WHALES AHOY - DARWIN DAILY

Antarctic blue whales belong to three populations: study

Mar 09, 2016 (AFP)

Antarctic blue whales, the largest creatures on the planet, likely belong to three populations that feed alongside each other but breed in separate oceans, acco...

Russian military seeks five combat dolphins

Mar 09, 2016 (AFP)

Russia's defence ministry is looking to buy five dolphins, the government revealed on Wednesday, as the country strives to revive its Soviet-era use of sea mamm...

Study shows whales dine with their own kind

Mar 04, 2016 (SPX)

For a few weeks in early fall, Georges Bank - a vast North Atlantic fishery off the coast of Cape Cod - teems with billions of herring that take over the region...

Sea Shepherd struggling to find Japan whaling fleet

Feb 15, 2016 (AFP)

Environmental activist group Sea Shepherd admitted Monday it was struggling to find Japanese whaling vessels in the vast Southern Ocean and urged the Australian...

New research reveals foraging patterns of beluga whales

Feb 12, 2016 (UPI)

Beluga whales live in faraway arctic waters that are deathly cold and difficult to navigate. The conditions make gathering comprehensive data on the species qui...

Japan deports 'The Cove' dolphin activist

Feb 05, 2016 (AFP)

US animal rights activist Ric O'Barry, detained for nearly three weeks after being denied entry to Japan, has been deported from the country, his supporters sai...

Eight dead sperm whales found on German beach

Feb 01, 2016 (AFP)

Eight dead sperm whales have washed up on a German beach, just weeks after 12 of the giant mammals were found dead at other sites on the North Sea, officials sa...

Massive whale washes ashore in India's Mumbai

Jan 29, 2016 (AFP)

Mumbai's coastline is more used to rubbish washing ashore than dead mammals, but on Friday residents woke to the sight of a nearly 40-foot-long whale on one of ...

Exercise helps young baleen whales develop ability to store oxygen for extended dives

Jan 21, 2016 (SPX)

Baleen whale calves develop oxygen-carrying myoglobin as they mature, and exercise may drive the key component of early development, according to a study publis...

Dolphin circus sparks animal cruelty debate in Central Asia

Jan 21, 2016 (AFP)

Inside a travelling aquatic circus in Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek, whoops and cheers go up as a dolphin leaps out of a pool and slam-dunks a ball through a bas...

'The Cove' dolphin activist Ric O'Barry detained in Japan: supporters

Jan 20, 2016 (AFP)

US animal rights activist Ric O'Barry who featured in "The Cove", a documentary about dolphin slaughter in a Japanese town, has been detained in Tokyo by immigr...

Chemicals threaten Europe's killer whales with extinction

Jan 14, 2016 (AFP)

Killer whales in European waters face extinction due to outlawed but long-lived pollutants that also threaten several species of dolphins, according a study rel...

Dozens of whales die after southern India stranding

Jan 12, 2016 (AFP)

Dozens of whales have died after stranding themselves on a southern Indian beach, a forestry official said Tuesday, with local fishermen struggling to save othe...

Did ancient Panamanian islanders hunt dolphins?

Jan 07, 2016 (UPI)

Researchers have found more evidence that ancient Panamanian islanders consumed dolphins, but it remains unclear whether these seafaring people systematically h...

Humpback whale visits Narragansett Bay

Dec 29, 2015 (UPI)

On Monday, a humpback whale was seen swimming well off the beaten path in the waters of Narragansett Bay, just off the coast of Rhode Island. Wickford harbormas...

Australia's Turnbull tells Abe of 'deep disappointment' over whaling

Dec 18, 2015 (AFP)

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Friday told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of his "deep disappointment" over Tokyo's resumption of whaling in ...

Pressure mounts on Australia PM over Japan whaling

Dec 16, 2015 (AFP)

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull vowed Wednesday to raise whaling in meetings with Japan's leader Shinzo Abe this week as environmentalists urged him ...

Researchers describe new North Pacific fossil whale

Dec 09, 2015 (SPX)

A new species of fossil baleen whale that lived in the North Pacific Ocean 30 to 33 million years ago has been described by researchers from New Zealand's Unive...

New Zealand and Australia lead Japan whaling protest

Dec 07, 2015 (AFP)

New Zealand led an international protest Monday against Japan's plans to resume killing whales in the Southern Ocean, while Australia said it was considering fu...

Japan fleet sets sail for Antarctic whale hunt

Dec 01, 2015 (AFP)

A Japanese whaling fleet set sail for the Antarctic on Tuesday, on a mission to resume the slaughter after a one-year pause, with environmentalists slamming the...