in the shattered economy
Record Number Of Entangled Rare Whales This Winter
Record Number Of Entangled Rare Whales This Winter
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An unprecedented number of North Atlantic right whales have been found tangled in fishing rope this winter off Georgia and Florida
Hundreds Of Whales Rescued In Philippines
Hundreds Of Whales Rescued In Philippines
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Fishermen and volunteers in the Philippines managed to rescue more than 200 beached whales
Japan Won't End
Japan Won't End
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Japan said on Tuesday that it will not accept any proposal at upcoming international whaling talks forcing it to end its lethal research projects
Iceland Increases Whale Quota
Iceland Increases Whale Quota
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Iceland will increase its annual whale hunt to allow for 250 whales to be killed
STOP Attacks On Beluga Whales
STOP Attacks On Beluga Whales
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Last week, Sarah Palin announced the state of Alaska will sue to strike down Endangered Species Act protection for the imperiled Cook Inlet beluga whale
Mass Whale Beaching- No Survivors
Mass Whale Beaching- No Survivors
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A Pod of fifty sperm whales became stranded last week off the northwest coast of Tasmania
Few Survivors From Mass Whale Stranding In Australia
Few Survivors From Mass Whale Stranding In Australia
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More than 40 sperm whales have died after a pod of about 50 became stranded off southern Australia, an official said Friday as rescuers struggled to save the survivors
Japan Continues To Eat Whale
Japan Continues To Eat Whale
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Whales Celebrate the New Year in Maine
Whales Celebrate the New Year in Maine
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Researchers witnessed about 44 right whales off the Gulf of Maine, new evidence of breeding grounds of this species
East Timor, Home of Whales & Dolphins
East Timor, Home of Whales & Dolphins
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Researchers from Australia have uncovered a dolphin and whale paradise off the coast of East Timor
Team Frees Whale Tangled in Fishing Lines
Team Frees Whale Tangled in Fishing Lines
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Creature Rescued off Florida Coast Is Member of Critically Endangered Species
Scientists Seeking Entangled Whale
Scientists Seeking Entangled Whale
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A young right whale found tangled in debris off the St. Johns County coast has vanished before researchers could finish freeing it
Navy, Environmentalists Settle Sonar Lawsuit
Navy, Environmentalists Settle Sonar Lawsuit
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The Navy has settled a lawsuit filed by environmentalists challenging its use of sonar in hundreds of submarine-hunting exercises around the world
Brazil Declares Whale Sanctuary Along Entire Coast
Brazil Declares Whale Sanctuary Along Entire Coast
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva today signed a federal decree establishing the Brazilian Whale and Dolphin Sanctuary, reinforcing protection for all cetacean species in Brazilian...
Whales, Dolphins Boost Tourism Hopes For East Timor
Whales, Dolphins Boost Tourism Hopes For East Timor
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Australian scientists hope that a hot spot of whale and dolphin activity near East Timor will spark an ecotourism boom for East Timor
Researchers Probe Scat For Clues To Orca Decline
Researchers Probe Scat For Clues To Orca Decline
NEWS
Using a trained dog to sniff for poop and petri dishes attached to long poles, scientists are analyzing killer whales' scat and breath samples in the hopes of solving the mystery of Puget Sound's...
"Sexy" Tusks Led to New Whale Species?
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The two curled, tusklike teeth of the male beaked whale evolved to attract females as well as to battle other males, according to new research.
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Video: "The Taggers, Part 2"
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Part 2: DPG video editor Rick Morris provides a first hand perspective of whale tagging off the coast of Massachusetts
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Video: "The Taggers: Part 1"
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DPG video editor Rick Morris provides a first hand perspective of whale tagging off the coast of Massachusetts
Norway Announces Sharply Lower Whaling Quota For 2009
Norway Announces Sharply Lower Whaling Quota For 2009
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Norway on Thursday authorized its whalers to harpoon 885 minke whales in 2009, a quota sharply down from previous years in what animal rights activists saw as a sign of consumers' growing...
Stranded Whales Die
Stranded Whales Die
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150 whales became stranded off the coastline of Southern Australia and died before the rescue crew could save them
Report: Iceland Whale Meat To Arrive In Japan
Report: Iceland Whale Meat To Arrive In Japan
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Japan is to allow imports of whale meat from Iceland for the first time since 1991, a report said Sunday.
Ship Speed Limit May Help Rare Whales Survive Strikes
Ship Speed Limit May Help Rare Whales Survive Strikes
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A critical problem this time of year, is when pregnant females cruise south from the cold waters off Canada and New England to the warm nursery off the southeastern U.S. seaboard. It's a journey of...
Whale Shark Day Celebrated In Porbandar
Whale Shark Day Celebrated In Porbandar
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A large crowd today gathered at the Chowpatti Cricket Ground here to be a part of the annual "Whale Shark Day" celebration
Killer Whales Target Favorite Fish With Sonar?
Killer Whales Target Favorite Fish With Sonar?
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Killer whales can use their natural sonar to find their favorite fish from a distance, a new study suggests.
Dive Bombing-An Article About The Navy/Whale Conflict
Dive Bombing-An Article About The Navy/Whale Conflict
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An interesting article the chronicles the military interests of sonar testing and the conflicting interests of the right whale.
Whale Shark Poop
Whale Shark Poop
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BBC captured a whale shark "doing his business" for the first time while shooting for a new series.
Call For Protests On Cruel Dolphin Tests
Call For Protests On Cruel Dolphin Tests
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The Taiji Whale Museum is conducting experiments to determine the quickest way to separate the mother from its calf.
Whales Battle, Navy Wins
Whales Battle, Navy Wins
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Yesterday the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of the US Navy, allowing them to continue the use of long-range sonar training exercises off the coast of California, completely disregarding the harm...
Killer Whale Beached On Kauai Will Be Euthanized
Killer Whale Beached On Kauai Will Be Euthanized
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A female adult killer whale beached itself at Brennecke's Beach in Poipu, Kauai last night, according to government officials.
Whale Shark In Atlantis Set To Be Released
Whale Shark In Atlantis Set To Be Released
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The controversial keeping of a whale shark will come to an end soon, as Atlantis hotel has announced it will be released.
Federal Government Declares Beluga Whale In Alaska's Cook Inlet Endangered
Federal Government Declares Beluga Whale In Alaska's Cook Inlet Endangered
NEWS
The federal government on Friday placed the beluga whales in Alaska's Cook Inlet under the protection of the Endangered Species Act,
Whale Autopsy Determines Trash Clogged Its Intestine
Whale Autopsy Determines Trash Clogged Its Intestine
NEWS
The issue with plastics littering the ocean is nothing new, and it's always sad to hear about the real implications of this problem
Thresher And Dog Sharks Need Help In Donsol
Thresher And Dog Sharks Need Help In Donsol
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Thresher and dog sharks are being heavily fished in Donsol, Philippines.
Whale Washes Up On Massachusetts Shore
Whale Washes Up On Massachusetts Shore
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A juvenile humpback washed up on the shores of Massachusetts yesterday.
Faroe Islands Whale Slaughter Photographed
Faroe Islands Whale Slaughter Photographed
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Ruthless and senseless whale slaughtering in the Faroe islands documented.
The Whale Whisperer
The Whale Whisperer
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A Japanese scientists says he can talk to a beluga whale.
Chile's Waters Made Whale Sanctuary
Chile's Waters Made Whale Sanctuary
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Chilean congress passes a law that will make the surrounding oceans a whale sanctuary.
French Polynesia Protects The Future Of Their Whales And Tourism
French Polynesia Protects The Future Of Their Whales And Tourism
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Fear of too many inexperienced whale watching operators has caused French Polynesia authorities to create new protective laws.
Greenland Hunters Waisting Seals
Greenland Hunters Waisting Seals
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Hunters in Greenland are throwing hunted seals in trash.
New Laws To Protect Marine Mammals In Australia
New Laws To Protect Marine Mammals In Australia
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New laws in Australia are meant to better protect marine mammals.
Fisherman Saves Shark
Fisherman Saves Shark
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A fisherman in Davao saves stranded whale shark.
Australian Scientist Dismisses Japanese Minke Whale Research
Australian Scientist Dismisses Japanese Minke Whale Research
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The minke whale research used to justify the killing of whales by Japan been discredited.
Man Punished For Mowing Orcas
Man Punished For Mowing Orcas
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A man that either hit, or came close to hitting an killer whale in Vancuver was fined.
Update: Lost Humpback Put To Sleep
Update: Lost Humpback Put To Sleep
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The abandoned humpback whale that tried nursing from a boat in sydney was put to sleep last week.
Keep Shooting, Save Whale Sharks
Keep Shooting, Save Whale Sharks
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Vacationing underwater photographers are helping scientists learn about whale sharks via there images.
Welfare Groups In Singapore Fight For Whale Shark
Welfare Groups In Singapore Fight For Whale Shark
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Singapore welfare groups are fighting to keep whale sharks out of the Sentosa resort
U.S. to Limit Ship Speed at Sea
U.S. to Limit Ship Speed at Sea
NEWS
The U.S. government has proposed an 18.5 speed limit for ships in several ports
Whale Watching-Albino Style
Whale Watching-Albino Style
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Both all white albino whale sharks and humpback whales have been photographed.
Update: Hope Fades For Strandad Humpback Calf
Update: Hope Fades For Strandad Humpback Calf
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The humpback calf stranded in Sydney is getting weaker.
Mistaken Identity-Baby Humpback Thinks Boat Is Its Mother
Mistaken Identity-Baby Humpback Thinks Boat Is Its Mother
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An abandoned baby humpback whale has apparently mistaken a moored yacht for its mother.
Anti-Whalers Facing Charges from Japan
Anti-Whalers Facing Charges from Japan
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Japan has officially issued arrest warrants against anti-whaling activists who interviened in Antarctic whaling in 2007
Humpback Comeback Could Signal End of Hunting Ban
Humpback Comeback Could Signal End of Hunting Ban
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Four decades after hunting them was banned, humpback whales seem to have swum clear of extinction
Whale Makes Epic Jouney Sans Tale
Whale Makes Epic Jouney Sans Tale
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A humpback whale named "Stumpy" after he lost his tail as a baby in an apparent killer whale attack has been sighted again six years later on an epic journey along Australia's coast
Navy To Restrict Sonar Use To Protect Whales
Navy To Restrict Sonar Use To Protect Whales
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The U.S. Navy will restrict the use of low-frequency active sonar during training to prevent possible harm to whales and other creatures
Nature Group Says Humpback Whales Recovering
Nature Group Says Humpback Whales Recovering
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The humpback whale, nearly hunted into history four decades ago, is now on the "road to recovery" and is no longer considered at high risk of extinction, an environmental group said Tuesday.
Mystery Of Arctic Explosion And Dead Whales Likely To remain
Mystery Of Arctic Explosion And Dead Whales Likely To remain
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An explosion that allegedly killed several whales in Canada's Northwest Passage in late July will likely remain a mystery.
Marinelife Undertakes A Scientific Survey for Whales and Dolphins in Scotland
Marinelife Undertakes A Scientific Survey for Whales and Dolphins in Scotland
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Marinelife, the UK based marine conservation charity, has undertaken a scientific survey for cetaceans in the waters north of Scotland to and around Iceland during a cruise aboard the Marco Polo as...
"New" Killer Whale Types at Risk From Antarctic Warming
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Two newly identified types of killer whales that hunt prey off of Antarctic sea ice risk losing food sources to global warming and melting
Fears For Large Whale Lost In Bay
Fears For Large Whale Lost In Bay
NEWS
A large adult sperm whale which entered a bay in the Highlands could be suffering health problems, according to an expert.
They Used to Say Whale Oil Was Indispensable, Too
They Used to Say Whale Oil Was Indispensable, Too
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Is the oil business the new whaling business? And, if so, is that a good sign or a troubling one?
What Do Squid Hear?
What Do Squid Hear?
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The ocean is a noisy place. Although we don't hear much when we stick our heads underwater, the right instruments can reveal a symphony of sound
Rescuers Fail to Save Sick Whale
Rescuers Fail to Save Sick Whale
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A sick whale had to be put down last night after it repeatedly beached itself on sandbanks
Rare Sighting: Humpback Visits The Baltic
Rare Sighting: Humpback Visits The Baltic
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A humpback whale has been spotted in the Baltic for the first time in 30 years.
Slow Down, Whales Crossing
Slow Down, Whales Crossing
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Seaflow's Vessel Watch Project to Monitor Shipping During Busy Whale Migration Season
Shark-Spotters Wanted in Cornwall
Shark-Spotters Wanted in Cornwall
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Fancy coming face to face with a shark larger than the great white and whose mouth could swallow you whole
Whale playground offers glimpse into Russia's melting Arctic
Whale playground offers glimpse into Russia's melting Arctic
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Young whale pokes its melon-shaped head into the cool morning air near this remote island, a sign its herd is thriving despite mounting threats in Russia's melting Arctic
Man Catches Fish, Frees Whales
Man Catches Fish, Frees Whales
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After nearly three hours of painstaking effort, Ledwell releases the last piece of rope that had snarled the whale and the majestic beast slowly swims away.
New White Whale Spotted
New White Whale Spotted
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A new white humpback has been sighted off Byron Bay on the east coast of Australia
Fishermen Blamed for Surge in Deaths of Dolphins and Whales
Fishermen Blamed for Surge in Deaths of Dolphins and Whales
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Scientists have reported a surge in the number of dead whales, dolphins and porpoises washing up on Cornish shores after lethal encounters with nets and other fishing gear
Can Compromise Save the Whale?
Can Compromise Save the Whale?
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So it's official - both sides want peace. Or do they?
Counting Whales: A Fluky Business
Counting Whales: A Fluky Business
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In an era when we can track the lineage of humanity using DNA and monitor deforestation from space, you might think scientists would have come up with a more sophisticated way of counting whales...
Japan Defends Whale Hunting
Japan Defends Whale Hunting
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Japan defended its practice of 'scientific' whale hunting at the annual International Whaling Commission meeting on Wednesday, insisting it had yielded important scientific results
Chile Institutes Whaling Ban
Chile Institutes Whaling Ban
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Chile declared a permanent ban on whaling in its waters on Monday, as conservation groups feared an International Whaling Commission meeting it is hosting will fail to halt the world's top whaler...
Fisheries, Not Whales, To Blame for Shortage of Fish
Fisheries, Not Whales, To Blame for Shortage of Fish
NEWS
The argument that increasing whale populations are behind declining fish stocks is completely without scientific foundation
Whales Set to Chase Shrinking Feed Zones
Whales Set to Chase Shrinking Feed Zones
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Endangered migratory whales will be faced with shrinking crucial Antarctic foraging zones which will contain less food and will be further away, a new analysis of the impacts of climate change on...
