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Humpback whale freed from netting off Hawaii coast

Feb 23, 2015 (UPI)

After spending all of last week circling Hawaii's Big Island with its tail entangled in hundred of feet of fishing netting, a 40-ton humpback is now swimming fr...

Nearly 200 whales stranded along New Zealand coast

Feb 13, 2015 (UPI)

At last count, at least 198 pilot whales had become stranded on the beaches of New Zealand's South Island. Officials with New Zealand's Department of Conservati...

Lonely zoo orca in Florida gets 'endangered' protection

Feb 05, 2015 (AFP)

Lolita, a captive orca that has spent more than four decades in an aquarium tank, will be granted the same endangered species protection as her wild relatives, ...

Baleen whales hear through their bones

Jan 30, 2015 (SPX)

Understanding how baleen whales hear has posed a great mystery to marine mammal researchers. New research by San Diego State University biologist Ted W. Cranfor...

It's a girl! Biologists confirm rare new orca calf is female

Jan 08, 2015 (UPI)

With seas momentarily calm in the Strait of Georgia off British Columbia, scientists have finally been able to get close enough to determine the sex of the newl...

Japan whaling ships set out for Antarctic - to count, not hunt

Jan 08, 2015 (AFP)

Japanese whaling ships set sail for the Antarctic on Thursday on the look out for whales, but only to count them and take skin samples, after a UN court ordered...

Harpoonless Japanese whalers heading for Antarctic: govt

Jan 06, 2015 (AFP)

Japanese whalers will set out for the Antarctic this week, but will leave their harpoons at home after the United Nations' top court last year ruled their annua...

Chicago's Brookfield Zoo home to newborn bottlenose dolphin

Dec 15, 2014 (UPI)

First-time mom Allison, a nine-year-old bottlenose dolphin, successfully birthed a male calf a the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago Friday. The baby bottlenose measure...

Endangered porpoises four years from extinction

Dec 10, 2014 (UPI)

Biologists say that for the vaquita of the Gulf of California, a small species of porpoise and the rarest cetacean in the world, extinction is just four years a...

Beached pregnant whale found with teeth plucked

Dec 08, 2014 (UPI)

Officials with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, in Canada, are investigating the disappearance of several whale teeth, sawed off and stolen right out of ...

Isolated for 70,000 years, Arabian Sea humpbacks genetically distinct

Dec 04, 2014 (UPI)

If you've been wondering where the most the most genetically distinct group of humpback whales in the world are, don't fret, scientists have been asking themsel...

Orcas are showing up in the Puget Sound in unprecedented numbers

Dec 01, 2014 (UPI)

The coastal waters of the Pacific Northwest are welcoming an influx of tourists -- not the type with cameras strapped around their necks and fanny packs around ...

Japan's new whaling plan will prove hunt is science: negotiator

Nov 26, 2014 (AFP)

A two-thirds cut in Japan's Antarctic whaling quota announced this month should be enough to prove that the hunt is for genuine scientific purposes, the country...

Rare albino dolphin captured in Japan's 'Cove': campaigner

Nov 25, 2014 (AFP)

A rare albino dolphin has been captured by Japanese fishermen, said a campaign group staging a protest against the sale or slaughter of the creatures. The albin...

Japan cuts Antarctic whale quota

Nov 18, 2014 (AFP)

Japan said Tuesday it has cut its Antarctic whale-catch quota by two-thirds in a move it hopes will convince international opponents it is conducting genuine sc...

Japan cuts Antarctic whale quota after UN court ruling

Nov 18, 2014 (AFP)

Japan said Tuesday it has cut its Antarctic whale-catch quota by two-thirds in a move it hopes will convince international opponents it is conducting real scien...

More pilot whales die after stranding in New Zealand

Nov 06, 2014 (AFP)

A group of 22 pilot whales died Thursday when they re-stranded on a New Zealand beach less than a day after rescuers had shepherded them back out to sea, offici...

Scientists film family of orcas using unmanned 'hexacopter'

Oct 17, 2014 (UPI)

In partnership with marine biologists from the Vancouver Aquarium, scientists with NOAA Fisheries were able to capture remarkable bird's-eye video of a pod of k...

Rare beaked whale washes up in Australia

Oct 14, 2014 (AFP)

A rare beaked whale washed up in Australia Tuesday, exciting researchers who know little about an animal that spends much of its time diving at depth far from s...

Study: Killer whales can learn to speak dolphin

Oct 08, 2014 (UPI)

Researchers at the Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute, in San Diego, recently found that killer whales raised in captivity alongside bottlenose dolphins can lear...