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Study Reveals How Fishing Gear Can Cause Slow Death of Whales
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
... > full story
Using Earthquake Sensors to Track Endangered Whales
Oceanographers used data
from seafloor seismometers
to analyze more than 300,000
fin-whale calls. By
triangulating the position
they created more than 150
... > full story
Singing Humpback Whales Tracked on Northwest Atlantic Feeding Ground
Male humpback whales sing
complex songs in tropical
waters during the winter
breeding season, but they
also sing at higher
... > full story
Whales Are Able to Learn from Others: Humpbacks Pass on Hunting Tips
Humpback whales are able to
pass on hunting techniques
to each other, just as
humans do, new research has
found. ... > full story
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Sea Mammals Find U.S. Safe Harbor
April 11, 2013 — New research shows that many US marine mammal populations -- especially some seals and sea lions -- have rebounded since 1972, because of the Marine Mammal Protection ... > full story -
Great White Sharks Scavenging on Dead Whales
April 10, 2013 — Biologists have explored the behaviors of Great white sharks scavenging on dead whales in South Africa. The team documented as many as 40 different sharks scavenging on a carcass over the course of a ... > full story -
An Ancient Biosonar Sheds New Light on the Evolution of Echolocation in Toothed Whales
April 4, 2013 — Some 30 million years ago, Ganges river dolphins diverged from other toothed whales, making them one of the oldest species of aquatic mammals that use echolocation, or biosonar, to navigate and find ... > full story -
Dwarf Whale Survived Well Into Ice Age
April 4, 2013 — Research detailing the fossil of a dwarf baleen whale from Northern California reveals that it avoided extinction far longer than previously ... > full story -
Risk to Endangered Whales from Ships in Southern California Analyzed in New Study
March 25, 2013 — Researchers have identified areas off southern California with high numbers of whales and assessed their risk from potentially deadly collisions with commercial ship ... > full story -
Antarctica's First Whale Skeleton Found With Nine New Deep-Sea Species
March 18, 2013 — Marine biologists have, for the first time, found a whale skeleton on the ocean floor near Antarctica, giving new insights into life in the sea depths. The discovery was made almost a mile below the ... > full story -
Mass Strandings of Pilot Whales May Not Be Driven by Kinship, DNA Profiles Show
March 14, 2013 — Recent research has shed some light on whether family relationships play a role in beachings of otherwise healthy whales. Investigators used genetic data to describe the kinship of individual ... > full storyMore: -
Bottlenose Dolphin Leaders More Likely to Lead Relatives Than Unrelated Individuals
March 13, 2013 — Traveling into uncharted territory in search of food can be a dangerous undertaking, but some bottlenose dolphins may benefit by moving through their habitat with relatives who may be more ... > full story -
Whale's Streaming Baleen Tangles to Trap Food
March 13, 2013 — Many whales filter food from water using racks of baleen plates in their mouths, but no one had ever investigated how baleen behaves in real life. According to an expert, baleen was viewed as a ... > full story -
Mystery of 'Zombie Worm' Development Unveiled
March 12, 2013 — How do bone-eating worms reproduce? A new study sheds light on this question through a detailed observation of the postembryonic development and sexual maturation of Osedax worms, also known as ... > full story
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