Huge Sharks 'Fly' Like Fighter Pilots
Huge Sharks 'Fly' Like Fighter Pilots
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Monster sharks can execute underwater "flight" moves that would have put some fighter pilots to shame, two researchers announced this week
Greenland Whale Hunt 'Commercial'
Greenland Whale Hunt 'Commercial'
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Animal welfare campaigners say Greenland's whaling, held under rules permitting subsistence hunting, has become too commercial in character
Whale Slaughter: US to Plug Loophole
Whale Slaughter: US to Plug Loophole
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The United States called on Tuesday for a review of international law to regulate the killing of whales for scientific research in an apparent attempt to plug a loophole exploited by Japan, which...
Project: Whales Whisperers
Project: Whales Whisperers
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Making music with whales, killer whales and dolphins
"Whale Wisdom - A Mother Humpback's View" By Shawn Heinrichs
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A new conservation short film, "Whale Wisdom - A Mother Humpback's View" has just been released by Shawn Heinrichs, an award winning independent filmmaker. The film has been produced in English and...
Whales Stranded off Madagascar
Whales Stranded off Madagascar
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A mission is under way to rescue more than 100 whales trapped in a bay in the north of Madagascar
Humpback Whales Bounce Back Due to Global Conservation
Humpback Whales Bounce Back Due to Global Conservation
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Humpback whales in the Pacific Ocean have recovered swimmingly since the start of worldwide conservation programs in the 1960s and '70s
U.S. Urges Norway, Iceland To End Whale Meat Exports
U.S. Urges Norway, Iceland To End Whale Meat Exports
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The United States on Tuesday urged Iceland and Norway to cease exporting whale meat to Japan, which they have resumed for the first time since the early 1990s despite a United Nations ban
Australia Moves To Reshape International Whaling Commission
Australia Moves To Reshape International Whaling Commission
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Australia will lead the way in transforming the International Whaling Commission from an organisation that counts how many whales are killed to one focusing on research and conservation.
Hunters Blamed For Whale Shark Losses
Hunters Blamed For Whale Shark Losses
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Scientists fear Indonesian fishermen hunting whale sharks are responsible for a 40 per cent drop in numbers along the Ningaloo Reef in the past 10 years
Blog Connects Lost Cameras And Owners?
Blog Connects Lost Cameras And Owners?
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Imagine someone found your camera on the bottom of the ocean or at a resort and helped you reclaim it by sharing that once in a lifetime shot of a Whaleshark surounded by a school of Mantas?
Greenpeace Submits Evidence
Greenpeace Submits Evidence
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Greenpeace environmental campaigners on Wednesday handed a box of meat they allege was stolen by Japanese whalers over to Tokyo prosecutors to aid an official investigation into the case
Go-ahead for Iceland's Whale Hunt
Go-ahead for Iceland's Whale Hunt
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Iceland's commercial whale hunt is set to begin, after the government granted a small minke quota on Monday
Scientists Expose Skeleton Of Massive Blue Whale in P.E.I. Dig
Scientists Expose Skeleton Of Massive Blue Whale in P.E.I. Dig
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The bones of a massive blue whale that died 20 years ago off Prince Edward Island are being laid bare in a unique project to preserve one of the largest creatures ever to live on Earth
Whales are 'Cheetahs of the Deep'
Whales are 'Cheetahs of the Deep'
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Super-fast pilot whales have been observed sprinting after prey, likely to include giant squid
Japanese Whalers Stealing Meat
Japanese Whalers Stealing Meat
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Greenpeace on Thursday accused Japanese whalers of stealing meat from the country's annual research hunt in the Antarctic and selling it on the black market
Whaling: Japan not off the hook
Whaling: Japan not off the hook
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Sydney - Australia was still considering taking its whaling dispute with Japan to international courts, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said on Thursday
Narwhals More at Risk to Arctic Warming Than Polar Bears
Narwhals More at Risk to Arctic Warming Than Polar Bears
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The polar bear has become an icon of global warming vulnerability, but a new study found an Arctic mammal that may be even more at risk to climate change: the narwhal
Video: The Whale Sharks of Djibouti on BBC
Video: The Whale Sharks of Djibouti on BBC
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The Whale Sharks of Djibouti have been made popular by Felipe Barrio's winning image in last year's Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition. Fast:Track, BBC World's weekly travel...
Pacific Officials See Marine Tourism Hot Spots
Pacific Officials See Marine Tourism Hot Spots
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Representatives from five Pacific Island nations will tour New Zealand this week as part of a marine mammal watching study.
Dolphin Saves The Day
Dolphin Saves The Day
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A dolphin guided two stranded whales to safety after human attempts to keep the animals off a New Zealand beach failed, a conservation official said on Wednesday
Sea Shepherd Heads Home As Whaling Season Comes To A Close
Sea Shepherd Heads Home As Whaling Season Comes To A Close
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There are less than 10 days left in the Japanese whaling season, and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's ship, the Steve Irwin, has reached the limit of its fuel reserves
Exfoliating Scrubs Join List of Plastics Harming Marine Mammals
Exfoliating Scrubs Join List of Plastics Harming Marine Mammals
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Whales and dolphins may be under threat from the tiny pieces of plastic found in exfoliating facial scrubs
Tentative Steps to Whaling Peace
Tentative Steps to Whaling Peace
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Talks between pro- and anti-whaling countries on how to resolve their differences have ended with agreement to look for dialogue and common ground
DivePhotoGuide Expedition: Socorro 2009
DivePhotoGuide Expedition: Socorro 2009
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We are excited to announce a very special trip for 2009 to the Revillagigedos Archipelago, more commonly called Socorro. These islands have been compared to the Galapagos and Cocos because of the...
Rare White Killer Whale Spotted
Rare White Killer Whale Spotted
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A white killer whale-fin pictured here- was recently spotted in Alaska's Aleutian Islands, sending researchers and their ship's crew scrambling for cameras
Protester Says Whalers Shot Him
Protester Says Whalers Shot Him
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An anti-whaling campaigner says he has been shot by Japanese sailors while protesting over their hunting activities in the Antarctic
Norwegian Lobby Promotes Whale Meat?
Norwegian Lobby Promotes Whale Meat?
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We are very disturbed at this story about the Norwegian lobby promotes whale meat as environmentally sustainable
Northern Right Whales Head South to Give Birth
Northern Right Whales Head South to Give Birth
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Like many northerners who head south to warmer climates for the winter, many Northern right whales also head south in November and stay into April. Their destination is the only known calving...
University Taking Cash From Whaling Criticised
University Taking Cash From Whaling Criticised
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St Andrews University was criticised for accepting funds for whale research from the Japanese agency which directs the country's annual whale hunt.
Sea Shepherd Ship Steve Irwin Engages Japanese Factory Ship Nisshin Maru In Whale Sanctuary
Sea Shepherd Ship Steve Irwin Engages Japanese Factory Ship Nisshin Maru In Whale Sanctuary
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board the M/Y Steve Irwin Southern Oceans ---The crew on the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin engaged in a confrontation with the Japanese factory ship Nisshin Maru this morning between 0800 and 1000...
Limits Upheld on Sonar Use in Navy Tests
Limits Upheld on Sonar Use in Navy Tests
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Japan Sends Out Invitations for Whaling Talks
Japan Sends Out Invitations for Whaling Talks
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Japan, in a feud with Western nations about whaling, said on Friday it will meet with 12 developing states in a bid to boost its clout in the deadlocked International Whaling Commission
Despite Efforts, Pygmy Sperm Whale Dies
Despite Efforts, Pygmy Sperm Whale Dies
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The pygmy sperm whale rescued four days ago in the Keys died Wednesday, despite round-the-clock care at the Marine Mammal Conservancy in Key Largo
Anti-Whalers 'Bug' Japanese Fleet
Anti-Whalers 'Bug' Japanese Fleet
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A militant environmental group on Tuesday said it had planted tracking devices on Japanese whaling ships to ensure they could always find the harpoon boats in the vast Southern Ocean
Australia Has 'Shocking' Evidence Of Japan's Whaling
Australia Has 'Shocking' Evidence Of Japan's Whaling
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Australia has "shocking" photographic evidence to back an international legal bid to stop Japanese whaling in Antarctic waters, the government says.
Giant Shark Gets A Black-Box Flight Recorder
Giant Shark Gets A Black-Box Flight Recorder
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In 2008 the secret life of one of the Earth's largest and most mysterious creatures, the whale shark, will be laid bare for the first time when some of the gentle giants off Western Australia's...
Norway Keeps Whaling Quota, Draws Ire
Norway Keeps Whaling Quota, Draws Ire
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Norway has set a commercial whaling quota of 1,052 minke whales in 2008, unchanged from last year, drawing criticism from environmental groups pressuring Oslo to join the international community...
Judge Restricts Navy's Use of Sonar
Judge Restricts Navy's Use of Sonar
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For the second time in less than a week, a federal court has found that a Navy anti-submarine training program threatens to subject whales and other sea creatures to harmful blasts of sonar and...
Video: Grisly Whaling Video Released
Video: Grisly Whaling Video Released
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To call attention to Japanese whaling practices, the Australian government released video captured on the ocean near Antarctica
Hunters Just One Peril In Whales' Struggle To Survive
Hunters Just One Peril In Whales' Struggle To Survive
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Whales are beautiful, intelligent, social animals who surely don't deserve a vicious end. So how else can a whale die? Is there a nice way?
Whale Shark Found A Long Way From Home
Whale Shark Found A Long Way From Home
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A young whale shark has been found off the Queensland coast, as far as 1,000 kilometres off course of its annual migration
Sea Shepherd Crew Anxious to Return to the Battle in the Southern Oceans
Sea Shepherd Crew Anxious to Return to the Battle in the Southern Oceans
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Captain Paul Watson and his crew of international volunteers are anxious to refuel, re-supply and complete repairs as soon as possible in order to return to the Southern Oceans
Oil Survey Explosions a Threat To Sick Whales
Oil Survey Explosions a Threat To Sick Whales
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THE EFFECT of seismic exploration on Australia's best-known blue whale feeding ground is set to intensify, just as signs emerge that the endangered ocean giants are increasingly sick
Video: Donsol Whale Shark Festival
Video: Donsol Whale Shark Festival
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Featured DPG pro photographer Jeurgen Freund sent us this great blog post about the Whale Shark Festival in Donsol
Costa Rican Ban Whale and Dolphin Hunting
Costa Rican Ban Whale and Dolphin Hunting
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Over the weekend the Costa Rican President Oscar Arias along with Environmental Minister Robert Dobles signed a decree that would protect whales and dolphins
Join the Navy, Kill Some Whales
Join the Navy, Kill Some Whales
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With the official all-clear from President Bush, the U.S. Navy began underwater sonar training off the San Diego coast this week
Anti-whaling Ship Running Out of Fuel
Anti-whaling Ship Running Out of Fuel
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Environmental group Greenpeace said on Saturday its anti-whaling ship, which has been harassing Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean, had saved an estimated 100 whales but was running low on fuel...
New Zealand PM Warns Off Whalers
New Zealand PM Warns Off Whalers
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New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark warned Japanese whaling ships on Friday that surveillance photos of the fleet revealing their location would be published if they entered New Zealand's...
Japanese PM defends whaling
Japanese PM defends whaling
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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has called for a calming of emotions over whaling, defending his country's controversial Antarctic hunt as scientific research
Pilot Whales Die in Mass New Zealand Stranding
Pilot Whales Die in Mass New Zealand Stranding
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Fifteen pilot whales died Wednesday after being stranded on a beach in New Zealand, and more were still at risk
World's Largest Shark Species at Risk, Expert Says
World's Largest Shark Species at Risk, Expert Says
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This is the fifth story in a continuing series on the Megafishes Project
Since First Orca Capture, Views Have Changed
Since First Orca Capture, Views Have Changed
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To understand how orcas, also known as killer whales, moved from being feared sea creatures to celebrated marine-park performers, it helps to look back at the history of orca capture, which began...
The White House and The Whales
The White House and The Whales
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The fight over how humans should, and should not, interact with whales has moved from the waters off Antarctica, where environmental campaigners have been harassing Japanese whalers, to the White...
Australia to Act on Whaling Row
Australia to Act on Whaling Row
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Australia says it will send a ship to collect two activists from a Japanese whaling vessel, in a bid to end a two-day Antarctic stand-off
Sea Shepherd Shuts Down Antarctic Whale Hunt
Sea Shepherd Shuts Down Antarctic Whale Hunt
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"All whaling activities have come to a halt," said Captain Paul Watson from onboard the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's ship Steve Irwin
Greenpeace 'Heads Off Whale Ship'
Greenpeace 'Heads Off Whale Ship'
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Greenpeace conservation activists say they have disrupted the Japanese whale hunt near Antarctica's coast by chasing a factory ship out of the whaling zone
South Korean Police Seize Tonnes of Whale Meat
South Korean Police Seize Tonnes of Whale Meat
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Police have broken an illegal whale poaching racket, confiscating more than 50 tonnes of Minke meat in the largest seizure of its kind in South Korea, an official said Saturday
Greenpeace Ship Chases Japanese Whaling Fleet
Greenpeace Ship Chases Japanese Whaling Fleet
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Environmental group Greenpeace said on Saturday one of its ships has located the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean and is pursuing it
Australian Ship Seeks Out Whalers
Australian Ship Seeks Out Whalers
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An Australian patrol ship tasked with monitoring Japan's whaling fleet has departed from the western city of Perth for waters off Antarctica
Whale Shark Caught in Cargo Ship's Rear
Whale Shark Caught in Cargo Ship's Rear
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A dead whale shark was found caught in the rear part of an international cargo vessel that arrived at the Cebu International Port (CIP) here early morning Monday
Whaling Expert to Consider Court Case
Whaling Expert to Consider Court Case
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A WORLD expert on the Law of the Sea and the International Court of Justice, the Cambridge law faculty chair James Crawford, has been drafted by the Federal Government to tackle Japanese whale hunting
Rare Juvenile Whale Sharks Sighted in Maharashtra
Rare Juvenile Whale Sharks Sighted in Maharashtra
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Two rare juvenile whale sharks were found trapped in a fishing net off the coast of Niwati in Maharashtra, India
Get The Call of The Beluga Whale on Your Cell
Get The Call of The Beluga Whale on Your Cell
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The growls, bugles and chirps of dozens of rare and endangered species are being heard in cities and towns around the globe
Humpbacks Safe for Now
Humpbacks Safe for Now
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The Japanese government has confirmed a rumour first reported at the Greenpeace weblog, that they've abandoned plans to kill humpback whales in the Southern Ocean this season
Recognizing Stripes, Not Faces, Software Tracks Whale Sharks
Recognizing Stripes, Not Faces, Software Tracks Whale Sharks
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Australian scientist is having better luck with software that can identify individual whale sharks
Whalers Become The Hunted
Whalers Become The Hunted
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The Greenpeace ship Esperanza has arrived in Antarctic waters and has begun hunting for the Japanese whaling fleet
Terri Irwin Project May Help Stop Whaling
Terri Irwin Project May Help Stop Whaling
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Australia Zoo's Terri Irwin will embark on a whale research project in 2008, in an attempt to stop Japanese whaling
Whale Sharks Protected From...Deadly Swimmers?
