WHALES AHOY - DARWIN DAILY

Japan whaling fleet sails to Antarctic Ocean Tuesday

Nov 30, 2015 (AFP)

Japan will dispatch a whaling fleet to the Antarctic on Tuesday after a one year suspension, the government said, defying international criticism and a UN legal...

Hong Kong's dolphins at risk of disappearing

Nov 29, 2015 (AFP)

As Hong Kong seeks to expand its international airport and with a major new bridge project under way, campaigners warn that the dwindling number of much-loved p...

Sea Shepherd warns Japan against resuming whaling

Nov 29, 2015 (AFP)

Environmental activist group Sea Shepherd on Sunday warned Japan against resuming "research" whaling in the Antarctic while calling on the Australian government...

Australian court fines Japanese firm over whale kills

Nov 18, 2015 (AFP)

A Sydney court fined a Japanese firm Aus$1 million (US$709,300) Wednesday for repeatedly killing Antarctic minke whales in an Australian Southern Ocean sanctuar...

Southern right whale calf wounding by kelp gulls increased to nearly all over 4 decades

Nov 17, 2015 (SPX)

Wounding of southern right whale calves and mothers by Kelp Gulls has increased from 2% to 99% over four decades, according to a study published in the open-acc...

SeaWorld to do away with killer whale show

Nov 09, 2015 (AFP)

US theme park SeaWorld announced Monday that it planned to phase out its signature killer whale show, which has come under intense criticism in recent years. Th...

Scientists release first video footage of Omura's whale

Nov 04, 2015 (UPI)

Last month, scientists published the first field observations of the Omura's whale, a rare species scientists had for decades misidentified. This week, research...

Pro-whaling Japanese demonstrate against conservationists

Oct 31, 2015 (AFP)

Some 50 nationalists on Saturday staged a rally in the southern Japanese whaling town of Taiji to counter anti-whaling campaigns by conservation group Sea Sheph...

What's killing young right whales

Oct 28, 2015 (SPX)

The baby whales suddenly began dying in 2005. And continued for several years running. Scientists had never seen anything like it around Peninsula Valdes, an im...

Study provides first field observations of rare Omura's whales

Oct 26, 2015 (SPX)

An international team of biologists has made the first-ever field observations of one of the least known species of whales in the world--Omura's whales--off the...

NOAA hexacopter monitors health of Southern Resident killer whales

Oct 23, 2015 (SPX)

A NOAA Fisheries research team flying a remotely operated hexacopter in Washington's San Juan Islands in September collected high-resolution aerial photogrammet...

Watch: Humpback whales swim beneath the northern lights

Oct 12, 2015 (UPI)

Norway's proximity to the arctic and clean, fish-filled water make it one of the few places in the world where the Northern Lights and whale sightings occasiona...

Tokyo district tries to reel in tourists with whale meat

Oct 09, 2015 (AFP)

When tourists think of Japan, images of dramatic landscapes, futuristic cities and world class sushi might spring to mind. But one Tokyo district is hoping to r...

Blue whales forage efficiently to maintain massive body size

Oct 08, 2015 (SPX)

As the largest animals to have ever lived on Earth, blue whales maintain their enormous body size through efficient foraging strategies that optimize the energy...

Deep-diving whales could hold answer for synthetic blood

Oct 02, 2015 (SPX)

The ultra-stable properties of the proteins that allow deep-diving whales to remain active while holding their breath for up to two hours could help Rice Univer...

Iceland says it killed 184 whales this year

Sep 30, 2015 (AFP)

Iceland announced Wednesday that 155 fin whales and 29 minke whales were killed in its hunting season this year, in defiance of calls to end the practice. These...

A whale of a tale

Sep 23, 2015 (SPX)

To some, it may not come as a surprise to learn that the great whales are carnivores, feeding on tiny shrimp-like animals such as krill. Moreover, it might not ...

When sperm whales click, is it culture?

Sep 08, 2015 (AFP)

Sperm whales create social cliques based on a shared dialect of vocal clicks, evidence that humans are not alone in having culture, according to research publis...

Japanese town's annual dolphin hunt starts

Sep 03, 2015 (AFP)

A small Japanese town kicked off its controversial dolphin hunt on Thursday after bad weather delayed the start, according to a local fisheries official, while ...

Japan releases 'Flipper' dolphin trainer after arrest

Sep 02, 2015 (AFP)

Japanese police said Wednesday that they have released US animal rights activist Ric O'Barry, who trained dolphins for the TV show "Flipper", after he was arres...