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Japan 'mulling IWC withdrawal' to resume commercial whaling
Dec 20, 2018 (AFP)
Such a move would spark international criticism against Japan over whale conservation and deepen the divide between anti- and pro-whaling countries. "We are con...
Jurassic marine reptile was warm-blooded, had blubber, used camouflage
Dec 05, 2018 (UPI)
The ancient marine reptiles were ubiquitous in the Jurassic oceans. Studies of ichthyosaur fossils suggest they were dolphin-like in appearance, but until now, ...
Whale songs' changing pitch may be response to population, climate changes
Dec 04, 2018 (SPX)
A new study finds there's a seasonal variation in the whales' pitch correlated with breaking sea ice in the southern Indian Ocean. The new research also extends...
Mass Australian stranding leaves 28 whales dead
Nov 28, 2018 (AFP)
A pilot flying a private plane over Croajingolong National Park in Victoria state spotted 27 pilot whales and one humpback stranded on the beach Tuesday afterno...
New Zealand rescuers save six stranded whales
Nov 27, 2018 (AFP)
Wildlife rangers and volunteers used pontoons to float the killer pygmy whales -- part of a group of 12 found beached in the country's far north on Sunday -- an...
Humpback whale songs simplified during 'cultural revolutions'
Nov 27, 2018 (SPX)
The study examined the structure and complexity of songs sung by the eastern Australian humpback whale population over 13 consecutive years. Dr Jenny Allen from...
145 whales die on remote New Zealand beach
Nov 26, 2018 (AFP)
The stranding was discovered by a hiker late Saturday on Stewart Island, 30 kilometres (19 miles) off the southern coast of the South Island. Half of the whales...
Dead sperm whale in Indonesia found with 6 kg of plastic in stomach
Nov 21, 2018 (AFP)
The items were part of nearly six kilograms (13 pounds) of plastic waste discovered in the 9.5-metre (31-foot) carcass when it washed ashore in Wakatobi Nationa...
Eleven seal species narrowly escaped extinction
Nov 19, 2018 (SPX)
Population geneticists at Bielefeld University and the British Antarctic Survey have found that eleven seal species only narrowly escaped extinction. The scient...
Humpback whales travel to the Mediterranean to feed
Nov 15, 2018 (UPI)
Historically, humpback whales in the Mediterranean Sea have been a rare sight, but anecdotal evidence hinted at increased visitation over the last 150 years. Un...
Recovery of endangered whales hampered by humans long after hunting
Nov 07, 2018 (AFP)
Coping with such debris, along with ship collisions and other forms of human encroachment, have severely stymied recovery of the majestic sea mammals long after...
Humpback whales stop singing when ships are near: study
Oct 24, 2018 (AFP)
Researchers focused on the remote Ogasawara Islands in Japan, some 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) south of Tokyo, where a single passenger-cargo liner passed thro...
Scientists spot six near-extinct vaquita porpoises
Oct 17, 2018 (AFP)
The vaquita has been nearly wiped out by illegal fishing in its native habitat, the Gulf of California, and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warned in May that it ...
Dolphins and whales in evolutionary arms race to fight disease threats
Oct 15, 2018 (SPX)
Yet understanding how these aquatic mammals fight disease-causing pathogens, how they adapt to changing pathogenic threats, and how their immune responses are t...
Gray whales from California could help save their Russian cousins
Oct 11, 2018 (UPI)
New research suggests the two populations aren't entirely distinct and occasionally interbreed. The eastern population of gray whales is significantly larger th...
Arctic beluga whale 'swimming strongly' in Thames estuary
Sep 26, 2018 (AFP)
"At the moment, there are no major concerns for the welfare of the animal," the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said in a statement, addi...
Dolphins show they can cooperate to solve problems
Sep 19, 2018 (UPI)
Trainers at the Dolphin Research Center in the Florida Keys coached pairs of dolphins to swim to and press a button on the opposite end of a lagoon. Each dolphi...
Japan on brink of IWC pullout after commercial whaling comeback blocked
Sep 14, 2018 (AFP)
Japan's vice-minister for fisheries Masaaki Taniai said he "regretted" the vote's outcome, and threatened Tokyo's withdrawal from the 89-member body if progress...
Belugas adopt toothy whale lost in Canadian waters
Sep 13, 2018 (AFP)
The juvenile narwhal -- identifiable from its tusk and grey spots -- was filmed by marine biologists over the summer, swimming closely with about 10 white belug...
IWC passes Brazil project to protect whales
Sep 13, 2018 (AFP)
The biennial meeting of the 89-nation body passed the host country's "Florianopolis Declaration" which sees whaling as no longer being a necessary economic acti...
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