Whale Sharks Protected From...Deadly Swimmers?
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Based on thousands of remarkable underwater images, marine scientists have concluded that the world's largest shark is thriving in western Australia, thanks to well-managed ecotourism that appears...
Ferry Speed Called Key To Collisions With Whales
Ferry Speed Called Key To Collisions With Whales
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As humpback whales arrive in greater numbers for their winter breeding season, concerns rise commensurately about collisions with boats, including the Hawaii Superferry
Whale Shark Numbers Increase at Ningaloo
Whale Shark Numbers Increase at Ningaloo
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The future for the gigantic whale sharks of the Indian Ocean looks good, according to the results of a recent study
Rescuers Free Entangled Humpback Whale
Rescuers Free Entangled Humpback Whale
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Officials say a lobster fisherman played a crucial role saving an entangled humpback whale off Grand Manan
Britan slams whaling industry
Britan slams whaling industry
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown lashed the "unacceptably cruel" whaling industry Friday, hours after Japan said it was dropping plans to hunt humpback whales
Japan Drops Humpback Whale Hunt
Japan Drops Humpback Whale Hunt
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A controversial Japanese mission to hunt humpback whales in the Antarctic has been temporarily abandoned, a top government official says
Video: Whales Dead From Oil Spill
Video: Whales Dead From Oil Spill
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Seven whales died in South Korea after a major oil spill earlier this month
Whales May Have Evolved from Raccoon-sized Creature
Whales May Have Evolved from Raccoon-sized Creature
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In the search for a missing evolutionary link to modern whales, scientists have come up with an unlikely land cousin -- a raccoon-sized creature with the body of a small deer
Dolphins & Whales 3D IMAX Film
Dolphins & Whales 3D IMAX Film
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Jean-Michel Cousteau and the Mantello Brothers Join Forces To Protect Cetaceans with New IMAX 3D Theatre Documentary Film Dolphins And Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean
Why Deep-Diving Mammals Don't Black Out
Why Deep-Diving Mammals Don't Black Out
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Some seals and dolphins can hold their breath underwater for a cheek-popping hour or more without passing out from lack of oxygen. Definitely don't try this at home. Humans can't make it more...
Canberra to Monitor Japan Whalers
Canberra to Monitor Japan Whalers
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Australia will send a patrol ship and aircraft to monitor Japan's whaling fleet off Antarctica, the government in Canberra has said
Calls for Restraint as Whaling Season Begins in Antarctic Waters
Calls for Restraint as Whaling Season Begins in Antarctic Waters
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There have been calls for restraint in whaling activism following the departure of several anti-whaling groups from Australia and New Zealand this week
Japan Ignores Whale Noises
Japan Ignores Whale Noises
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JAPAN shrugged off a pledge by Australia's new prime minister to protect whales in a bitter dispute over hunting of the giant mammals
Apathy in the face of whale slaughter
Apathy in the face of whale slaughter
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This morning, in the grey swells of the Southern Ocean, a pirate ship will enter the waters of the Australian Antarctic Territory. It is a black ship, bearing a black pirate flag, the Jolly Roger....
Sea Shepherd Renames Its Whale Defending Ship the Steve Irwin
Sea Shepherd Renames Its Whale Defending Ship the Steve Irwin
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Terri Irwin has granted the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society permission to rename its ship currently known as Robert Hunter in honor of her late husband, Steve Irwin. Captain Paul Watson, founder...
Environmentalists Want Chile's Waters To Become A Whale Sanctuary
Environmentalists Want Chile's Waters To Become A Whale Sanctuary
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Although Chile's Administrative Fishery Law protects the Cetacean species in Chilean waters until 2025, environmentalist groups want all waterways in the country declared a whale sanctuary. The...
Beluga Whale at US Aquarium Dies
Beluga Whale at US Aquarium Dies
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A female beluga whale that had fallen ill at an Atlanta aquarium, died early Saturday morning, aquarium officials said. The female whale, Marina, died about 2 a.m. Saturday, said Jeff Swanagan,...
Japan asked to use non-lethal whale research
Japan asked to use non-lethal whale research
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US lawmakers urged Japan to limit its whale hunt and use other, non-lethal means to conduct scientific research on whales. Democratic and Republican senators sent a letter Thursday to Japan's...
Whale Lost in Amazon Found Dead
Whale Lost in Amazon Found Dead
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A minke whale that got lost and swam some 810 miles (1,300 kilometers) up the Amazon River died after a failed effort to capture it and transport it back to the ocean, an environmental official...
US Joins Critics of Horrendous Japan Whaling
US Joins Critics of Horrendous Japan Whaling
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The US has added its voice to international criticism of Japan's largest-ever whaling expedition
Japan might kill world's only white whale
Japan might kill world's only white whale
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Australians fear that the world's only known white humpback whale could be slaughtered as Japan's whaling fleet prepares to embark on its annual hunt in the Southern Ocean
Orcas: Amos Nachoum Reports From the Field
Orcas: Amos Nachoum Reports From the Field
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Amos Nachoum reports from the field on an Orca expedition to the fjords of the high Arctic
Sea Shepherd Perth Hosts Captain Watson
Sea Shepherd Perth Hosts Captain Watson
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Captain Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd staff members, International Director Jonny Vasic and Events & Media Relations Director Kristine Vasic departed for Melbourne November 5th after a successful...
Queensland study probes how whales communicate
Queensland study probes how whales communicate
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THEY may sound like wops, thwops, grunts, moans and squeaks to the human ear, but they could actually be complex conversations between remarkable ocean mammals. Thousands of hours of humpback...
Humpback, fin whales appear in Arctic Ocean
Humpback, fin whales appear in Arctic Ocean
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A federal agency that regulates offshore oil drilling says Alaska's northern coast had unusual visitors this summer -- endangered humpback whales. Humpback whales off Alaska generally are not seen...
Beluga whales trapped in frozen Husky Lakes again
Beluga whales trapped in frozen Husky Lakes again
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The acting mayor of Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., is frustrated wildlife managers have allowed a group of beluga whales to get trapped in nearby lakes for the second winter in a row. Merven Gruben told...
Green Fury As Oil Transfers Are Ruled Out Of Marine Bill
Green Fury As Oil Transfers Are Ruled Out Of Marine Bill
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THE controversial practice of transferring tonnes of crude oil between tankers will not be covered by a UK Marine Bill, it emerged yesterday, sparking fury among environmentalists. It was expected...
2008 Galapagos Trip
2008 Galapagos Trip
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DivePhotoGuide Does The Galapagos In Style. There are only a few spots left to join Jason & Wendy Heller as we seek underwater photo opportunities with whale sharks, sea lions, schooling...
Whale Sanctuary Call In Advance Of 2008 IWC Congress
Whale Sanctuary Call In Advance Of 2008 IWC Congress
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Representatives from 15 Latin American non-governmental organizations specializing in cetacean research called last week upon Chileus parliament to protect whales against commercial and scientific...
Great White Shark Packs Hunt Whales
Great White Shark Packs Hunt Whales
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PACKS of great white sharks are feeding off southeast Queensland, experts say. The warmer weather and migrating whales brought the sharks north from their traditional cooler cruising waters in...
Humpback Whales Return To Island
Humpback Whales Return To Island
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It began as a low, inquisitive bellow, then morphed into quasi-barks, growls and echoing calls. For the first time in 25 years, the "true song" of the humpback whale has serenaded...
Research Shows Whales' Surprising Travels
Research Shows Whales' Surprising Travels
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Humpback whales from the South Pacific take different, winding routes to their summer feeding grounds in the Antarctic, often making several stops along the way, according to new research from the...
Seven Whale Sharks Rescued Off Veraval Port In Last 4 Days
Seven Whale Sharks Rescued Off Veraval Port In Last 4 Days
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As many as seven whale sharks have been rescued off Veraval coast in the last four days. Between October 7 and October 9, four mid-sea rescue operations were carried out during which four whale...
Ships Asked To Avoid Whale Route
Ships Asked To Avoid Whale Route
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The endangered right whale is to get extra protection after a safe haven from shipping was set aside off Nova Scotia in Canada. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) ratified a Canadian...
High Levels Of Toxic Chemicals In Younger Orcas
High Levels Of Toxic Chemicals In Younger Orcas
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Young Puget Sound orcas have more potentially toxic flame-retardant chemicals in their bodies than their elders, adding to evidence that the controversial chemicals could be hurting the endangered...
Whaling Battle Moves To YouTube
Whaling Battle Moves To YouTube
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The Australian government has launched an anti-whaling message aimed at Japanese children on video-sharing internet site YouTube. In the video, which carries Japanese subtitles, Environment...
Man Gets First Orca Safety Ticket
Man Gets First Orca Safety Ticket
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A Monroe man accused of speeding too close to two killer whales has become the first person cited under a San Juan County law intended to protect the endangered orcas from overzealous and...
OceanFest Celebrates Farallones Sanctuary
OceanFest Celebrates Farallones Sanctuary
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A few miles beyond the Golden Gate Bridge, a wide diversity of aquatic plants and species coexist in an area under federal protection since 1981, when then President Jimmy Carter signed a bill...
Fishing Ban Protects Largest Coral Reef In The Philippines
Fishing Ban Protects Largest Coral Reef In The Philippines
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Reef fish and other marine species can breathe easier with the introduction of a fishing ban around Apo Reef, the largest coral reef in the Philippines and the second largest contiguous reef in the...
Hawaii Superferry Risk To Whales
Hawaii Superferry Risk To Whales
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Two federal agencies raised concerns in 2005 about the Hawaii Superferry's potential impact on humpback whales and other marine mammals and recommended a "consultation" to examine the...
Albino Whale Shark Photographed In Galapagos
Albino Whale Shark Photographed In Galapagos
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On August 25, 2007, Antonio Moreano, a naturalist in the Galapagos, photographed an albino whale shark at Darwin, the northern-most island of the Galapagos. Below are some images that Antonio sent...
Dead Humpback Washes Ashore In California
Dead Humpback Washes Ashore In California
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Marine biologists are trying to determine the cause of death of a humpback whale calf that washed up Sunday on a beach in San Mateo County. The 27-foot female baleen humpback whale calf,...
Baby Whale Dies Tangled In Nets
Baby Whale Dies Tangled In Nets
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A baby whale has died after it got tangled in shark nets along the KwaZulu-Natal south coast. Lifeguards in Amanzimtoti said there was an outcry by residents when the whale became stuck in the...
World's Sharks Threatened By Kitchen Predator
World's Sharks Threatened By Kitchen Predator
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Conservationists have fought long and hard battles to save species such as elephants, the rhino, the giant panda, dolphins and whales. Now marine scientists and conservationists face one of their...
Captain Readies For Renewed Attack On Whalers
Captain Readies For Renewed Attack On Whalers
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Paul Watson on the Robert Hunter, which he will take to the Southern Ocean to try to stop Japanese whalers, who have added Australian humpbacks to their list. CALL him dangerous or call him...
Man Saves Shark, Sets Him Free
Man Saves Shark, Sets Him Free
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Keiko the killer whale isn't the only sea creature that gets to live free. DeSoto resident Eugene "Snook Dawg" Hoffer, 23, recently did his good deed for the day when he rescued a...
Scientists Come Face To Face With Rare Deep-water Creatures Off Nova Scotia
Scientists Come Face To Face With Rare Deep-water Creatures Off Nova Scotia
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An endangered species of whale that can dive as deep as a kilometre to feed is helping scientists determine how to protect an unusual marine ecosystem off Canada's East Coast. Observations of...
Trapped Whale Found Dead In Loch
Trapped Whale Found Dead In Loch
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It had been hoped the whale would find its way back to sea A badly injured whale which became trapped in a sea loch off Lewis has died, rescuers have confirmed. The northern bottle-nosed whale...
Navy Sonar Study Focuses On Beaked Whale
Navy Sonar Study Focuses On Beaked Whale
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Robin Baird's research team members stare at the horizon for hours, searching for rarely seen beaked whales. The small, gray marine mammals have been at the center of the dispute over the Navy's...
Scientists Plan To Tow In Carcass Of 3rd Blue Whale
Scientists Plan To Tow In Carcass Of 3rd Blue Whale
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Tow boat crews wrapped a huge nylon sling around the tail of a dead blue whale drifting in the Santa Barbara Channel on Friday and started hauling their grim cargo toward a beach at Point Mugu....
Whale Shark Slaughtered In China
Whale Shark Slaughtered In China
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On September 13, 2007, early morning, fishermen from Lianjiang, Fujian Province caught a giant whale shark. It weighed 8.5 tons and was 8.5 meters long. After the whale shark was slaughtered,...
Marine Life Paying Price For Shark Netting
Marine Life Paying Price For Shark Netting
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THIS spring and summer, more than 100 dolphins, sea turtles, whales, rays - and even dugongs and sea lions - will be trapped in nets designed to protect NSW swimmers from sharks. However,...
Blue Whale Carcass On California Beach
Blue Whale Carcass On California Beach
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A 70-foot blue whale carcass washed up on the shore on the Ventura County beach in California. The Ventura County beach is about 50km northwest of Los Angeles and washed up on shore on Friday...
Tribe Apologizes For Whale Shooting
Tribe Apologizes For Whale Shooting
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Leaders of the Makah Tribe apologized to federal officials and members of Congress on Wednesday for the unauthorized killing of a gray whale off the coast of Washington state. At separate...
Ancient Whale Fall From California's AA??’A‚A±o Nuevo Island One Of Youngest, Most Complete Known
Ancient Whale Fall From California's AA??’A‚A±o Nuevo Island One Of Youngest, Most Complete Known
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11 million to 15 million-year-old fossil whale puts limit on origin of oily, buoyant bones in whales Berkeley -- A fossilized whale skeleton excavated 20 years ago amid the stench and noise of a...
Gray Whales Still Not Recovered From 19th Century Whaling
Gray Whales Still Not Recovered From 19th Century Whaling
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Nearly 100,000 or more gray whales once thrived in the Pacific Ocean, greatly outnumbering today's population, a new study suggests. The sea giants, which can reach a length of 50 feet (15...
For Killer Whales, Computer Models Track PCB Levels
For Killer Whales, Computer Models Track PCB Levels
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When determining the long-term effects on an animal of polychlorinated biphenyls, some species are easy to evaluate. They may be small, easy to capture, and have relatively short life spans. But...
