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Study reveals how fishing gear can cause slow death of whales (USA)
May 21th, 2013. 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 diving and… more →
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Study reveals how fishing gear can cause slow death of whales (USA)
wrote 1 day ago: May 21th, 2013. Using a “patient monitoring” device attached to a whale entangled in fis … more →
Blue whale protection may need to increase (New Zealand)
wrote 2 days ago: Blue whales were extensively hunted and remain only in small populations. Photo / Thinkstock Monday … more →
Entanglement-free shellfish farm coming (Massachusetts, USA)
wrote 4 days ago: Scientists survey a minke whale that was found dead, entangled in fishing gear off Martha’s Vi … more →
Scientists track giant whales by their earthshaking calls (Northwest coast, USA)
wrote 1 week ago: May 11th, 2013 (Sandi Doughton). UW scientists are using seafloor seismometers to pick up booming ca … more →
Right Whale Die-Off Continues to Puzzle (Argentina)
wrote 1 week ago: Southern right whale near Península Valdés. Photo by : Michaël Catanzariti. May 10th, 2013. Scientis … more →
Dwarf sperm whale treated, released in Patong (Thailand)
wrote 2 weeks ago: The dwarf sperm whale was found swimming weakly off Phuket’s Patong Beach. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawo … more →
Whale Hunting to Recommence in Iceland
wrote 2 weeks ago: Photo copyright Icelandic Photo Agency. May 3rd, 2013. The commercial hunting of fin whales will rec … more →
Scituate lobstermen to help retrieve damaged fishing gear (Massachusetts, USA)
wrote 2 weeks ago: May 02, 2013 (Chris Burrell). SCITUATE — They may seem like strange bedfellows but a small group of … more →
“Astonishing” and Rare Orca vs. Sperm Whales Video Explained (Sri Lanka)
wrote 3 weeks ago: April 30, 2013 (Brian Clark Howard). The other day Alexis Manning posted a link in the Nat Geo Daily … more →
Singing Humpback Whales Tracked In Northwest Atlantic Feeding Grounds
wrote 3 weeks ago: Image Credit: Ethan Daniels / Shutterstock April 30th, 2013. Humpback whales are known for their son … more →
Dead Whale Washes Up In East Quogue (New York, USA)
wrote 1 month ago: A whale washed up off Dune Road near Triton Lane in East Quogue on Wednesday, April 17. DANA SHAW Ap … more →
Australia to tackle Japan on whaling at UN world court (Netherlands)
wrote 1 month ago: April 11th, 2013. THE HAGUE — Australia is to fire the opening salvoes in a legal battle before the … more →
Scientists keeping track of whales by following songs (Southern Ocean)
wrote 1 month ago: An Australian-led group of scientists has for the first time tracked down and tagged Antarctic blue … more →
Right whales in the midst of a revival (Massachusetts, USA)
wrote 2 months ago: March 17, 2013 (Beth Daley). North Atlantic right whales, once the focus of dire extinction talk, ha … more →
Stranded whale butchered in Lekki (Lagos) (Nigeria)
wrote 2 months ago: Photo courtesy Enahoro Edgal, shows the whale being butchered . . . yesterday in Lekki. March 15th, … more →
In rare natural event, mother right whale adopts orphaned calf (South Africa)
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wrote 2 months ago: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 (Pete Thomas). There has been plenty of bad news recently involving cetac … more →
Pygmy sperm whales found stranded euthanized (Florida, USA)
wrote 2 months ago: Monday, March 4, 2013 (Charles Elmore). A whale and her calf beached themselves at Jensen Beach and … more →
Arabian Sea humpbacks' singing put to test
wrote 2 months ago: See rare Arabian Sea humpback whales and hear their unique “singing” on BBC Two’s … more →
Wind park building noise 'can kill porpoises'
wrote 2 months ago: February 26th, 2013. German scientists are working to prevent the noise from building oceanic wind p … more →
