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Scientists Successfully Use Sedation to Help Disentangle North Atlantic Right Whale
January 22, 2011 — Scientists have successfully used at-sea chemical sedation to help cut the remaining ropes from a young North Atlantic right whale on January 15 off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Fla. The sedative ... > full story -
Monk Seal and Hump-Backed Dolphin Are Threatened by Fishing Activities Off Coast of Mauritania
January 21, 2011 — Researchers in Spain have studied the marine trophic network in Mauritania, on the north west coast of Africa, which is an extremely heavily exploited fishing area, as well as being home to two of ... > full story -
Oil Giant Plans New Platform Near Feeding Ground of Critically Endangered Whale
January 17, 2011 — Sakhalin Energy Investment Company -- part owned by Shell -- has announced plans to build a major oil platform near crucial feeding habitat of the Western North Pacific gray whale population. Only ... > full story -
Colossal Fossil: Museum's New Whale Skeleton Represents Decades of Research
December 16, 2010 — There's a whale of a new display at the University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural History, a leviathan that represents a scientific saga of equally grand ... > full story -
Loss of Arctic Ice May Promote Hybrid Marine Mammals
December 16, 2010 — Scientists have expected for some time that the Arctic Ocean will be ice-free in summer by the end of this century. Researchers now say the seasonal loss of this ice sheet, a continent-sized natural ... > full story -
Dolphin by-Catch Includes Genetic Relatives
December 15, 2010 — A new study provides insight for the conservation of small cetaceans by demonstrating that Franciscana dolphins accidentally entangled in fishing nets include genetic relatives, or mother-offspring ... > full story -
Blue Whale-Sized Mouthfuls Make Foraging Super Efficient
December 9, 2010 — How much can a blue whale eat in a single mouthful and how much energy do they burn while foraging? Researchers discovered that blue whales can swallow almost 2,000,000kJ (almost 480,000kcalories) in ... > full story -
Pacific Sperm Whales Exposed to PAHs, Pesticides, Other Pollutants
December 7, 2010 — Whale researchers found evidence of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and persistent organic pollutants, including the pesticide DDT, in Pacific Ocean-dwelling sperm ... > full story -
Fleshing out the Life Histories of Dead Whales
December 6, 2010 — Dead whales that sink down to the seafloor provide a feast for deep-sea animals that can last for years. Previous research suggested that such "whale falls" hosted unique animals that lived nowhere ... > full story -
Whale Sharks Use Geometry to Avoid Sinking
November 24, 2010 — They are the largest fish species in the ocean, but the majestic gliding motion of the whale shark is, scientists argue, an astonishing feat of mathematics and energy conservation. Marine scientists ... > full story
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