Gray Whales A Fraction Of Historic Levels, Genetic Research Says
Gray Whales A Fraction Of Historic Levels, Genetic Research Says
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Starving whales a warning sign of problems in the food chain. Gray whales in the Pacific Ocean, long thought to have fully recovered from whaling, were once three to five times as plentiful as...
Orcas, Killer Whales May Suffer From Contamination Next 30 To 60 Years
Orcas, Killer Whales May Suffer From Contamination Next 30 To 60 Years
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Orcas or killer whales may continue to suffer the effects of contamination with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) for the next 30 u" 60 years, despite 1970s-era regulations that have reduced overall...
Chinese Province Takes WA's Advice On Whale Shark
Chinese Province Takes WA's Advice On Whale Shark
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A Chinese Governor is moving to protect whale sharks in response to a request from the Western Australian Government. WA Premier Alan Carpenter wrote to the Governor of Zhejiang province earlier...
Machine Gun Used In Whale Hunt
Machine Gun Used In Whale Hunt
NEWS
The long gun registry in Canada has come under fire from those who hunt for deer and other game. They claim that people don't hunt with shot guns, and want the registry kept for more dangerous...
Arctic Narwhal Proves It's The True Prince Of Whales
Arctic Narwhal Proves It's The True Prince Of Whales
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This is the extraordinary animal that surely gave birth to a legend. For it would have been hard to believe that the sight of such a bizarre creature could be anything less than either an...
Migrating Squid Drove Evolution Of Sonar In Whales And Dolphins, Researchers Argue
Migrating Squid Drove Evolution Of Sonar In Whales And Dolphins, Researchers Argue
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Behind the sailor's lore of fearsome battles between sperm whale and giant squid lies a deep question of evolution: How did these leviathans develop the underwater sonar needed to chase and catch...
Not In Our Backyard - Anti-whalers
Not In Our Backyard - Anti-whalers
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Anti-whaling campaigners called on Australian Prime Minister John Howard to press Japan to stop hunting whales in national waters, drawing a Japanese response not to get emotional. In an open...
Pollution Stunts Canada's Beluga Whales
Pollution Stunts Canada's Beluga Whales
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The beluga whales make a shrill sound as they stick their noses out of the water, watched by conservationist Michel Moisan. They are a rare sight this far south -- and the chemicals washing into...
Court Ends Ban On Navy Sonar Tests
Court Ends Ban On Navy Sonar Tests
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United States appeals court has put on hold a lower court injunction blocking the US Navy from using a type of sonar that wildlife supporters say harms whales in exercises off the California coast....
World's Biggest Fish Is A Delicate Feeder
World's Biggest Fish Is A Delicate Feeder
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The whale shark -- a massive, polka-dotted creature stretching about 23 feet long -- slowly swam up alongside the scientists' boat. As it neared, they tossed a handful of pre-soaked rice in front...
Whale Sharks Gather Near Mexico
Whale Sharks Gather Near Mexico
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Within the last few years, scientists discovered a gathering of whale sharks off the coast of Mexico unlike anything ever seen before. The Georgia Aquarium has organized a research project to...
Scientists Record First 'MegaplicksuA‚A? From Feeding Humpbacks
Scientists Record First 'MegaplicksuA‚A? From Feeding Humpbacks
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For the first time, researchers have recorded uA…aˆ?megapclicksuA‚A? u" a series of clicks and buzzes from humpback whales apparently associated with nighttime feeding behaviors u" in and around...
Spain Warns Of Virus Threatening Dolphins
Spain Warns Of Virus Threatening Dolphins
NEWS
Spain has asked authorities around the Mediterranean and adjoining seas for help in monitoring an infection which threatens a protected species of dolphin, warning it may become an epidemic....
Priceless Egyptian Whale Fossil Destroyed
Priceless Egyptian Whale Fossil Destroyed
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"Whale Valley officials have informed the authorities that people from two diplomatic corps vehicles destroyed the fossil," the source told AFP after the destruction was discovered around...
Diesel Slick Coats B.C. Whale Habitat
Diesel Slick Coats B.C. Whale Habitat
NEWS
Scientists and environment officials were keeping a close watch for around 30 killer whales Monday night following an oil spill that could threaten the habitat they've frequented for years. At...
Whales Swimming Through Diesel Slick Off Northern Vancouver Island
Whales Swimming Through Diesel Slick Off Northern Vancouver Island
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About 50 killer whales have swum through a diesel slick created when a barge overturned near Vancouver Island's famed orca rubbing beaches, a whale researcher said Tuesday. Paul's Spong's Orca...
Man Suspected Of Tossing Substance Into Whale Tank
Man Suspected Of Tossing Substance Into Whale Tank
NEWS
A Rhode Island man was arrested Wednesday at the Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration after throwing liquid into a whale tank. Paul Watkins, 54, of East Providence, R.I., was charged...
Rare Right Whales Fight With The Oil & Gas Industry
Rare Right Whales Fight With The Oil & Gas Industry
NEWS
Scientists are hunting this summer for one of the most precariously positioned animals on the planet _ Pacific right whales. The whales, once prized by commercial whalers, have been teetering on...
Judge Issues Injunction Barring Navy From Using Sonar Off California
Judge Issues Injunction Barring Navy From Using Sonar Off California
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U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper has issued a preliminary injunction that bars the US Navy from using high-powered sonar off the coast of Southern California saying that such exercises...
Raja Empat's Newest Dive Resort- An Introduction to Misool Eco Resort
Raja Empat's Newest Dive Resort- An Introduction to Misool Eco Resort
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A Place Like No Other Raja Ampat is considered by many to have the greatest marine biodiversity of any place on the planet. Recent findings are mind blowing, with approximately 1,000 species of...
Oceana: Unique Eco-system Discovered
Oceana: Unique Eco-system Discovered
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OCEANA has captured the first images of "Seco de Palos", a seamount 35 miles from the coast of Murcia in Spain The discovery was made during the project Oceana is undertaking in...
Whale Rescue Operation Resuming
Whale Rescue Operation Resuming
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Rescuers on board a number of small boats had banged steel pipes to create underwater sound waves in a bid to lure the whale out of the harbour. After three attempts they failed to lead the...
Researchers Find Largest Whale Sharks Gathering
Researchers Find Largest Whale Sharks Gathering
NEWS
Researchers at the world's largest aquarium have found what is believed to be the world's largest gathering of the world's largest fish along the Mexican coast. A study released Thursday by the...
Japan Accused Of Killing Pregnant Whales
Japan Accused Of Killing Pregnant Whales
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More than half of about 500 whales killed by Japan in Antarctic waters during the last southern summer were pregnant, the Humane Society International (HSI) charged on Tuesday. The global arm of...
Penguins Changed Diet Due To Whaling, Study Suggests
Penguins Changed Diet Due To Whaling, Study Suggests
NEWS
Extensive whale and seal hunting in Antarctica over the past 200 years appears to have triggered a shift in the diet of AdA??’A‚A©lie penguins, a new study suggests. The seabirds abandoned fish...
Rare Whale Shark Seen In Local Waters
Rare Whale Shark Seen In Local Waters
NEWS
Recreational fishermen often say theyuve seen a shark bigger than their boat, and all you can do is say, uA…aˆ?Uh huh.uA‚A? But donut discount the fish story told by Jerry Helms and Harry...
Hunter And Hunted, Sharks A Diverse Species In Danger
Hunter And Hunted, Sharks A Diverse Species In Danger
NEWS
But putting aside the fear factor for a moment, have you ever wondered about the sharks themselves? It turns out that sharks are absolutely fascinating creatures. They have existed on our planet...
Dead Whale Found With Car-Size Tongue
Dead Whale Found With Car-Size Tongue
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A humpback whale with a tongue swollen to the size of a small car has been found on the rocky shores of Admiralty Island in southeast Alaska (see Alaska map). Scientists believe that a...
No More Sharks In The Soup, Says Conservation Group
No More Sharks In The Soup, Says Conservation Group
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A conservation group has warned that sharks could be extinct within a generation unless people lose their appetite for shark fin soup, Reuters reports. WildAid today called on the Chinese...
NCUPS Presents A Free Seminar With The Creator Of 'Whales In Public Spaces'
NCUPS Presents A Free Seminar With The Creator Of 'Whales In Public Spaces'
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The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society (www.NCUPS.org), proudly presents a very special seminar with Bay Area artist and marine mammal conservationist Bryant Austin, creator of...
New Sonar Technology May Harm Whales
New Sonar Technology May Harm Whales
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Honolulu - The US government wants to extend by five years its rules allowing the Navy to use a new low-frequency sonar, despite objections from environmentalists that the technology may harm...
Are Whale Sharks The New Panda?
Are Whale Sharks The New Panda?
NEWS
No visit to the Georgia Aquarium in downtown Atlanta is complete without a stroll through its most impressive feature, a transparent tunnel that transverses the world's largest fish tank. When...
New Whale-Safe Lobster Fishing Requirements In Maine
New Whale-Safe Lobster Fishing Requirements In Maine
NEWS
A legal settlement announced Tuesday will let Maine lobstermen know early this fall whether they will be forced to spend thousands of dollars for new whale-safe gear and change their traditional...
Whale Sharks In Decline
Whale Sharks In Decline
NEWS
Fears that whale shark numbers are in decline have been confirmed even though a large number of countries have ceased harvesting the world's largest fish. "Because these animals migrate...
Basking Shark Stranded After Being Caught In Illegal Drift Net
Basking Shark Stranded After Being Caught In Illegal Drift Net
NEWS
Drift netting is believed to be responsible for the stranding of a large basking shark found dead on a Kerry beach. The three-metre long female shark - they grow to up to three times that...
Declaration, Manifesto for Immediate Worldwide Shark Conservation Actions
Declaration, Manifesto for Immediate Worldwide Shark Conservation Actions
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An initiated global correspondence toward issue recognition, situational awareness and public information regarding biological destruction of sharks and related or associated species and systems....
Rare Species Found Dead
Rare Species Found Dead
NEWS
Two rare True Beaked whales were found dead on the beach at Buffels Bay near Knysna, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said on Monday. Knysna station commander Rein Hofmeyr said the NSRI...
A Giant Of The Sea Finds Slimmer Pickings
A Giant Of The Sea Finds Slimmer Pickings
NEWS
A female gray whale labored up the coast, the bony ridge of a shoulder blade protruding from what should be the smooth, plump roundness of healthy blubber. "That female looks a little...
Canadian Navy Stages Rescue For Trapped Humpback Whale
Canadian Navy Stages Rescue For Trapped Humpback Whale
NEWS
They called it Operation Free Willy, of course. A Canadian warship freed a humpback whale that was entangled in fishing gear on the Grand Banks off Newfoundland on Wednesday. HMCS St. John's...
Video: Humpback Whales Feeding Frenzy
Video: Humpback Whales Feeding Frenzy
NEWS
In the cool oceans of Alaska, humpback whales work as a team to catch their mealu"by blowing a net of bubbles. The endangered mammals actually herd herring with a ring of bubbles, trapping them....
Endangered Whales Vanishing From Russian Waters
Endangered Whales Vanishing From Russian Waters
NEWS
Noise pollution from a gas and oil project in the Russia Far East is the likely cause behind critically endangered western gray whales abandoning their only known feeding area. The installation...
New Zealand Whales On Verge Of Extinction
New Zealand Whales On Verge Of Extinction
NEWS
New Zealand's department of conservation said it had new evidence that the country's southern right whale population is on the verge of extinction, according to reports Wednesday in the newspaper...
UWP Mag Issue#37 Available For Download
UWP Mag Issue#37 Available For Download
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Jam packed in this issue you'll find: Guadalupe Photography Workshop with Charles Hood, Wild Photos 2007, Antibes Film Festival, Asian Diverus Ocean Odyssey Digital Shoot Out, DivePhotoGuide...
Secrets Of NZ's Bizarre Sea Creatures Revealed
Secrets Of NZ's Bizarre Sea Creatures Revealed
NEWS
New Zealand is launching an exciting new online resource that for the first time provides a gateway to all that's known about life in New Zealand's oceans. The Treasures of the Sea: Nga Taonga...
Rare White Whale Seen
Rare White Whale Seen
NEWS
Record numbers of humpback whales are on their annual migration up Australia's east coast, including the rare white whale Migaloo, scientists say. Migaloo, whose Aboriginal name means...
Interaction between Killer Whales and Hammerhead Sharks in Galapagos Waters
Interaction between Killer Whales and Hammerhead Sharks in Galapagos Waters
NEWS
A possible predatory interaction between killer whales (Orcinus orca) and hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna sp.) was observed during April 1991 near Punta Cormorant, Galupagos Islands. Three killer whales...
Rubber Whale Helps Train Rescuers
Rubber Whale Helps Train Rescuers
NEWS
A lifesize two-tonne pilot whale, made of rubber, is helping to train groups of marine rescue volunteers in Gwynedd. The course in Barmouth is being run with groups involved in rescuing seals and...
Double Catch Heralds Summer Whaling
Double Catch Heralds Summer Whaling
NEWS
Workers in the quiet Japanese fishing village of Wada carved up two whales on Thursday, signalling the start of the summer whaling season despite international protests. Japan in May threatened...
Dolphins Far From Home Could Signal Sea Warming
Dolphins Far From Home Could Signal Sea Warming
NEWS
Whales and dolphins from the Mediterranean are for the first time being regularly seen in northern Scottish waters. Scientists say that the phenomenon may be the result of rising sea...
Whale Sharks Tracked Through Honduras, Belize And Mexico
Whale Sharks Tracked Through Honduras, Belize And Mexico
NEWS
In the aftermath of another Whale Shark death at Georgia Aquarium, here is a group of researchers that are using ground breaking technology to achieve real research results with out the aid of...
Volunteer Efforts Pay Off For Sea Turtles
Volunteer Efforts Pay Off For Sea Turtles
NEWS
Earthwatch volunteers who joined the Black Sea Turtles of Baja expeditions in the late 90s can look back at all those long days of hauling uncooperative sea turtles aboard small boats to weigh and...
Celebrate The Sea Marine Imagery Festival Philippines 2007
Celebrate The Sea Marine Imagery Festival Philippines 2007
NEWS
OceanNEnvironment Australia is pleased to announce in collaboration with the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Philippines Commission on Sports Scuba Diving (PCSSD), to present the 6th...
A Century Old Whale?
A Century Old Whale?
NEWS
fragment of a weapon used by commercial whalers in the 1800s was found in a massive bowhead whale caught off Alaska last month, suggesting it may be more than a century old, officials said Tuesday....
Humpback Whales' Comeback Could Mean Reduced Protection
Humpback Whales' Comeback Could Mean Reduced Protection
NEWS
An ongoing count of endangered humpback whales - like the two that made a lengthy side trip into the Sacramento Delta recently - is revealing a comeback so convincing that marine scientists are...
