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Spike in whale deaths off Argentina's Patagonia: NGO
Jun 04, 2013 (AFP)
Southern right whales are dying off at a record rate in Argentina's Patagonia region, a conservation group warned Tuesday. "In the year 2012, there were 116 wha...
Endangered whale used for Japan dog treats: NGOs
May 28, 2013 (AFP)
Meat from endangered whales caught by Icelandic hunters is being sold in Japan as luxury dog treats, environmental campaigners said Tuesday. Michinoku Farm, a T...
Construction machinery called in to vacate whale head from Perth beach
May 27, 2013 (UPI)
A rotting whale head washed ashore in Perth, Australia on Monday morning -- the stinking hunk of flesh presenting quite the challenge for authorities tasked wit...
Study reveals how fishing gear can cause slow death of whales
May 24, 2013 (SPX)
Using a "patient monitoring" device attached to a whale entangled in fishing gear, scientists showed for the first time how fishing lines changed a whale's divi...
New England whale watchers treated to influx of humpbacks
May 23, 2013 (UPI)
A recent whale watching cruise from Boston Harbor to Stellwagen Bank -- a federally protected marine sanctuary located at the mouth of Massachusetts Bay -- feat...
Using earthquake sensors to track endangered whales
May 21, 2013 (SPX)
The fin whale is the second-largest animal ever to live on Earth. It is also, paradoxically, one of the least understood. The animal's huge size and global rang...
Whales can't taste anything but salt
May 16, 2013 (UPI)
In the mammalian race to food snobbery, whales are at the back of the pack. They don't even know what umami is. They're likely rather adept, however, at determi...
103-year-old killer whale seen cruising northern Pacific Ocean
May 15, 2013 (UPI)
Granny is back, and she's rolling deep -- 25 whales deep. "Granny" is what scientists call the matriarch of a pack of killer whales known as the "J-Pod," or the...
Hong Kong risks losing its pink dolphins: groups
May 06, 2013 (AFP)
Conservationists warned Monday that Hong Kong may lose its rare Chinese white dolphins, also known as pink dolphins for their unique colour, unless it takes urg...
Iceland to resume disputed fin whale hunt in June
May 04, 2013 (AFP)
Iceland plans to resume its disputed commercial fin whale hunt in June with a quota of at least 154 whales, the head of the only company that catches the giant ...
Researchers Track Singing Humpback Whales on a Northwest Atlantic Feeding Ground
May 02, 2013 (SPX)
Male humpback whales sing complex songs in tropical waters during the winter breeding season, but they also sing at higher latitudes at other times of the year....
Whales able to learn from others
Apr 30, 2013 (SPX)
Humpback whales are able to pass on hunting techniques to each other, just as humans do, new research has found. A team of researchers, led by the University of...
Dead blue whale's rotting stench, bloating worry Canada's Trout River residents
Apr 29, 2013 (UPI)
The rotting stench of a bloated blue whale has residents of Trout River, Canada, worried. The dead whale washed ashore more than a week ago and has since double...
Whales share knowledge and learn from others much as humans do
Apr 25, 2013 (UPI)
Humpback whales are able to learn from each other, passing on hunting techniques in much the same way humans share knowledge, British researcher say. A study le...
Japan plans to resume whaling in 2015
Apr 15, 2013 (UPI)
Earlier this month, the International Court of Justice halted Japanese whaling, ruling it in violation of the 1986 moratorium on whaling. But late last week, Ja...
An Ancient Biosonar Sheds New Light on the Evolution of Echolocation in Toothed Whales
Apr 11, 2013 (SPX)
Some thirty million years ago, Ganges river dolphins diverged from other toothed whales, making them one of the oldest species of aquatic mammals that use echol...
Dwarf whale survived well into Ice Age
Apr 11, 2013 (SPX)
Research from New Zealand's University of Otago detailing the fossil of a dwarf baleen whale from Northern California reveals that it avoided extinction far lon...
Japan's whale 'research' is flashpoint in global dispute
Apr 03, 2013 (AFP)
The Institute of Cetacean Research can be found in a nondescript white-brick office building in Tokyo's port district. Down a hallway and through an unmarked do...
New Study Analyzes the Risk to Endangered Whales from Ship Traffic off Southern California
Mar 28, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers have identified areas off southern California with high numbers of whales and assessed their risk from potentially deadly collisions with commercial...
World's biggest creature tracked by its song
Mar 27, 2013 (AFP)
An Australian-led group of scientists has for the first time tracked down and tagged Antarctic blue whales by using acoustic technology to follow their songs, t...
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