WHALES AHOY - NANO DAILY

Jul 29, 2014 (AFP)

Japan announced Tuesday that it had wrapped up a whale hunt in the Pacific, the second campaign since the UN's top court ordered Tokyo to halt a separate slaugh...

15-year analysis of blue whales off California finds conflict with shipping lanes

Jul 24, 2014 (SPX)

A comprehensive 15-year analysis of the movements of satellite-tagged blue whales off the West Coast of the United States found that their favored feeding areas...

Whales as ecosystem engineers

Jul 04, 2014 (SPX)

"Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part," wrote Herman Melville in Moby Dick. Today,...

Sea Shepherd battles to stop Faroes' dolphin 'grind'

Jun 13, 2014 (AFP)

Hundreds of Sea Shepherd activists are heading for the Faroe Islands for an unprecedented campaign against a traditional dolphin hunt that they call "an obsolet...

N.Zealand snubs call to better protect 'hobbit' dolphin

Jun 11, 2014 (AFP)

New Zealand on Wednesday dismissed a call from top marine scientists to better protect a rare dolphin, saying existing safeguards for the creature dubbed "the h...

Panama saves whales and protects world trade

May 29, 2014 (SPX)

The Republic of Panama's proposal to implement four Traffic Separation Schemes for commercial vessels entering and exiting the Panama Canal and ports was approv...

Japan whaling town sued by dolphin activists

May 15, 2014 (AFP)

Animal rights activists said Thursday they had sued a major Japanese whaling town internationally condemned for its dolphin hunts for banning "foreign-looking" ...

Which has a more efficient 'engine': A tuna or a whale?

May 14, 2014 (SPX)

A large gray whale and a much smaller skipjack tuna each propels itself through water. Which is the more efficient swimmer? It has been difficult to compare pro...

Japan imports tonnes of whale meat from Iceland: Greenpeace

May 09, 2014 (AFP)

Environmentalists on Friday lashed out after Japan imported 2,000 tonnes of frozen whale meat from Iceland, in what they say is continued defiance of world opin...

Canadian town tries to sell whale carcass on eBay

May 05, 2014 (AFP)

A fishing village in easternmost Canada tried on Monday to auction off on eBay a sperm whale carcass that washed up onto its shores. By midday, the town of Cape...

Explosive issue: how to deal with giant whale carcass

May 02, 2014 (AFP)

What do you do with a rare blue whale weighing up to 180 tons that has died and is threatening to explode its stinking innards all over your town? That is the u...

Whales hear us more than we realize

May 02, 2014 (SPX)

Killer whales and other marine mammals likely hear sonar signals more than we've known. That's because commercially available sonar systems, which are designed ...

Japan kicks off first whale hunt since UN court ruling

Apr 26, 2014 (AFP)

A Japanese whaling fleet left port Saturday under tight security, marking the first hunt since the UN's top court last month ordered Tokyo to stop killing whale...

Scientists Identify Source of Mysterious Low-Frequency Sound Heard for Decades in the Southern Ocean

Apr 25, 2014 (SPX)

Scientists have conclusive evidence that the source of a unique rhythmic sound, recorded for decades in the Southern Ocean and called the "bio-duck," is the Ant...

Humpback protections downgrade clears way for pipeline

Apr 22, 2014 (AFP)

Environmentalist activists on Tuesday decried Canada's downgrading of humpback whale protections, suggesting the decision was fast-tracked to clear a major hurd...

Taiwan sets up sanctuary for endangered humpback dolphin

Apr 21, 2014 (AFP)

Taiwan is setting up its first marine wildlife sanctuary, in a bid to protect its dwindling population of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, officials said Monday. ...

Japan to redesign Antarctic whale hunt after UN court ruling

Apr 18, 2014 (AFP)

Japan said Friday it would redesign its controversial Antarctic whaling mission in a bid to make it more scientific, after a United Nations court ruled it was a...

Tracking sperm whales' ecology through stomach contents

Apr 08, 2014 (SPX)

In the largest regional study of its type to date, marine ecologist Michelle Staudinger and colleagues offer better understanding of the feeding ecologies of tw...

Norway keeps whaling quota unchanged for 2014

Apr 01, 2014 (AFP)

Norway maintained on Tuesday its quota of previous years to hunt up to 1,286 whales in its waters in 2014, despite whalers repeatedly catching less than the lim...

Whaling ban applauded despite fears of Japan sidestep

Apr 01, 2014 (AFP)

Australia and New Zealand on Tuesday applauded a court decision that Japan must halt its annual Antarctic whale hunt, but raised fears it could sidestep the ord...