Galapagos Tortoises: Untangling The Evolutionary Threads
Galapagos Tortoises: Untangling The Evolutionary Threads
NEWS
Giant tortoises taste good. At least they did to pirates and whalers who had spent months at sea eating the same dry rations day in, day out. Soon after the discovery of the Galapagos Islands in...
Japan 'dummy-spit' On Whales
Japan 'dummy-spit' On Whales
NEWS
Australia says Japan had a "dummy-spit" when it didn't get its own way at last week's International Whaling Commission in Alaska. "It was a very bad conference for Japan,"...
U.S. & Australian Military Games May Hurt Whales
U.S. & Australian Military Games May Hurt Whales
NEWS
Military exercises planned by Australia and the United States next month off the Australian coast could result in large-scale whale deaths or injuries, the International Whaling Commission said....
California- Whales On Course
California- Whales On Course
NEWS
Two mixed-up humpback whales, milling around for days in an unfamiliar river delta, kept wildlife workers guessing Monday and seemed in no rush to return to the sea. After entertaining hundreds of...
The Fate Of Whales Hangs In The Balance
The Fate Of Whales Hangs In The Balance
NEWS
The fate of the great whales hung in the balance on Monday as officials from 75 nations opened talks amid pressure, notably from Japan, to reverse a ban on commercial hunting of the mammals. As...
Whale Update: Both Humpbacks Given Antibiotics
Whale Update: Both Humpbacks Given Antibiotics
NEWS
Marine specialists successfully administered antibiotics to the two humpback whales in the Delta on Saturday after hours of trying. The mother whale received her third and final dose around 5 p.m....
Concern Over Decline In Australia's Whale Shark Numbers
Concern Over Decline In Australia's Whale Shark Numbers
NEWS
A leading environmental group is calling on the Australian government to negotiate with its Asian neighbours to help stem the decline in whale shark numbers. Marine scientists are concerned...
Singing Whales Like A Big Audience
Singing Whales Like A Big Audience
NEWS
Sing and attract females, or keep quiet and eat? It's a tricky dilemma for a male, to be sure, but one that humpback whales must wrestle with as they migrate to their summer feeding grounds. Males...
Scientists Worried About Whales' Wounds
Scientists Worried About Whales' Wounds
NEWS
Hope dimmed Wednesday for two lost, wounded whales as scientists spotted the humpbacks wildly slapping their tails on the water in possible distress as they lingered far from their ocean home....
Disturbed, Hungry And Lost - Climate Change Impacts On Whales
Disturbed, Hungry And Lost - Climate Change Impacts On Whales
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Whales, dolphins and porpoises are facing increasing threats from climate change, according to a new report published by WWF and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) ahead of the 59th...
Taiwan To Ban Whale Shark Consumption Trade By 2008
Taiwan To Ban Whale Shark Consumption Trade By 2008
NEWS
Taiwan will ban the harvest and sale of whale sharks beginning in 2008, a decision that could have repercussions at the Georgia Aquarium and other facilities where the world's largest fish are...
New Creature Found Living In Dead Whale
New Creature Found Living In Dead Whale
NEWS
A new species of sea anemone has been found in the carcass of a whale that sunk to the ocean floor off the coast of Monterey, California, marking the first discovery of one of these filter-feeding...
Urban Whale Watch Lures Weekend Crowd
Urban Whale Watch Lures Weekend Crowd
NEWS
A wayward humpback leaps from the water at the Port of Sacramento early Saturday, giving Sacramento photographer Ken Cavalli the chance to shoot two frames of the exuberant cetacean. Rescuers...
Thousands Flock To See Wayward Whales
Thousands Flock To See Wayward Whales
NEWS
Thousands of spectators watched Saturday as two wayward whales swam looping half-mile laps around the Port of Sacramento after declining earlier efforts to lure them into the Pacific Ocean....
Scientists Adopt New Plan To Move Whales
Scientists Adopt New Plan To Move Whales
NEWS
Marine scientists trying to lure two injured whales out of a river prepared Friday for Plan B: Herding the animals by boat while banging pipes underwater. In the meantime, a marine mammal rescue...
Songs To Lure Wayward Whales Toward Home
Songs To Lure Wayward Whales Toward Home
NEWS
The recorded siren songs of humpback whales played from a Coast Guard cutter Thursday as biologists tried to lure an injured whale and her calf out of a shipping channel and back toward the Pacific...
Warmer Seas, Fewer Calves
Warmer Seas, Fewer Calves
NEWS
The sperm whale is the largest of the toothed whales, with males growing up to 20 m in length. It also has the largest brain of any living animal, and it was a sperm whale that was pitted against...
Operation Ragnark: Defending The Whales Of Iceland
Operation Ragnark: Defending The Whales Of Iceland
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In October 2006, after 20 years of compliance, Iceland began to violate the International Whaling Commission's global moratorium on whaling and gave only a one-day notice before killing a whale....
Georgia Aquarium To Get 2 New Whale Sharks
Georgia Aquarium To Get 2 New Whale Sharks
NEWS
Reports out of Taiwan say the world's largest aquarium will be adding two more whale sharks. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting that officials on the east Asia island are ready to...
Scientists Fear For Pacific Grey Whales
Scientists Fear For Pacific Grey Whales
NEWS
Researchers with environmental charity Earthwatch have voiced their fears for grey whales arriving malnourished in their breeding grounds off the Mexican coast. The scientists are not clear...
Bite Back - Drift Nets
Bite Back - Drift Nets
NEWS
New evidence has been produced showing that Italian fishermen are still using drift nets in the Mediterranean more than five years after they were outlawed in Europe. Drift nets were banned because...
Get Tough On Whale Culling, Say Experts
Get Tough On Whale Culling, Say Experts
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Law experts on Monday urged anti-whaling nations to end years of fruitless diplomatic pressure on Japan to stop scientific culling and use international courts to halt Tokyo. As the...
Video: Killer Whales Blasted By U.S. Navy Sonar
Video: Killer Whales Blasted By U.S. Navy Sonar
NEWS
When the killer whales of Washington State's Puget Sound began vanishing, a biologist had to get an earful from the U.S. Navy to pick up clues to the mystery (Washington map). Using...
Dominica - "the Nature Island" - Supports Whaling
Dominica - "the Nature Island" - Supports Whaling
NEWS
Dominica has rejected criticism that its vote on the International Whaling Commission (IWC) was up for sale, after the prime minister returned from Japan and renewed his support for commercial...
Pacific Whale Decline A Mystery
Pacific Whale Decline A Mystery
NEWS
Researchers with the conservation group Earthwatch found that whales are arriving in their breeding grounds off the Mexican coast malnourished. The same thing happened just after the 1997/8 El...
Georgia Wants Whale Sharks, But Taiwan Demands Answers
Georgia Wants Whale Sharks, But Taiwan Demands Answers
NEWS
Three months after the mysterious death of a prized whale shark, the Georgia Aquarium has applied to the Taiwanese government for two more. Officials in Taiwan, however, raised concerns this...
Protests Against Philppine Mine Near Whale Shark Habitat
Protests Against Philppine Mine Near Whale Shark Habitat
NEWS
Environmentalists held protests Monday in the Philippines, Hong Kong, and The Netherlands in a bid to convince international bank ABN AMRO to withdraw support for the controversial Lafayette mine...
Illegal Nets Still A Threat To Sea Life
Illegal Nets Still A Threat To Sea Life
NEWS
Illegal drift nets are catching whales and dolphins in the Mediterranean five years after they were banned, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has said. The use of drift...
Minke Whale Dies In Brooklyn
Minke Whale Dies In Brooklyn
NEWS
Efforts to pull a dead whale ashore failed on Thursday after a noose tied around its tail loosened and it fell into deep waters of a small Brooklyn bay where it had been swimming aimlessly for two...
Baby Whale Stranded In Brooklyn Canal
Baby Whale Stranded In Brooklyn Canal
NEWS
A juvenile minke whale was spotted off Pier 21 in the Gowanus Canal yesterday, swimming near a docked cement company boat. Initial observations indicate the 15-foot whale is healthy, said Kim...
Whale Killing War Games
Whale Killing War Games
NEWS
Every two years, Canadian warships spend a month cruising Hawai'i, where they fire missiles and track "hostile" submarines on their ships' mid-frequency sonar. The enemy subs in these...
VIDEO: Sperm Whale Washes Up On Santa Barbara Shores
VIDEO: Sperm Whale Washes Up On Santa Barbara Shores
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A sperm whale washes up on a Santa Barbara beach, creating a rare scene for interested Californians. The cause of death is still unknown...
Some Bottlenose Dolphins Don't Coerce Females To Mate
Some Bottlenose Dolphins Don't Coerce Females To Mate
NEWS
Mating strategies are straightforward in bottlenose dolphins, or are they? Much of the work carried on male-female relationships in that species to date show that males tend to coerce females who...
Whales' Journey Into Record Books
Whales' Journey Into Record Books
NEWS
It is one of the most remarkable journeys by any creature on the planet - and it is made by one of the biggest creatures known to science. Researchers have shown that humpback whales travelling...
Bite Back - Shame Of Japan
Bite Back - Shame Of Japan
NEWS
Five hundred tons of whale meat, part of the harvest from Japan's whaling operation in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, appears to have mysteriously disappeared. The likely explanation seems to...
Despite Ban, Norway Set To Begin Minke Whale Hunt
Despite Ban, Norway Set To Begin Minke Whale Hunt
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Around 30 boats are licensed to take part in the hunt which can kill more than a thousand minke whales during a five month season starting on 1st April. Despite an international ban on commercial...
Whaling And Whale Watching Go Head To Head
Whaling And Whale Watching Go Head To Head
NEWS
Tourism based on ecological ideals like whale watching and economical perspectives like whaling, as in the killing of whales, do not mix. The largest animals to have ever lived on planet earth,...
Stomach Problems Led To Whale Shark's Death
Stomach Problems Led To Whale Shark's Death
NEWS
The January death of a whale shark at the Georgia Aquarium was likely caused by stomach problems that led to an inflammation of a key membrane in the abdomen, officials said Wednesday. The...
Whale Fossil Is Found In Vineyard
Whale Fossil Is Found In Vineyard
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The biggest whale fossil ever discovered in Italy has been found in one of the country's finest vineyards. The five-million-year-old skeleton, 33ft (10m) in length, was dug up in the northern...
Chinese Fisherman Serve Up World's Largest Shark Steak
Chinese Fisherman Serve Up World's Largest Shark Steak
NEWS
It's no longer a secret how five loaves and two fish managed to feed the five thousand - especially if the sea-dwelling delicacies in question were as big as this mammoth fish. More likely to...
Experience A Life Size Virtual Blue Whale
Experience A Life Size Virtual Blue Whale
NEWS
The Whale & Dolphin Conservation Society have created an explorable virtual Blue Whale online. It's pretty mind blowing actually. Check it out and help create more awareness for the brutal...
Saving Them From The Fire
Saving Them From The Fire
NEWS
Manila Restaurants Abolish Endangered Dishes. Shark fin Siomai. Turtle Soup. Chilean Sea Bass. Three of many dishes widely served in local and international restaurants. Delicious perhaps....
VIDEO: Gray Whale Lingering Near Santa Barbara Shore
VIDEO: Gray Whale Lingering Near Santa Barbara Shore
NEWS
A gray whale has been hanging out in a shallow bay near Santa Barbara Californiafor nearly a week...
Beached Pilot Whales Die On Galapagos
Beached Pilot Whales Die On Galapagos
NEWS
Seven pilot whales that came ashore on the Galapagos Islands died Sunday, despite the efforts of rescuers who dug makeshift pools in the sand to keep them from dehydrating. Five other whales in the...
Whale Escapes From Japanese Bay
Whale Escapes From Japanese Bay
NEWS
A whale that captured international media attention after becoming trapped in a Japanese bay has escaped to the open sea. A local fisherman yesterday lost his life as part of a frantic bid to save...
Children's Film Festival Swimming In Ocean Movies
Children's Film Festival Swimming In Ocean Movies
NEWS
Next month's Sprockets film festival in Toronto, the children's offshoot of the Toronto International Film Festival, will open with the North American premiere of The Reef, a U.S.-South Korea...
Video: Sperm Whale Attacks Fishing Boat In Japan
Video: Sperm Whale Attacks Fishing Boat In Japan
NEWS
A large sperm whale attacked a fishing boat at Uwajima bay, central Japan. It begs the question - what did these guys do to piss off this whale??
Deep Mystery: How Huge Whales Hunt Jumbo Squid
Deep Mystery: How Huge Whales Hunt Jumbo Squid
NEWS
In the cold, dark abyss of the Pacific lurk thousands of aptly named jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas), aggressive carnivores up to six feet long and 100 pounds nicknamed "red devils" by...
Last Surviving Whales Herded Out To Sea
Last Surviving Whales Herded Out To Sea
NEWS
The last of seven surviving sperm whales stranded on Tasmania's west coast have been shepherded out to sea, ending a four-day rescue effort. The two remaining whales were escorted out of...
Greenpeace Ship To Head To Japan
Greenpeace Ship To Head To Japan
NEWS
Environmental group Greenpeace's anti-whaling ship Esperanza sailed into Sydney Harbour today to re-supply after protesting against Japanese whalers in the Antarctic. It will then heads to Japan...
Jumbo Squid And Sperm Whales Tagged
Jumbo Squid And Sperm Whales Tagged
NEWS
Scientists have simulatenously tagged sperm whales and jumbo squid off Mexico's Pacific coast, allowing them to be tracked by satellite even as they dive to depths exceeding 3000 feet. Details of...
Mexico Passes Shark Finning Ban
Mexico Passes Shark Finning Ban
NEWS
In a surprising move, the Mexican government has recently published sweeping new regulations and protections for sharks, including a shark finning ban, an extension of the moratorium on new...
Australian Whale Sharks Under Threat From Proposed Salt Mine
Australian Whale Sharks Under Threat From Proposed Salt Mine
NEWS
Straits Resources proposes to construct 411 square kilometres of evaporative 'solar' salt ponds across the discharge of the Yannarie system. A complex system of rock retaining walls would extend 70...
Interaction Between Killer Whales & Hammerhead Sharks In The Galapagos
Interaction Between Killer Whales & Hammerhead Sharks In The Galapagos
NEWS
A possible predatory interaction between killer whales (Orcinus orca) and hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna sp.) was observed during April 1991 near Punta Cormorant, Galupagos Islands. Three killer...
Japan's Plan To Hunt Humpback Whales Likely To Spark Outrage
Japan's Plan To Hunt Humpback Whales Likely To Spark Outrage
NEWS
Anti-whaling nations New Zealand and Australia vowed Thursday to continue the fight to end Japan's annual whale hunts, warning that its plans to kill humpback whales off Antarctica in December...
