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Dolphin virus outbreak in Atlantic is deadliest ever

Nov 08, 2013 (AFP)

The deadliest known outbreak of a measles-like virus in bottlenose dolphins has killed a record number of the animals along the US Atlantic coast since July, of...

Green groups concerned over Ghana whale deaths mystery

Nov 06, 2013 (AFP)

Decomposed whale carcasses have been washing up on beaches in Ghana's oil-producing west, raising the ire of environmental groups worried the country's growing ...

Fugitive eco-activist eyes anti-whale battle from afar

Nov 05, 2013 (AFP)

Fugitive eco-activist Paul Watson is due in a US court this week for his latest legal battle -- but, after 15 months on the run, he says he is happy to leave th...

Bats and whales behave in surprisingly similar ways

Nov 04, 2013 (SPX)

Sperm whales weigh up to 50 tons, and the smallest bat barely reaches a gram. Nevertheless, the two species share the same success story: They both have develop...

Fugitive eco-activist says granted Australian visa

Nov 02, 2013 (AFP)

Fugitive eco-warrior Paul Watson says he has been granted an Australian visa, but explained that he cannot for the moment lead anti-whaling campaigning, due to ...

Fugitive eco activist lands in US, vows to pursue fight

Oct 31, 2013 (AFP)

Fugitive eco-warrior Paul Watson has arrived in the United States after 15 months at sea, on the run from an international Interpol request for his arrest, he a...

Name that tune

Oct 25, 2013 (SPX)

The same algorithm used to find tunes in music retrieval systems has been successfully applied in identifying the signature whistles of dolphins, affording a ne...

Japan dolphin-killing town to open marine park

Oct 07, 2013 (AFP)

The Japanese town made infamous by the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove" will open a marine park where visitors can swim with dolphins, but officials said Mo...

Genetics helps identify hunted, and poorly known, whale species

Oct 03, 2013 (UPI)

A genetic study of a species of whales sometimes targeted by Japan's scientific whaling program could aid management strategies for the animals, scientists say....

Norwegian whale hunters satisfied with increased catch

Oct 02, 2013 (AFP)

Norwegian whale hunters announced a big increase in their annual catch Wednesday but it remained less than half the limit set by the government. "The hunt has b...

Research reveals bottom feeding of tagged humpback whales

Oct 01, 2013 (SPX)

New NOAA-led research on tagged humpback whales in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary reveals a variety of previously unknown feeding techniques along th...

2008 mass whale stranding attributed to sonar mapping, researchers say

Sep 26, 2013 (UPI)

A mass whale stranding in Loza Lagoon off Madagascar on 2008 has been attributed to high-frequency mapping sonar systems, researchers said. An investigatory tea...

Sonar mapping for oil killed Madagascar whales: study

Sep 26, 2013 (AFP)

A noisy technology that blasts high-frequency sounds below water to map the ocean for oil probably caused the deaths of 75 melon-headed whales off Madagascar, e...

Beluga whales create art in Japan aquarium

Sep 18, 2013 (AFP)

Beluga whales at an aquarium near Tokyo are learning how to paint pictures as part of an autumn art programme for visitors, an official said Wednesday. The sea ...

Pacific humpback whale abundance higher in British Columbia

Sep 16, 2013 (SPX)

Humpback whale populations are on the rise in the coastal fjords of British Columbia, doubling in size from 2004 to 2011, according to results published Septemb...

Africa's 'right-on' whale capital

Sep 16, 2013 (AFP)

Perched away from the world on the rocky southern tip of Africa, the town of Hermanus rose to global whale-watching renown almost by chance. Two decades ago, as...

Surprising underwater-sounds: Humpback whales also spend their winter in Antarctica

Sep 16, 2013 (SPX)

Biologists and physicists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, found out that not all of the Southern Hemisphere h...

Whales feel the (sun)burn!

Sep 09, 2013 (SPX)

Whales have been shown to increase the pigment in their skin in response to sunshine, just as we get a tan. Research published in the Nature journal, Scientific...

Measles-like virus blamed for Atlantic dolphin deaths

Aug 27, 2013 (AFP)

A dolphin virus that is similar to measles in humans is suspected of causing the deaths of hundreds of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins since July, US officials sai...

Scientists in search of cause of increase in dolphin deaths

Aug 20, 2013 (UPI)

Scientists say they're struggling to learn why dead dolphins are washing up on the U.S. East Coast in unusually high numbers this year. Federal authorities said...