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Japan's whaling science under the microscope
May 20, 2015 (AFP)
When Japanese researchers said earlier this year that eating whale meat could help prevent dementia and memory loss, the news provoked snorts of derision -- it ...
NASA Satellite Data Helps Protect Endangered Whales
May 14, 2015 (SPX)
Bruce Mate has been tagging blue whales since 1979. After 35 years, he has yet to lose his sense of wonder. "The term 'awesome' is almost trite nowadays, people...
Solomon Islands dolphin hunts cast spotlight on small cetacean survival
May 13, 2015 (SPX)
A new study on the impact of 'drive-hunting' dolphins in the Solomon Islands is casting a spotlight on the increasing vulnerability of small cetaceans around th...
These gigantic whales have nerves like bungee cords
May 09, 2015 (SPX)
Nerves aren't known for being stretchy. In fact, "nerve stretch injury" is a common form of trauma in humans. But researchers reporting in the Cell Press journa...
Listening for whales and fish in the Northwest Atlantic ocean
May 08, 2015 (SPX)
Scientists are using a variety of buoys and autonomous underwater vehicles to record and archive sounds from marine mammals and fish species in the western Nort...
New fossil rattles Moby Dick's family tree
May 05, 2015 (SPX)
Almost since the time of Melville's epic hunt, scientists have been fascinated by the remarkable attributes of the sperm whale and its kin, the smaller pigmy an...
Study: Blue whales can't avoid barges, ocean liners
May 05, 2015 (UPI)
For millions of years, nothing got in the way of the blue whale. When you're the largest living animal -- and the heaviest to ever exist -- other creatures tend...
Dolphins use extra energy to communicate in noisy waters
Apr 27, 2015 (SPX)
Dolphins that raise their voices to be heard in noisy environments expend extra energy in doing so, according to new research that for the first time measures t...
US says most humpback whales no longer endangered
Apr 21, 2015 (AFP)
The humpback whale has long been considered an endangered species, but the US government said Monday that the population has rebounded in most areas and no long...
Rare Omura's whale washes up in Australia
Apr 14, 2015 (AFP)
A rarely seen Omura's whale has washed up in Australia, only the second sighting nationally and one of the few globally, exciting scientists who know little abo...
Japan says will try again with 'scientific' whaling program
Apr 14, 2015 (AFP)
Japan's top whaling negotiator said Tuesday Tokyo would try again to justify its "scientific" Antarctic Ocean hunt after a panel of experts said the government ...
IWC experts question Japan's new whaling plan
Apr 13, 2015 (AFP)
A panel of experts from the International Whaling Commission on Monday questioned Japan's new Antarctic whaling plan, telling it to provide more information to ...
Mass beaching fuels 'unscientific' Japan quake fears
Apr 11, 2015 (AFP)
The mass beaching of more than 150 melon-headed whales on Japan's shores has fuelled fears of a repeat of a seemingly unrelated event in the country -- the deva...
SeaWorld, activists clash on social media over orcas' lot
Mar 31, 2015 (AFP)
SeaWorld and animal rights groups clashed on social media Tuesday over the company's treatment of orcas, which star as the main attraction at several marine par...
Japan whaling ships return home from Antarctic with no catch
Mar 28, 2015 (AFP)
Japanese whaling ships returned home from the Antarctic on Saturday for the first time in nearly 30 years with no catch onboard, after a UN court ordered an end...
12 whales die after Australia stranding
Mar 23, 2015 (AFP)
Twelve whales died on Monday after stranding themselves against a rocky breakwater on Australia's west coast, with experts working hard to save another four. Th...
Scientists reconstruct evolutionary history of whale hearing
Mar 20, 2015 (SPX)
A team of scientists from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History gained new understanding about the evolutionary history of whale hearing thanks t...
Norway whale meat dumped in Japan after pesticide finding
Mar 11, 2015 (AFP)
Whale meat imported into Japan from Norway has been dumped after tests found it contained up to twice the permitted level of harmful pesticide, the government s...
Washington's Makah Indian tribe could soon hunt gray whales
Mar 09, 2015 (UPI)
The Makah Indian tribe, an indigenous people of the Northwest Plateau in Washington state, have been prohibited in recent years from whaling, a part of the cult...
Menopausal whales are influential and informative leaders
Mar 06, 2015 (SPX)
Menopause is a downright bizarre trait among animals. It's also rare. Outside of the human species, only the female members of two whale species outlive their r...
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