Japanese Whale Hunt Ended Early
Japanese Whale Hunt Ended Early
NEWS
The controversial annual hunt, which Japan says was carried out for research purposes, was meant to continue until the end of March. But Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research said the Nisshin...
Whales And Dolphins In Japanese Pet Food
Whales And Dolphins In Japanese Pet Food
NEWS
They said analysis carried out earlier this year on samples of pet food purchased near Tokyo revealed levels of both Antarctic minke whale and dolphin meat. "The fact that Japan is using whale...
Scripps Oceanography Research Studies Shed New Light On Blue Whales And Their Calls
Scripps Oceanography Research Studies Shed New Light On Blue Whales And Their Calls
NEWS
Using a variety of new approaches, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego are forging a new understanding of the largest mammals on Earth. In one recently published study...
Royal Navy Sonar Blamed For Deaths Of Four Whales
Royal Navy Sonar Blamed For Deaths Of Four Whales
NEWS
Secret sonar, used by the Royal Navy in a Nato exercise, has killed four whales, The Independent on Sunday can reveal. A post-mortem on four Cuvier's beaked whales, stranded on Spain's Almeira...
Groups File Suit To Protect Critically Endangered Whales
Groups File Suit To Protect Critically Endangered Whales
NEWS
Wildlife protection and ocean conservation groups yesterday sued the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to protect three endangered whale species North Atlantic right whales, humpbacks,...
Rise In Killer Whales Sightings Linked To Melting Ice
Rise In Killer Whales Sightings Linked To Melting Ice
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Scientists say rapidly-melting sea ice is partially to blame for a five-fold increase in killer whale sightings in some parts of the Canadian Arctic. Jeff Higdon, a researcher with a joint...
2007 Pew Fellows In Marine Conservation
2007 Pew Fellows In Marine Conservation
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How will climate change alter life for those dependent on Alaska's Bering Sea and Australia's Pacific Ocean for their food, traditions and incomes? How can marine protected areas safeguard...
Sperm Whales Return To Mediterranean
Sperm Whales Return To Mediterranean
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Marine biologists in Italy say the sperm whale, once thought to have been nearly wiped from the region by drift nets, has returned to the Mediterranean...
Sea Shepherd Runs Low On Fuel, Ends Southern Ocean Protest
Sea Shepherd Runs Low On Fuel, Ends Southern Ocean Protest
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Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd, which has clashed with Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean, will end its protest on Wednesday as its ships are running low on fuel. But environmental group...
Sea Creatures To Be Tracked Electronically
Sea Creatures To Be Tracked Electronically
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In a modern update of "fish and chips," researchers are planning a worldwide effort to track the movement of sea creatures tagged with tiny electronic devices. Following pilot testing...
Baby Giant's Sad Death Far From Home
Baby Giant's Sad Death Far From Home
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giant baby had a sad end at the weekend when it washed up and died on a beach near Cape Point. The "baby" giant was a young male whale shark, estimated at between one and two years old...
Japanese Whaling Ship And Sea Shepherd Boat Collide At Sea
Japanese Whaling Ship And Sea Shepherd Boat Collide At Sea
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An anti-whaling group's boat and a Japanese whale-spotting vessel collided twice in Antarctic waters today during clashes over a pod of whales, conservationists and Japanese officials said. The...
Scientists Eavesdrop On Endangered Whales
Scientists Eavesdrop On Endangered Whales
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Beneath the ocean, microphones listen around the clock for the mooing calls of endangered North Atlantic right whales in an eavesdropping experiment that could help save them from extinction....
Whalers Aid In Antarctic Rescue Of Environmentalists
Whalers Aid In Antarctic Rescue Of Environmentalists
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Japanese whalers and a group of self-styled environmental "pirates" called a temporary truce today to save the lives of two activists who spent seven hours adrift in the freezing waters of the...
A Sight To Leave Divers Goggle-eyed
A Sight To Leave Divers Goggle-eyed
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When Aucklander Troy Huston saw a pod of killer whales ripping stingrays apart and devouring them metres from where he was diving, he didn't feel scared - he felt privileged. The 28-year-old was...
Study Of Marine Wealth In Gulf Of Mannar
Study Of Marine Wealth In Gulf Of Mannar
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The Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, has initiated a study on underwater wealth, particularly coral reef and scheduled marine creatures such as whales and dugong dugon in the Gulf of Mannar....
Accidental Whale Kills Prompt Concern
Accidental Whale Kills Prompt Concern
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The death of another critically endangered western grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) in Japanese fishing nets has scientists and conservationists concerned for the safety of the species - and...
Bite Back - Petition To Stop Dolphin Hunts
Bite Back - Petition To Stop Dolphin Hunts
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Every year, more than 20,000 dolphins and small whales are killed in Japanese waters. One of the more unpleasant techniques used to do this is by drive hunts, where groups of dolphins are rounded...
Whale Carcass Lures 6m Sharks
Whale Carcass Lures 6m Sharks
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A ROTTING whale carcass lured huge sharks into a Kangaroo Island inlet yesterday. The 16m whale's body washed up against the rocks on the northeastern tip of the island, near Penneshaw....
Killer Whales Spotted Southeast Of Barbados
Killer Whales Spotted Southeast Of Barbados
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An unusual occurrence of a 30ft Killer Whale was spotted some 15 miles Southeast of Barbados eating another whale last Saturday. Fisherman James Peirce, who spotted the whale eating a dwarf Sperm...
The Effects Whaling On Ocean Ecosystems
The Effects Whaling On Ocean Ecosystems
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Whales, Whaling, and Ocean Ecosystems, a new book from the University of California Press (December 2006), explores an aspect of whale ecology that until now has received surprisingly little...
Reward Offered For Japan Whalers' Location
Reward Offered For Japan Whalers' Location
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An anti-whaling group patrolling the Ross Sea off Antarctica has offered a $25 000 (about R360 000) reward to any person or group that can provide coordinates of the Japanese whaling fleet...
Dead Right Whale Calf Found Off Florida
Dead Right Whale Calf Found Off Florida
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A fisherman found the body of a young Right Whale floating 200 yards off a Florida beach. After the Coast Guard brought the carcass to a boat ramp in Mayport near Jacksonville, it was trucked to...
Four Arnoux's Beaked Whales Observed From Polarstern Expedition
Four Arnoux's Beaked Whales Observed From Polarstern Expedition
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On the 17th of December, Meike Scheidat & Linn Lehnert, the whale watchers on board of Polarstern, made a remarkable cetaceans sighting: Four Arnoux's Beaked Whales (Berardius arnuxii),...
Japanese Whaling Footage Released
Japanese Whaling Footage Released
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The Government has released defence surveillance footage of a Japanese whaling fleet in the Ross Sea, in an attempt to sway Japanese public opinion over their government's whaling programme. The...
Iceland Leaves Slaughtered Whales To Rot
Iceland Leaves Slaughtered Whales To Rot
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Greenpeace has uncovered more than 170 tons of rotting whale meat in an Icelandic dump site, just months after Iceland reopened commercial whaling and killed seven endangered fin whales. Another...
Spiritual Guru's Word Saves Hundreds Of Whale Shark
Spiritual Guru's Word Saves Hundreds Of Whale Shark
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For a fisherman, nothing is perhaps more painful than to let go of a big catch with his own hands, especially if it happens to be a 30-ft whale shark that would fetch at least Rs 80,000. But...
Thames Whale Skeleton On Display
Thames Whale Skeleton On Display
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The skeleton of the whale which died after becoming stranded in the River Thames a year ago will go on public display this week. The exhibition - staged by the Guardian and Observer newspapers -...
Sea Shepherd Launches Operation Leviathan With New Ship
Sea Shepherd Launches Operation Leviathan With New Ship
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Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's Operation Leviathan is underway to stop the Japanese whaling fleets' illegal slaughter of over a thousand whales. With its newly acquired ship named the M/Y...
Olympus PT-E02 Reviewed In The Maldives
Olympus PT-E02 Reviewed In The Maldives
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Whale shark, whale shark..." cried the crew. We are on a diving safari in the Maldives in search of the big boys. Today this happens to be whale sharks. Earlier on this trip we had dived among...
Questions Remain In Whale Shark Death
Questions Remain In Whale Shark Death
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Officials at the Georgia Aquarium said Tuesday that it could take weeks to figure out why Ralph the whale shark suddenly died last week. Scientists from the aquarium, the University of Georgia...
The Revenge Of The Whales And Dolphins - It Had To Happen
The Revenge Of The Whales And Dolphins - It Had To Happen
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How would you like to be turned into china ornaments to place on old folks' mantelpieces, or cut into crystal shapes to dangle in hippie dippy windows and, like, emanate that crystal vibe? Would...
Whale Shark Necropsy Shows No "obvious" Cause Of Death
Whale Shark Necropsy Shows No "obvious" Cause Of Death
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A necropsy of one of the Georgia Aquarium's prized whale sharks did not reveal any obvious causes of death, but the investigation is continuing and could take months, aquarium officials said...
Animals Win: Navy To Cut Sonar Use
Animals Win: Navy To Cut Sonar Use
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State coastal regulators voted Wednesday to impose restrictions on the U.S. Navy's use of sonar, which has been linked to harmful effects on whales and other marine mammals. The Navy has...
Georgia Aquarium Whale Shark Dies
Georgia Aquarium Whale Shark Dies
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A prized whale shark at the world's largest aquarium died Thursday night, the second death of a popular animal at the center in 10 days. Ralph, one of four whale sharks in the only such exhibit...
Alaska's Beluga Whales In Decline
Alaska's Beluga Whales In Decline
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A new and gloomy federal assessment of Cook Inlet's beluga whales projects a one-in-four chance the population could go extinct within 100 years, and better than a two-in-three probability the...
Chilean President Awards Marine Centre For Blue Whale Conservation
Chilean President Awards Marine Centre For Blue Whale Conservation
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Blue whale conservation in Chile has received a boost with a seal of approval from the country's president. Chilean President Michelle Bachelete conferred the Bicentennial Seal - a national...
Bloodbath: Japan's Dolphin Cull Gets Underway
Bloodbath: Japan's Dolphin Cull Gets Underway
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In Taiji, the fishermen say that dolphin tastes like venison or beef. But eaten raw with a dab of ginger and soy sauce, the glistening dark flesh resembles liver, with a coppery aftertaste that...
Ship Canal Project Killing Whales, Say Activists
Ship Canal Project Killing Whales, Say Activists
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At least six whales have died since July as a result of digging under the sea to create a shipping route off India's southern coast, proving that the plan hurts the environment, activists said....
Ship Slices Another Endangered Whale
Ship Slices Another Endangered Whale
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A rare North Atlantic right whale was lacerated multiple times and killed by a ship off the Georgia coast last week, causing scientists to again sound the alarm on these endangered creatures....
2007 Declared Year Of The Dolphin
2007 Declared Year Of The Dolphin
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The United Nations has officially declared 2007 the Year of the Dolphin to help raise awareness about the plight of the mammal around the world. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said...
Taiwan Cuts Its Whale Shark Quota In Half
Taiwan Cuts Its Whale Shark Quota In Half
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Taiwan is cutting its whale shark fishing quota for 2007 in half. A whale shark is the largest shark and fish in the world and the concern of global conservationists. The agriculture council cut...
Sea Shepherd Launches Operation Leviathan
Sea Shepherd Launches Operation Leviathan
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This Saturday, the 23rd of December [Australian EST(Eastern Summer Time)], the international volunteer crew of the Sea Shepherd flagship Farley Mowat departed from Melbourne. The departure of the...
Disney Legacy Collection Volume 1: Wonders Of The World
Disney Legacy Collection Volume 1: Wonders Of The World
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Walt's nephew Roy Disney gives an introduction to the series as a whole and this volume in particular. Roy started out his career as an assistant film editor on the True Life Adventure...
What Is The Most Endangered Marine Mammal In The World?
What Is The Most Endangered Marine Mammal In The World?
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According to the Center for Biological Diversity, the North Pacific Right Whale -- once ranging from Baja California to Alaska -- is the most endangered large whale in the world, with perhaps as...
BITE BACK - Commercial Whaling
BITE BACK - Commercial Whaling
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BITE BACK 30 / 12 / 06 BITE BACK - Commercial Whaling By John Nightingale Iceland's announcement of its intention to resume commercial whaling, immediately followed by the slaughter of...
Caught on Camera: Graphic Evidence Of Whale's Near Miss
Caught on Camera: Graphic Evidence Of Whale's Near Miss
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Four deep gashes across the head of a juvenile southern right whale are graphic evidence of the dangers boats pose to the giant mammals of the ocean. Cape Town veterinary surgeon and underwater...
Attack Plan For Japan's Whale Ships
Attack Plan For Japan's Whale Ships
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THE anti-whaling activists of Sea Shepherd have unveiled a new secret weapon as they depart for the Southern Ocean to try to put the Japanese whalers out of business - the rules. Sea Shepherd's...
Whales Found To Speak In Dialects
Whales Found To Speak In Dialects
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We could blame our accents and different dialects on self-imposed borders but that doesn't explain why animals like whales from different regions speak in dialects. Using underwater microphones,...
Activists Race To Hunt Down Whalers
Activists Race To Hunt Down Whalers
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Japanese whalers are likely to clash with environmentalists in Antarctica over the next two months as separate fleets head south prepared to confront each other in some of the world's most hostile...
Protecting China's Yellow Sea
Protecting China's Yellow Sea
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In an attempt to protect the Yellow Sea's rich biodiversity from pollution, WWF is pushing for a joint marine protected area in the shared waters between China and the Republic of Korea. The...
Researcher Has An Eye For Endangered Right Whales
Researcher Has An Eye For Endangered Right Whales
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Marilyn Marx's view of the water is spectacular. From her second-story home office window, the world renowned whale researcher can look up from her computer to watch the gulls and cormorants as...
Support Sea Shepherd's Operation Leviathan
Support Sea Shepherd's Operation Leviathan
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As we at Sea Shepherd are in the final stages of preparation for launching Operation Leviathan, I encourage you to remain positive, strong, and supportive as we struggle to move two ships, a...
Bill Curtsinger Has Seen Animals Do Unbelievable Things
Bill Curtsinger Has Seen Animals Do Unbelievable Things
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Bill Curtsinger is one of the world's best known nature photographers and one of the few who dives in the icy cold waters on the poles. SPIEGEL ONLINE spoke with him about sharks, whales and other...
Seagulls Attacking Whales Off Argentina
Seagulls Attacking Whales Off Argentina
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In the frigid waters off Argentina's southern Valdes Peninsula, the southern right whale is under attack from an odd-sounding predator: the seemingly docile seagull. Uncovered garbage dumps and...
