WHALES AHOY - DARWIN DAILY

Japan court clears anti-dolphin-hunt activist

Feb 22, 2012 (AFP)

A Japanese court on Wednesday ruled that a Dutch supporter of militant environmentalist group Sea Shepherd was not guilty of assaulting a man in a dolphin-hunti...

Norway renews whale hunting quotas, Greenpeace protests as

Feb 17, 2012 (AFP)

Norway announced Friday it was renewing its whale hunting quotas for 2012, approving the killing of 1,286 whales even though the country's dwindling whaling fle...

Court denies Japanese whalers' appeal over US group

Feb 16, 2012 (AFP)

A US judge refused Thursday to restrain a US-based environmental group from disrupting the activities of Japanese whalers, allegedly with violence. Judge Richar...

Southern Indian Ocean humpbacks singing different tunes

Feb 10, 2012 (SPX)

A recently published study by the Wildlife Conservation Society and others reveals that humpback whales on both sides of the southern Indian Ocean are singing d...

Ship noise boosts stress in whales, 9/11 reveals: study

Feb 08, 2012 (AFP)

The steady drone of motors along busy commercial shipping lanes not only alters whale behaviour but can affect the giant sea mammals physically by causing chron...