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Genetic Analysis Disputes Increase in Antarctic Minke Whales
January 14, 2010 — A new genetic analysis of Antarctic minke whales concludes that population of these smaller baleen whales have not increased as a result of the intensive hunting of other larger whales -- countering ... > full story -
New Acoustic Tools May Reduce Ship Strikes on Whales
December 29, 2009 — Over the past decade, researchers have developed a variety of reliable real-time and archival instruments to study sounds made or heard by marine mammals and fish. These new sensors are now being ... > full story -
Australian Fossil Unlocks Secrets to the Origin of Whales
December 22, 2009 — A palaeobiologist has made groundbreaking discoveries into the origin of baleen whales, based on a 25-million-year-old fossil found near Torquay in Victoria, ... > full story -
Zoning the Ocean May Help Endangered Whales to Recover
December 16, 2009 — Marine scientists have proposed a new method to identify priority areas for whale conservation, based on feeding behavior and human ... > full story -
Story of 4.5-Million-Year-Old Whale Found in Spain
December 15, 2009 — In 2006, researchers found the fossil remains of a whale, 4.5 million years old, in Spain. Now they have published, for the first time, the results of the decay and fossilization process that started ... > full story -
Pitch of Blue Whale Songs Is Declining Around the World, Scientists Discover
December 9, 2009 — The sound level of songs blue whales sing across the vast expanses of the ocean to attract potential mates has been steadily creeping downward for the past few decades, and scientists believe the ... > full story -
Ecologists Sound out New Solution for Monitoring Cryptic Species
November 27, 2009 — Ecologists have worked out a way of using recordings of birdsong to accurately measure the size of bird populations. This is the first time sound recordings from a microphone array have been ... > full story -
How Might Navy Sonar Affect Hearing of Whales and Other Marine Animals?
November 24, 2009 — Rocket science is opening new doors to understanding how sounds associated with Navy sonar might affect the hearing of a marine mammal -- or if they hear it at ... > full story -
Bizarre Lives of Bone-Eating Worms
November 9, 2009 — It sounds like a classic horror story -- eyeless, mouthless worms lurk in the dark, settling onto dead animals and sending out green "roots" to devour their bones. In fact, such worms do exist in the ... > full story -
Whales Are Polite Conversationalists: Rhythms Can Be Spotted In Ocean's Chatter
October 26, 2009 — What do a West African drummer and a sperm whale have in common? According to some reports, they can both spot rhythms in the chatter of an ocean crowded with the calls of marine mammals -- a feat ... > full story
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