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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
NEWS
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
NEWS
The Sea Shepherd boat Steve Irwin engaged in a high-powered water cannon battle with a Japanese whaling ship on Monday
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
NEWS
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...
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
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...
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...
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
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...
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
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
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: 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...
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
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
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
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
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...
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.
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...
Federal Government Declares Beluga Whale In Alaska's Cook Inlet Endangered
Federal Government Declares Beluga Whale In Alaska's Cook Inlet Endangered
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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
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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.
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.
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.
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.
U.S. to Limit Ship Speed at Sea
U.S. to Limit Ship Speed at Sea
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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.
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
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
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
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
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.
Fishermen Blamed for Surge in Deaths of Dolphins and Whales
Fishermen Blamed for Surge in Deaths of Dolphins and Whales
NEWS
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
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...
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...
Whale Slaughter: US to Plug Loophole
Whale Slaughter: US to Plug Loophole
NEWS
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
Whales Stranded off Madagascar
Whales Stranded off Madagascar
NEWS
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.
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?
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
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
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
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...
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
NEWS
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...
Limits Upheld on Sonar Use in Navy Tests
Limits Upheld on Sonar Use in Navy Tests
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Norway Keeps Whaling Quota, Draws Ire
Norway Keeps Whaling Quota, Draws Ire
NEWS
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
NEWS
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...
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?
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
Costa Rican Ban Whale and Dolphin Hunting
Costa Rican Ban Whale and Dolphin Hunting
NEWS
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
NEWS
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
NEWS
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...
Pilot Whales Die in Mass New Zealand Stranding
Pilot Whales Die in Mass New Zealand Stranding
NEWS
Fifteen pilot whales died Wednesday after being stranded on a beach in New Zealand, and more were still at risk
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...
Humpbacks Safe for Now
Humpbacks Safe for Now
NEWS
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
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
Britan slams whaling industry
Britan slams whaling industry
NEWS
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
NEWS
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...
Japan Ignores Whale Noises
Japan Ignores Whale Noises
NEWS
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
NEWS
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
NEWS
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...
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,...
World's Sharks Threatened By Kitchen Predator
World's Sharks Threatened By Kitchen Predator
NEWS
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...
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....
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...
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...
Arctic Narwhal Proves It's The True Prince Of Whales
Arctic Narwhal Proves It's The True Prince Of Whales
NEWS
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
NEWS
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
NEWS
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....
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
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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...
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...
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
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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...
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...
New Whale-Safe Lobster Fishing Requirements In Maine
New Whale-Safe Lobster Fishing Requirements In Maine
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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...
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...
Video: Humpback Whales Feeding Frenzy
Video: Humpback Whales Feeding Frenzy
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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
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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
NEWS
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Japan 'dummy-spit' On Whales
Japan 'dummy-spit' On Whales
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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....
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
NEWS
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...
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
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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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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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
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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,...
VIDEO: Gray Whale Lingering Near Santa Barbara Shore
VIDEO: Gray Whale Lingering Near Santa Barbara Shore
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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...
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...
Jumbo Squid And Sperm Whales Tagged
Jumbo Squid And Sperm Whales Tagged
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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...
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
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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
NEWS
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
NEWS
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 Creatures To Be Tracked Electronically
Sea Creatures To Be Tracked Electronically
NEWS
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...
Japanese Whaling Ship And Sea Shepherd Boat Collide At Sea
Japanese Whaling Ship And Sea Shepherd Boat Collide At Sea
NEWS
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
NEWS
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
NEWS
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
NEWS
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
NEWS
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....
Bite Back - Petition To Stop Dolphin Hunts
Bite Back - Petition To Stop Dolphin Hunts
NEWS
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...
Killer Whales Spotted Southeast Of Barbados
Killer Whales Spotted Southeast Of Barbados
NEWS
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
NEWS
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...
