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Japan to resume whaling in Antarctic despite court ruling
Japan decides to resume hunting whales in the Antarctic after a break of more than a year despite a ruling by the International Court of Justice.
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Rare Omura’s whale caught on camera for the first time ever
One of the most mysterious whales in the ocean has been captured on film for the first time. In fact, the footage comes from the first confirmed observations of the species in the wild. Omura's whales were long mistaken for another species. Genetic data confirmed their uniqueness in 2003, but all of the information came from dead samples — whale bits left over from Japanese whaling expeditions and carcasses found stranded on shore.
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Drones Captured These ‘Killer’ Whale Family Portraits
Not just beautiful, these photos show that raising killer whale calves is a family affair. By Erin Blakemore.
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Whales synchronize their songs across oceans, and there’s sheet music to prove it
Visualizing the structure of whale music reveals more similarities to human music than you might expect. By David Rothenberg.
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Humpback Whale Breaches on Top of Kayakers
On our 08:00 am Sanctuary Cruises whale tour, just outside the harbor in Moss Landing, two kayakers on a tandam kayak were almost crushed to death by a massive, near full-size humpback whale.
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This child's amazing plan to save the Arctic has impressed Greenpeace
A letter sent to Greenpeace by a seven-year-old makes a lot more sense than most of the Government's green plans
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Listening To Whale Migration Reveals A Sea Of Noise Pollution, Too
Christopher Clark, an engineer turned whale biologist, wired the world's oceans with hydrophones. Whales sing as they migrate, he learned. And the ship sounds clouding the ocean can deeply interfere.
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Unraveling the mystery of Alaska’s dead whales - DOW Blog
Since May, there have been 30 reported dead whales washed up on Alaskan shores, and scientists can’t easily identify why.
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Chasing Bayla
Biologist Michael Moore had waited all day — really, all his life — for the whale to surface, the suffering giant he thought he could save, that science had to save. It had come down to this... By Sarah Schweitzer.
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Why the 'unspoiled' Faroe Islands are a must-visit
Breath-stealing landscapes of rolling green pastures and tiny villages make the Faroe Islands a tourist destination.
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Playing Orcas Dazzle Onlookers Near Galiano Island,British Columbia
Nearly 50 orcas belonging to the J and L pods were captured on video travelling through B.C.'s Active Pass near Galiano Island on Sunday.
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Interview: Photographer Christopher Swann Captures Whales and Dolphins in All Their Glory
British photographer Christopher Swann captures stunning shots of cetaceans like whales and dolphins both above and beneath the surface of the ocean. With over 25 years of experience diving and running whale- and dolphin-watching holidays around the world, the photographer has become finely attuned to the behaviors of these majestic creatures, enabling him to venture close to them for intimate and eye-opening portraits.
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52 Blue
At a remote military base in the Pacific Northwest, Navy sonar technicians hear a confounding sound. It is the voice of a whale, but one that sings at a frequency—52 hertz—never before heard by scientists, and inaudible to other members of its species. The whale seems to be alone in the Pacific Ocean, unable to communicate with its kind... By Leslie Jameson. (August, 2014)
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SeaWorld accused of sending employee to infiltrate animal rights protests
Peta released photos of a SeaWorld employee and an activist who urged others to get ‘aggressive’ against SeaWorld – and they appear to be the same man.
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Migaloo turns to New Zealand Whale Highway
Australia's best known whale, Migaloo, appears to have turned up again. But not where he usually does.
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Japan to resume whale hunts in the Antarctic
Japan says it plans to resume whale hunts in the Antarctic later this year, even though the International Whaling Commission says Tokyo hasn't proven that the mammals need to be killed for research. The IWC's Scientific Committee said in a report Friday that it wasn't able to determine whether lethal sampling is necessary for whale stock management and conservation. In April, an IWC experts' panel made similar comments about a revised...
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‘A deaf whale is a dead whale’: US navy sonars could be cause of strandings
Marine researchers speculate noise pollution in the Pacific is disrupting whales’ vital abilities to hear and migrate – and driving them ashore at an alarming rate
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Greedy killer whale eats 27 porpoises and seals
In 1861, a dissection of a dead killer whale revealed the presence of 27 large mammals in its stomach. It was so surprising that Jules Verne wrote the beast into Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
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The mammal with the stretchiest nerves on the planet
Fin whales seem to be unique among vertebrates because some of their nerves can be stretched out to twice their normal size
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Blue whales lack the ability to avoid cargo ships, says biologist
For millions of years, blue whales have cruised the world's oceans with hardly a care, their sheer size making them largely free from predator attacks. The downside to being the largest animals in history, however, is that the species was never pressured to evolve defensive behaviors.
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