Washed-up Whale Dies On Tazmanian Beach
Washed-up Whale Dies On Tazmanian Beach
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Despite efforts by Sea World and KZN Wildlife officials, a calf Pseudo Orca whale died after washing up on Trafalgar Beach on the South Coast on Friday. KZN Wildlife was the first on the scene,...
Bush May End Drilling Ban In Alaskan Bay
Bush May End Drilling Ban In Alaskan Bay
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President Bush is deciding whether to lift a ban on oil and gas drilling in federal waters off Alaska's Bristol Bay, home to endangered whales and sea lions and the world's largest sockeye salmon...
Muralist To Revive Keys Gateway With Marine Life
Muralist To Revive Keys Gateway With Marine Life
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For 18 years, a lovely green mermaid greeted visitors to the Florida Keys at mile marker 99.2. But sun, rain and time took their toll on her home -- a four-story cement block building in the median...
Baby Beluga Whale Dies At Marine Park
Baby Beluga Whale Dies At Marine Park
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A baby beluga whale born in a Spanish marine park - the first beluga whale born in captivity in Europe - has died at the age of 25 days. Officials at the Oceanographic park in Valencia said...
UK Sealife Watchers' Code Launched
UK Sealife Watchers' Code Launched
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Britian's first marine wildlife watching code, developed by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), was launched yesterday by Rhona Brankin, the deputy environment minister. Scotland's rugged...
Ocean Duets - New Book From Michele Westmorland
Ocean Duets - New Book From Michele Westmorland
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A gorgeous gift book, Ocean Duets offers a rare glimpse of marine life. This stunning collection of underwater photographs captures a diverse array of sea creatures by the pair-mates, playmates,...
Casper And The Deep Blue Sea
Casper And The Deep Blue Sea
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Nothing says "globally integrated marketplace" like a Galapagos Islands diving business based in Casper. And not just the Galapagos, but Australia's Great Barrier Reef and the rich...
Whale Vocabulary More Elaborate Than Thought
Whale Vocabulary More Elaborate Than Thought
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Humpback whales possess a vastly more elaborate vocabulary than was known, researchers now report. Scientists had previously known of a very narrow range of sounds involved in humpback...
Humpback Whales Have 'human' Brain Cells -study
Humpback Whales Have 'human' Brain Cells -study
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Humpback whales have a type of brain cell seen only in humans, the great apes, and other cetaceans such as dolphins, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. This might mean such whales are more...
Cocos & Malpelo Expedition With Amos Nachoum, Dr. Sylvia Earle And Dr. Kathryn Sullivan
Cocos & Malpelo Expedition With Amos Nachoum, Dr. Sylvia Earle And Dr. Kathryn Sullivan
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"I have successfully engaged Dr. Kathryn Sullivan and Dr. Sylvia Earle, two world leaders in exploration of the ocean and in space to join us on an unprecedented expedition to the Islands of...
Response From Iceland To An Anti-whaling Letter
Response From Iceland To An Anti-whaling Letter
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I and other Plankton Forum members got this form letter in response to an action letter sent through the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society website. What this letter says to me is that...
Endangered Whales And Sea Turtles Off California And Oregon Remain Protected
Endangered Whales And Sea Turtles Off California And Oregon Remain Protected
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Environmental groups this week successfully fought off a Bush Administration proposal to allow drift-gillnet fishing into protected areas off the Northern California and Southern Oregon coasts in...
Fifty Foot Fin Whale Washed Ashore
Fifty Foot Fin Whale Washed Ashore
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A giant 50ft fin whale was washed up on the beach at Camber Sands, east Sussex, today. Volunteers from the British Divers Marine Life Rescue were on the scene within 25 minutes of being notified,...
25 Tiger Sharks Maul Injured Whale In Hawaii
25 Tiger Sharks Maul Injured Whale In Hawaii
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At least 25 tiger sharks ate a young humpback whale alive Monday off the Big Island's Kailua-Kona Coast, an eyewitness reported yesterday. But wildlife managers say they are more worried about...
Dubai Could Become A Monitoring Station For Whale Sharks
Dubai Could Become A Monitoring Station For Whale Sharks
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After recent sightings of whale sharks this year in Dubai Marina, the Emirates Diving Association flew to Seychelles for an up-close encounter with the massive species to study monitoring methods....
NZ Whale Strandings
NZ Whale Strandings
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A further 17 pilot whales have died on a northern New Zealand beach following a sudden restranding, a day after 37 whales died in the same area. The rescue started on Friday morning when 80...
Bionic Dolphin Cruises At 80 Mph
Bionic Dolphin Cruises At 80 Mph
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The Bionic Dolphin is a remarkable submersible hydrofoil that can cruise across open water at speeds of up to 80 mph. Underwater? No problem for the Bionic Dolphin, which can travel underwater at...
Beluga Whale First Born In European Zoo
Beluga Whale First Born In European Zoo
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Yulka, a whale in a Spanish zoo, has given birth to the first Beluga born in captivity in Europe. After a six-month pregnancy and an eight-hour labor, Yulka gave birth to the gray blue baby of...
Japan Catches 35 Whales Near Hokkaido
Japan Catches 35 Whales Near Hokkaido
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Japan has caught 35 whales off the coast of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, officials say, under a research program that critics say is disguised commercial whaling. The 42-day...
Whales For Saving By EBay Auction
Whales For Saving By EBay Auction
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The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) will auction "rights" to a whale's life on the online site. WSPA wants to raise $180,000 (A‚A?95,000), the value of meat from a...
Whale Shark Expert Wins International Award
Whale Shark Expert Wins International Award
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A marine biologist who created an online library of whale shark encounters from around the world has been chosen as a Laureate in the 2006 Rolex Awards for Enterprise, which recognise outstanding...
Iceland Cannot Sell Its Whale Meat, But Is Still Hunting, Says Oceana
Iceland Cannot Sell Its Whale Meat, But Is Still Hunting, Says Oceana
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SOURCES from the international marine conservation organisation Oceana have indicated that the Icelandic vessel Hvalur 9 had captured a fin whale 200 miles from the coast. This is the second one to...
Icelandic Whalers Kill First Fin Whale
Icelandic Whalers Kill First Fin Whale
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Icelandic whalers have killed their first fin whale since the country announced last week it was resuming commercial whaling despite an international ban. Icelandic daily Morgunbladid said a...
Pirates, Vacuum-fishing Threaten Antarctic Waters
Pirates, Vacuum-fishing Threaten Antarctic Waters
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Pirates seeking Chilean sea bass and fishing vessels that vacuum up tiny shrimp-like creatures that are a staple for whales, seals and penguins are menacing Antarctic waters, environmentalists said...
Beaked Whales Perform Extreme Dives To Hunt Deepwater Prey
Beaked Whales Perform Extreme Dives To Hunt Deepwater Prey
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study of ten beaked whales of two poorly understood species shows their foraging dives are deeper and longer than those reported for any other air-breathing species. This extreme deep-diving...
Announcing The Winner Of The Divester/Wetpixel T-Shirt Contest!
Announcing The Winner Of The Divester/Wetpixel T-Shirt Contest!
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The voting for the Divester/Wetpixel t-shirt contest closed last night at midnight. I am very pleased to announce that the design by Elijah Woolery was selected as the winner. Congratulations,...
Immune System Failing For Beluga Whale At Georgia Aquarium
Immune System Failing For Beluga Whale At Georgia Aquarium
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Gasper, one of the beluga whales at the Georgia Aquarium, is enduring more health problems in the form of a failing immune system. Tim Binder, the aquarium's director of husbandry, said the...
When Ocean Heavyweights Collide
When Ocean Heavyweights Collide
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When a couple of thousand tonnes of whale come together at sea, it's best not to be caught in the middle. But a group of amazed whale watchers had an awe-inspiring first-hand view of an...
We're Not Going To Let Another Butanding (Whale Shark) Die
We're Not Going To Let Another Butanding (Whale Shark) Die
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When a female whale shark or butanding recently died from fatal wounds inflicted by a fisherman, the local government in this Bicol town immediately filed a case in court against her killer to...
Swim With The Humpbacks Of Rurutu
Swim With The Humpbacks Of Rurutu
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Diving with whales is one of the most extraordinary experiences the planet has to offer; take this activity to a little-known French Polynesian isle, and it becomes an absolutely incomparable...
The Whale Under Dad's Boat
The Whale Under Dad's Boat
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A SOUTH coast man has told how two whales toyed with his tiny runabout as they played an extraordinary game of peek-a-boo with his young daughter. The humpbacks cavorted around Jon Poyner's...
Operation Leviathan: Defending The Whales Of Antarctica
Operation Leviathan: Defending The Whales Of Antarctica
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The whales are counting on us for protection... We are counting on you to get us there. Japan will begin illegally killing over 1,000 whales again this fall and Sea Shepherd will be there to...
Marine Biologists Puzzled By Stray Mammals Off N.J. Coast
Marine Biologists Puzzled By Stray Mammals Off N.J. Coast
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Hooded seals, bottlenose whales and a manatee have been spotted in the waters of the northeastern U.S., leaving marine biologists puzzled as to why they have strayed from their natural habitats....
Counting Dolphins In Ecuador
Counting Dolphins In Ecuador
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Dozens of dolphins have been sighted in the rivers of Ecuador as part of a South American freshwater dolphin survey in the Amazon. The survey, led by Colombian conservation NGO Fundaciun...
Small Wonder
Small Wonder
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MABUL: Size matters. But bigger isn't necessarily better. I'm talking (of course) about fish. And I have seen some very big fish indeed, from manta rays all languid and large to groupers the...
Swimming With Minke Whales
Swimming With Minke Whales
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The Minke Whale Season has just finished on the Great Barrier Reef. ABC Far North producer Glynn Greensmith took the opportunity to take the trip of a lifetime, and go into the water with these...
Dead Whales Washed Up On Beaches In Mexico
Dead Whales Washed Up On Beaches In Mexico
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Eleven beaked whales have died after being washed up on beaches near Mexico's sparsely populated Baja California peninsula. The whales, which were found earlier this week mostly on islands in...
Saving The Orcas Will Be A Trying Task
Saving The Orcas Will Be A Trying Task
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Sleek and fast, more than a dozen orcas slice through this busy waterway, astonishing kayakers as the 9,000-pound killer whales dive under the boats. These mammals, some nearly a century old,...
Japanese Baby Killers Target Pregnant Whales
Japanese Baby Killers Target Pregnant Whales
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For some strange perverse reason that only the so-called Japanese "scientists" can explain, 60 percent of all the female whales taken this last year in Antarctica were pregnant. The...
Xray-Mag Issue #12 Available Now
Xray-Mag Issue #12 Available Now
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From the cool blue wilderness of the Canadian high Arctic (by Louise Murray) to the red hot deserts of Jordan - from Beluga whales close to magnificent wrecks. Also in this issue lots of Ocean Art...
Rare Whales Appear Off Scotland, Heat Wave Blamed
Rare Whales Appear Off Scotland, Heat Wave Blamed
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Unusually large numbers of dolphins and whales have been sighted off the eastern coast of Scotland this summer, including several species that are rare in these waters...
US Senator Inquires About Whale Deaths In The Bahamas
US Senator Inquires About Whale Deaths In The Bahamas
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A US Senator has contacted the US Navy to enquire about the unexplained deaths of three whales on Andros earlier this year. Virginia Senator John Warner is acting on behalf of Valerie Kelly, a...
Underwater Images Of Marine Sanctuaries And Other Ocean Treasures Now Available For Purchase Through Online Site
Underwater Images Of Marine Sanctuaries And Other Ocean Treasures Now Available For Purchase Through Online Site
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Just weeks after the U.S. established the largest area of conservation on earth in creating the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument, Marine Sanctuaries Media announces that art...
Love, Loss And Beauty
Love, Loss And Beauty
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To love again despite the likelihood of another heartbreak. This is the theme of "Donsol," a wonderful Cinemalaya feature film. Adolfo Alix Jr. wrote, produced, and directed this moving story about...
Experts Defend Baby Whale Decision
Experts Defend Baby Whale Decision
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Marine scientist Steve McCourt copped some angry responses following this week's gut-wrenching decision to put down a new-born humpback whale stranded on a northern NSW beach. The first question...
Rare Whales Can Live To Nearly 200, Eye Tissue Reveals
Rare Whales Can Live To Nearly 200, Eye Tissue Reveals
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Scientists have looked into the eyes of rare bowhead whales and learned that some of them can outlive humans by generations-with at least one male pushing 200 years old. "About 5 percent...
Greens Win Order Limiting Navy Sonar In Training To Help Whales
Greens Win Order Limiting Navy Sonar In Training To Help Whales
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Whales and other marine mammals will be better protected during military training exercises using sonar now that the U.S. Navy has agreed to increased safety measures in Hawaiian waters, an...
Tracking Whale Sharks In The Gulf
Tracking Whale Sharks In The Gulf
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It swims along the surface freely and, from all indications, with few worries. With the ability to reach 60 feet in length, it's a sight to see with its unique, graceful ways. It's a member of...
Marine Management Is All At Sea
Marine Management Is All At Sea
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Our oceans and seas are in deep trouble, and if the Japanese government is to be believed, part of the blame rests with the whales. This is nonsense, of course...
Another Whale Shark Swims Into Marina
Another Whale Shark Swims Into Marina
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Dubai Residents and workers at Dubai Marina were stunned to see a whale shark swimming through the bay yesterday morning...
Saving Leviathan
Saving Leviathan
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The hot blood of the great whales may soon flow freely into the cold frigid waters of the Southern Oceans as harpoon cannons roar and the long flensing knives reduce the world's largest intelligent...
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: Images
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: Images
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The Ocean Conservancy posted a gallery of images and video clips in light of President Bush's action of protecting one of the last intact marine ecosystems in the world, one that is home to sharks,...
Greenpeace Ship Barred From Whale Venue
Greenpeace Ship Barred From Whale Venue
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ship used by the environmental group Greenpeace to confront Japanese whaling vessels in the Southern Ocean has been refused permission to dock in the Caribbean island state of St Kitts and Nevis,...
Giants Of The Deep Bring Life To Quiet Phillipines Town
Giants Of The Deep Bring Life To Quiet Phillipines Town
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Donsol, The Philippines - Cocooned in rural seclusion, this placid little town long kept a big but unintended secret: In the first half of the year, the sea swarms with the world's largest fish -...
Whale Fest Dives Into 10th Celebration Of Migrating Gray Whales
Whale Fest Dives Into 10th Celebration Of Migrating Gray Whales
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Kodiak Whale Fest begins Wednesday, promising more than a week of music, art, nature walks, lectures and above all, everything whales. This marks the 10th anniversary of Whale Fest, begun by...
Guide Looks To Preserve Right Whale Population
Guide Looks To Preserve Right Whale Population
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A guide used by Alaska fishermen to help them avoid the world's most endangered whale will soon be available in Russian...