Four Arnoux's Beaked Whales Observed From Polarstern Expedition
Four Arnoux's Beaked Whales Observed From Polarstern Expedition
NEWS
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),...
Iceland Leaves Slaughtered Whales To Rot
Iceland Leaves Slaughtered Whales To Rot
NEWS
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...
Sea Shepherd Launches Operation Leviathan With New Ship
Sea Shepherd Launches Operation Leviathan With New Ship
NEWS
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...
The Revenge Of The Whales And Dolphins - It Had To Happen
The Revenge Of The Whales And Dolphins - It Had To Happen
NEWS
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...
Animals Win: Navy To Cut Sonar Use
Animals Win: Navy To Cut Sonar Use
NEWS
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...
Alaska's Beluga Whales In Decline
Alaska's Beluga Whales In Decline
NEWS
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...
Ship Canal Project Killing Whales, Say Activists
Ship Canal Project Killing Whales, Say Activists
NEWS
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
NEWS
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....
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?
NEWS
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
NEWS
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
NEWS
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...
Whales Found To Speak In Dialects
Whales Found To Speak In Dialects
NEWS
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
NEWS
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
NEWS
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
NEWS
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
NEWS
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
NEWS
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
NEWS
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...
Bush May End Drilling Ban In Alaskan Bay
Bush May End Drilling Ban In Alaskan Bay
NEWS
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
NEWS
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...
UK Sealife Watchers' Code Launched
UK Sealife Watchers' Code Launched
NEWS
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
NEWS
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,...
Whale Vocabulary More Elaborate Than Thought
Whale Vocabulary More Elaborate Than Thought
NEWS
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
NEWS
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...
Endangered Whales And Sea Turtles Off California And Oregon Remain Protected
Endangered Whales And Sea Turtles Off California And Oregon Remain Protected
NEWS
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...
NZ Whale Strandings
NZ Whale Strandings
NEWS
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...
Japan Catches 35 Whales Near Hokkaido
Japan Catches 35 Whales Near Hokkaido
NEWS
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
NEWS
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...
Pirates, Vacuum-fishing Threaten Antarctic Waters
Pirates, Vacuum-fishing Threaten Antarctic Waters
NEWS
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
NEWS
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...
Immune System Failing For Beluga Whale At Georgia Aquarium
Immune System Failing For Beluga Whale At Georgia Aquarium
NEWS
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
NEWS
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...
Swim With The Humpbacks Of Rurutu
Swim With The Humpbacks Of Rurutu
NEWS
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
NEWS
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
NEWS
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
NEWS
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....
Small Wonder
Small Wonder
NEWS
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
NEWS
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
NEWS
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
NEWS
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
NEWS
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
NEWS
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
NEWS
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
NEWS
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
NEWS
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...
Rare Whales Can Live To Nearly 200, Eye Tissue Reveals
Rare Whales Can Live To Nearly 200, Eye Tissue Reveals
NEWS
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
NEWS
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...
Marine Management Is All At Sea
Marine Management Is All At Sea
NEWS
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...
Saving Leviathan
Saving Leviathan
NEWS
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
NEWS
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,...
Whale Fest Dives Into 10th Celebration Of Migrating Gray Whales
Whale Fest Dives Into 10th Celebration Of Migrating Gray Whales
NEWS
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...
X-Ray #10 Now Available For Download
X-Ray #10 Now Available For Download
NEWS
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
NEWS
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
NEWS
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
NEWS
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...
Blue Whales Still Increasing, Study Finds
Blue Whales Still Increasing, Study Finds
NEWS
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'
NEWS
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
NEWS
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...
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...
Deep Blue Resort-Utila Participates In Major Whaleshark Research Study
Deep Blue Resort-Utila Participates In Major Whaleshark Research Study
NEWS
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
NEWS
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...
Top Photos Of 2005: Whale Found In Egypt Desert
Top Photos Of 2005: Whale Found In Egypt Desert
NEWS
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...
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.
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...
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
NEWS
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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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