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Seven pilot whales die in mass stranding on S.Africa beach
Mar 24, 2013 (AFP)
Nineteen pilot whales washed up on a Cape Town beach in South Africa Sunday and seven of them died, sea rescue officials said, prompting a frenzy to save the re...
Sea Shepherd sues Japanese whaler in Netherlands for 'piracy'
Mar 21, 2013 (AFP)
Environmental group Sea Shepherd has filed a suit against the crew of Japanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru alleging piracy and attempted manslaughter after they c...
Whale's streaming baleen tangles to trap food
Mar 19, 2013 (SPX)
Diving and plunging through the waves to feed, some whales throw their jaws wide and engulf colossal mouthfuls of fish-laden water while other species simply co...
Antarctic whale skeleton is rare find
Mar 18, 2013 (UPI)
The first whale skeleton ever found on the ocean floor near Antarctica is providing new insights into life in the sea depths, British marine biologists say. Wor...
Dolphins may call each other by name
Mar 08, 2013 (UPI)
U.S. scientists studying the clicks, whistles and whines of dolphins talking to each other say the creatures may be calling each other by name. One dolphin can ...
Beached whale in Spain dies from ingesting plastic waste
Mar 07, 2013 (AFP)
A 4.5 tonne sperm whale that washed ashore in southern Spain died from ingesting large amounts of plastic sheets used in greenhouses on farms in the region, a s...
Japan will never stop whaling: minister
Feb 26, 2013 (AFP)
Japan's fisheries minister said Tuesday his country will never stop hunting whales, despite fierce criticism from other nations and violent clashes at sea with ...
How the whale got its teeth
Feb 25, 2013 (SPX)
Whales are mammals, but they don't look like the mammals living around us, as they have a triangular fluke for tail, no hind legs and no body hair. And inside t...
High tech helps scientists protect whales
Feb 23, 2013 (AFP)
Scientists are delving deep into the travels of whales -- thanks to high-tech tracking devices -- to try to help protect them. Except for a few species, global ...
Genetics used to gauge whale comeback
Feb 14, 2013 (UPI)
North Atlantic humpback whales have recovered from years of whaling, but a precise pre-whaling number estimate is key to defining that recovery, scientists say....
River in Brazil's Amazon rainforest yields new dolphin species
Jan 27, 2013 (UPI)
Scientists are reporting the discovery of a river dolphin species in Brazil's vast Amazon rainforest, the first such new identification in 100 years. The discov...
Scientists set sail to study blue whales
Jan 22, 2013 (UPI)
An international team of researchers has left Australia on the inaugural voyage of a project to study the Antarctic blue whale, officials said. Scientists from ...
Success reported in protecting whales during seismic oil-gas surveys
Jan 16, 2013 (UPI)
The oil/gas industry, scientists and conservationists have worked to produce a way to minimize seismic survey impacts on rare whales, a conservation group says....
Whales' foraging strategies revealed by new technology
Jan 11, 2013 (SPX)
Marine biologists are beginning to understand the varied diving and foraging strategies of filter-feeding whales by analyzing data from multisensor tags attache...
Scientists Use Marine Robots to Detect Endangered Whales
Jan 10, 2013 (SPX)
Two robots equipped with instruments designed to "listen" for the calls of baleen whales detected nine endangered North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of Mai...
Killer whales trapped in Canada ice freed
Jan 10, 2013 (AFP)
Hold the icebreaker! Eleven killer whales facing imminent danger after getting trapped by ice in Hudson Bay on Canada's Arctic shore managed to free themselves ...
Australia legal challenge to Japan whaling moves closer
Dec 29, 2012 (AFP)
Australia Saturday condemned Japan's annual whaling expedition as its hunting fleet steamed to the Southern Ocean, and said a challenge through the Internationa...
Japan whaling fleet leaves port for Antarctica
Dec 28, 2012 (AFP)
Japanese whaling vessels left port Friday bound for the Southern Ocean on their annual pursuit of the huge marine mammals, and on a collision course with milita...
Massive beached whale dies in New York City
Dec 27, 2012 (AFP)
An endangered whale that beached in New York City died on Thursday despite a day-long effort to keep the emaciated 18-meter (60-foot) finback alive by spraying ...
Multi-tasking whales sing while feeding, not just breeding
Dec 26, 2012 (SPX)
Humpback whales are famed for their songs, most often heard in breeding season when males are competing to mate with females. In recent years, however, reports ...
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