Whale Sharks In Captivity: S. Korea's Largest Aquarium To Be Built In Incheon
Whale Sharks In Captivity: S. Korea's Largest Aquarium To Be Built In Incheon
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South Korea's second largest port city will house the biggest aquarium in the nation. The Incheon city officials said it will be built on 47-thousand square meters of land in Songdo, and will...
X-Ray #10 Now Available For Download
X-Ray #10 Now Available For Download
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NORWAY Special: From NordKapp to Skagerak. "Delta Club": Ukrainian childrens amazing underwater photography. Ordinskaya: Russias longest underwater cave. DIVE FASHION 2006. New Britain in...
Cause Of N.C. Whale Beaching Still Unknown
Cause Of N.C. Whale Beaching Still Unknown
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Scientists likely will never know why more than 30 whales beached along North Carolina's Outer Banks last January, although some evidence indicates sonar wasn't the cause, said a report the Navy...
Mexican Land Boom Creates Commotion In Whale Nursery
Mexican Land Boom Creates Commotion In Whale Nursery
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This remote lagoon, surrounded by salt flats, mesas and desert, has been a sanctuary for gray whales for centuries. Every year they return in January to these quiet, protected waters to give...
MP Acts To Save Sealife
MP Acts To Save Sealife
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Anne Main has started a parliamentary group to fight for the protection of whales, coral and other sealife. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Marine Animal Welfare has been officially...
Luna The Orca Believed Killed By Tugboat Collision
Luna The Orca Believed Killed By Tugboat Collision
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Luna, the juvenile killer whale from Washington state waters who got lost in Canada's Nootka Sound five years ago, apparently died Friday when he was accidentally struck by a tugboat propeller,...
Crews Disentangle Whale
Crews Disentangle Whale
NEWS
Emergency crews were able to disentangle an adult female humpback whale Sunday after it had been in Hawai'i waters for more than a month with loops of 1-inch line cutting into the flesh of its tail...
Blue Whales Still Increasing, Study Finds
Blue Whales Still Increasing, Study Finds
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The slow but steady comeback of the blue whale - the biggest creature to have lived on Earth that was driven nearly to extinction by commercial whalers - is continuing, the latest whale research...
Expert: Disentangling Whales Perilous; 'Interpreting What A Whale Does Is Difficult'
Expert: Disentangling Whales Perilous; 'Interpreting What A Whale Does Is Difficult'
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Whales may be intelligent, but they're not human - so don't expect them to behave in a human-like way when they're entangled in ropes, lobster pots or buoys, says a visiting expert. Whale...
Help Put An End To Whaling
Help Put An End To Whaling
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A website has been set up in an attempt to get one million people to sign a petition to stop whaling. When you insert your name & click on the sign the petition button you will be taken to...
Monitoring Baleen Whales With Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Monitoring Baleen Whales With Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
NEWS
Like robots of the deep, autonomous underwater vehicles, or AUVs, are growing in number and use in the oceans to perform scientific missions ranging from monitoring climate change to mapping the...
Whales In North Sea At Risk Of Beaching
Whales In North Sea At Risk Of Beaching
NEWS
Scientists say as many as 25 sperm whales may be in danger of stranding themselves on Britain's beaches. The Times of London said a pod of juvenile male sperm whales is believed to have...
Review: IMAX Deep Sea 3D
Review: IMAX Deep Sea 3D
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Deep Sea 3D is a 40 minute total immersion into the underwater world. With charismatic stars including Green Turtles, Giant Pacific Octopus, Mola mola, Mantas, sharks and even a Bowhead Whale, the...
Research To Target Threatened Whale Shark
Research To Target Threatened Whale Shark
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A Western Australian Government research program is hoping to find out more about threatened species the whale shark. The shark is targeted by Indonesian fisheries for its fins...
Whale Sharks To Cross Brunei Shores Between March, May
Whale Sharks To Cross Brunei Shores Between March, May
NEWS
Local scuba divers and fishermen are urged to assist in the conservation effort of the whale sharks, as the massive sea creatures will be crossing Brunei shores between March and May as part of...
Tangled Whale Freed Off Hawaiian Island
Tangled Whale Freed Off Hawaiian Island
NEWS
A 40-foot humpback whale wiggled off into the deep without a look back after ocean researchers and volunteers freed it from a tangle of abandoned fishing lines and other debris, possibly saving its...
World First? Diving Instructor Captures Images Of Divers Interacting With Killer Whales
World First? Diving Instructor Captures Images Of Divers Interacting With Killer Whales
NEWS
A diving instructor has recorded what may be the first ever images of killer whales interacting with humans in Argentina. Gabriel Hermida was on a boat taking new divers out for their first ever...
Japanese Said "feeding Whale Meat To Dogs"
Japanese Said "feeding Whale Meat To Dogs"
NEWS
Japan's stock of whale meat from hunting for scientific research is so large that the country has begun selling it as dog food, a leading marine conservation organization said on Friday...
Skilled Tour Operator Is Crucial For Shark Swim
Skilled Tour Operator Is Crucial For Shark Swim
NEWS
Q. Is there a company in Perth, Australia, that can arrange a two-day side trip to Ningaloo Reef Marine Park? I'd like to swim with a whale shark. Ningaloo Reef Marine Park in Western Australia...
Whale Damages Boat, Injures Passenger Off Santa Barbara
Whale Damages Boat, Injures Passenger Off Santa Barbara
NEWS
A gray whale smashed into a 27-foot boat on an evening cruise, damaging the vessel and injuring one person, the boat's owner said. The Bayliner was cruising off Leadbetter Beach shortly before 6...
Legendary Diver Has A Whale Of A Tale To Tell
Legendary Diver Has A Whale Of A Tale To Tell
NEWS
In more than 50 years of recreational and professional scuba diving, Ray McAllister has had more than a few extreme aquatic adventures. The 82-year-old retired oceanography professor at Florida...
Deep Blue Resort-Utila Participates In Major Whaleshark Research Study
Deep Blue Resort-Utila Participates In Major Whaleshark Research Study
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Deep Blue Resort in Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras (http://www.DeepBlueUtila.com) has teamed up with ECOCEAN (http://www.ECOCEAN.org) for one of the largest whale shark research projects ever...
Catching Up With Gray Whales On Their Way To Mexican Waters
Catching Up With Gray Whales On Their Way To Mexican Waters
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The California gray whales are on a 6,000-mile journey - and for some reason, they love to hang in Orange County. More specifically, they pick a spot in Dana Point, where a massive cliff stands...
UWP Magazine Isuue # 28 Is Now Available
UWP Magazine Isuue # 28 Is Now Available
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UwP28 Jan/Feb 2006 Products: Ikelite HDR HC-1 Patima Canon EOS 350D Backscatter 360ND INON D-2000-W Fantasea FD-50 Ikelite 8" dome Sea & Sea HDR HC-1 Olympus PT-030 & 031...
Whale Rider Defies Japanese Butchers; 'I Could See Her Pain'
Whale Rider Defies Japanese Butchers; 'I Could See Her Pain'
NEWS
Among the crew of the Greenpeace ships in the harsh waters of the Southern Ocean he is known as the whale rider. Australian activist Mikey Rosato's defiant action of standing on the back of a...
Ocean Thrill Seekers Snap Catch Of The Day
Ocean Thrill Seekers Snap Catch Of The Day
NEWS
Forty-five minutes into Wednesday's tour three miles off Haleiwa, four people in a shark cage started screaming with excitement. The crew looked to see what all the commotion was about and saw a...
Top Photos Of 2005: Whale Found In Egypt Desert
Top Photos Of 2005: Whale Found In Egypt Desert
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Kicking off our list of the most viewed National Geographic News photos of the year is one whale of a discovery. Egypt may not be the first place you'd look for whales, but once upon a time the...
Christmas And Cocos Is Reefs In Good Shape
Christmas And Cocos Is Reefs In Good Shape
NEWS
An eight-year research project has found coral reef around the Christmas and Cocos Islands is in much better shape than first thought.
Nine Whales, 24 Dolphins Die On Cape Cod
Nine Whales, 24 Dolphins Die On Cape Cod
NEWS
More than two dozen whales and dolphins became stranded on the shores of Cape Cod Bay last week, and experts say the snowstorm may have contributed to their deaths.
Khoo Attempts To Break Guinness Record For Longest Scuba Dive
Khoo Attempts To Break Guinness Record For Longest Scuba Dive
NEWS
Just a few months after attempting to swim across the English Channel, local adventurer Khoo Swee Chiow is set to make headlines again. This time, he wants to break the Guinness World Record...
Tagged Ningaloo whale shark likely eaten in Indonesia
Tagged Ningaloo whale shark likely eaten in Indonesia
NEWS
A whale shark tagged with a tracking device off north-west Western Australia is believed to have been caught and eaten in Indonesia...
Investigation Reveals Boat Captain At Fault For Stranding Three German Divers In The Philippines
Investigation Reveals Boat Captain At Fault For Stranding Three German Divers In The Philippines
NEWS
The boatmen, who took three German scuba divers to the seawaters off Anda peninsula, were blamed for negligence that caused the near fatal accident of the tourists who were billeted in a resort in...
Oceans Getting Too Noisy For Dolphins And Whales
Oceans Getting Too Noisy For Dolphins And Whales
NEWS
Increasing levels of ocean noise generated by military sonar, shipping, and oil and gas exploration are threatening dolphins and whales that rely on sound for mating, finding food and avoiding...
Mexico's Cozumel, Storm Survivor, Awaits Tourists
Mexico's Cozumel, Storm Survivor, Awaits Tourists
NEWS
At first glance, Mexico's Cozumel island -- a Caribbean jewel ringed with coral reefs -- looks like the site of a nuclear explosion. Chunks of concrete pier have been swept away, palm-thatched...
Australian Delegates Seeking Whale Deal
Australian Delegates Seeking Whale Deal
NEWS
An Australian delegation is in the Kenyan capital seeking tougher international protection for sharks, turtles, dugongs and whales. The Nairobi talks this week are part of the eighth Conference...
Increasing Coral Reef Danger
Increasing Coral Reef Danger
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UP to half of the world's coral reefs may disappear by 2045 unless urgent measures are taken to protect them against environmental hazards, particularly climate change, says the World Conservation...
Aquarium Hopes To Breed Whale Sharks
Aquarium Hopes To Breed Whale Sharks
NEWS
Georgia Aquarium officials say they want to breed whale sharks - the biggest fish on earth - at the Atlanta fish tank, a never-attempted feat that would push the bounds of known aquatic science....
Focus On Eco-tourism
Focus On Eco-tourism
NEWS
Eco-tourism is a key development target for many developing countries for it can bring much-needed money into impoverished areas. It can also help people understand and appreciate the importance of...
Scientists Spot A Way To Put Bite On Sharks' Extinction
Scientists Spot A Way To Put Bite On Sharks' Extinction
NEWS
A NEW method of identifying and recording individual whale sharks could help save the giant fish from extinction. Scientists have discovered that the sharks -- considered a threatened species...
Secrets Of Largest Fish Revealed
Secrets Of Largest Fish Revealed
NEWS
High-tech electronic tags on whale sharks, the world's largest fish, have revealed how and where they find food. Researchers in Belize have tracked the sharks as they dive almost a kilometre in...
Whale Shark Aggregation
Whale Shark Aggregation
NEWS
The biggest shark in the sea comes here for an all-you-can eat buffet. Just off this remote speck of land three hours north of Cancun, whale sharks mass by the hundreds each summer in a spectacle...
Whale Shark Dilemma
Whale Shark Dilemma
NEWS
Shark Trust members will have read in the latest edition of Shark Focus about the Whale Sharks kept in captivity in Osaka, Japan, and about how the author had a dilemma between the personal...
Whalesharks Are Shrinking
Whalesharks Are Shrinking
NEWS
According to a study by Australian scientists, the world's largest fish, the whaleshark is getting smaller. Records show a reduction in the whalesharks' average size from 7 meters in 1995 to...
Georgia Aquarium Unveils Its Mysteries
Georgia Aquarium Unveils Its Mysteries
NEWS
The star of a show straight out "Finding Nemo," cruised through the sapphire blue water with incredible grace for an animal roughly the size of a sport-utility vehicle. At 13 feet, Norton...
Mozambique's Bazaruto Archipelago Lives Up To Those Travel Brochure Cliches
Mozambique's Bazaruto Archipelago Lives Up To Those Travel Brochure Cliches
NEWS
The archipelago's animal species read like a zoologist's directory: whales, marine turtles, rays and dolphins. (Although dugongs feature prominently in promotional literature, spotting them is...
Stranded Whale Shark In Dubai, Safe & Sound
Stranded Whale Shark In Dubai, Safe & Sound
NEWS
Divers from the Emirates Diving Association (EDA) and Dubai police entered the water to check on the condition of the shark yesterday. After several failed attempts to drive the harmless...
Stranded Whale Shark In Dubai, Safe & Sound
Stranded Whale Shark In Dubai, Safe & Sound
NEWS
Divers from the Emirates Diving Association (EDA) and Dubai police entered the water to check on the condition of the shark yesterday. After several failed attempts to drive the harmless...
Tagged Whale Sharks 'surprise' Scientists
Tagged Whale Sharks 'surprise' Scientists
NEWS
Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) researchers began tagging whale sharks off Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef two months ago. Information from the transponders they attached to the...
Australians Rescue 120 Stranded False Killer Whales
Australians Rescue 120 Stranded False Killer Whales
NEWS
A successful rescue of 120 false killer whales began Thursday morning on the west coast of Australia when 15 whales were found stranded at the Dolphin Bay Boat Ramp in Geographe Bay, West Bussleton.
World's Largest Fish Is Shrinking
World's Largest Fish Is Shrinking
NEWS
The world's largest fish, the gentle and solitary whale shark, is getting smaller, an international conference heard this week. This has led to concerns that the future of this highly migratory...
Landmark Wyland Whale Mural To Be Replaced By Giant Advertisement
Landmark Wyland Whale Mural To Be Replaced By Giant Advertisement
NEWS
One of Detroit's most famous public art landmarks is once again threatened with extinction. U.S. Outdoor, whose bid to cover a 10-story whale mural across from Comerica Park with a giant...
Helis The Beluga Whale Looks Thin
Helis The Beluga Whale Looks Thin
NEWS
Helis, the wandering beluga whale spotted for the second time in the Philadelphia area recently, is worrying researchers because he looks thin. "The animal is a little bit thin, and it has...
New Solutions That Reduce The Accidental Death Of Marine Life Reeled In By International Smart Gear Competition
New Solutions That Reduce The Accidental Death Of Marine Life Reeled In By International Smart Gear Competition
NEWS
Accidental Deaths of Hundreds of Thousands of Sea Turtles, Whales, Dolphins and Juvenile Fish Could Be Prevented...
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