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Endangered Right Whales Protected With New Warning Buoys In Shipping Lanes
Endangered North Atlantic
right whales are safer along
Massachusetts Bay's busy
shipping lanes this spring,
thanks to a new system of
... > full story
Researchers To Develop Ocean Sanctuary 'Noise Budget' To Evaluate Potential Impact On Marine Life
Buoys equipped with
underwater microphones and
other sensors will be on
duty in the Stellwagen Bank
National Marine Sanctuary
... > full story
Rare White Killer Whale Spotted In Alaskan Waters
Scientists in the North
Pacific have sighted a
creature of great rarity and
even myth: a white whale.
The white killer whale was
spotted with its pod about
... > full story
Northern Right Whales Head South To Give Birth, Leave Genetic 'Fingerprints' With NOAA Researchers
Like many northerners who
head south to warmer
climates for the winter,
many Northern right whales
also head south in November
... > full story
- Endangered Right Whales Protected With New Warning Buoys In Shipping Lanes
- Researchers To Develop Ocean Sanctuary 'Noise Budget' To Evaluate Potential Impact On Marine Life
- Rare White Killer Whale Spotted In Alaskan Waters
- Northern Right Whales Head South To Give Birth, Leave Genetic 'Fingerprints' With NOAA Researchers
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Can Exposure To Intense Underwater Sound Result In Death Of Whales?
February 21, 2008 — NOAA Fisheries Service is looking at how marine mammals react to underwater sound. Increasing evidence suggests that exposure to intense underwater sound in some settings may cause certain marine ... > full story -
Beaked Whales Actually Hear Through Their Throats
February 8, 2008 — Researchers have been using computer models to mimic the effects of underwater noise on an unusual whale species and have discovered a new pathway for sound entering the head and ears. Since 1968, it ... > full story -
Critically Endangered Porpoise May Be Doomed To Extinction
January 16, 2008 — An international research team reported in the scientific journal Conservation Biology, that the estimated population of vaquita, a porpoise found in the Gulf of California, is likely two years away ... > full story -
Photo-monitoring Whale Sharks: Largest Fish In The Sea Appear To Thrive Under Regulated Ecotourism
December 29, 2007 — Up to 20 meters long and weighing as much as 20 tons, its enormous size gives the whale shark its name. Listed as a rare species, relatively little is known about whale sharks. However, a new study ... > full story -
Dolphin 'Therapy' A Dangerous Fad, Researchers Warn
December 24, 2007 — People suffering from chronic mental or physical disabilities should not resort to a dolphin "healing" experience, warn two researchers. The scientists have launched an educational campaign ... > full story -
Whales Descended From Tiny Deer-like Ancestors
December 21, 2007 — Scientists since Darwin have known that whales are mammals whose ancestors walked on land. But one critical step was missing: The identity of the land ancestors of whales. Researchers have now ... > full story -
Whales For The Saving: Research Demonstrates Need For Speed Restrictions
October 31, 2007 — There are less than 400 of them left in the world, and many of them travel to Canadian waters each year to feed. The North Atlantic Right Whale is one of the most endangered whales in the world. New ... > full story -
Increased Bering Sea Ice Explains Prehistoric Fur Seal Rookeries
September 20, 2007 — The Bering Sea provides critical habitat for many species of marine mammals, including seals, sea lions and whales. The predictable formation and movement of sea ice is a defining feature of this ... > full story -
Fossil Whale Puts Limit On Origin Of Oily, Buoyant Bones In Whales
September 14, 2007 — When a whale dies and falls to the bottom in the deep ocean, it attracts a weird community of mollusks, crabs and worms that feed on its oil-rich bones. A 15 million-year-old fossilized whale ... > full story -
Rare Dolphin Driven To Extinction By Human Activities, Scientists Fear
September 13, 2007 — An international research team, including biologists from NOAA Fisheries Service has failed to find a single Yangtze River dolphin, or baiji, during a six-week survey in China. The scientists fear ... > full story
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