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First Right Whale Sedation Enables Disentanglement Effort
March 11, 2009 — For the first time ever, rescuers used a new sedation delivery system to help free an entangled North Atlantic right whale. This is the first time in worldwide history a free-swimming large whale was ... > full story -
Mother Whales Teach Babies Where To Eat: Can Southern Right Whales Adapt If Food Becomes Scarce?
February 9, 2009 — Biologists have discovered that young right whales learn from their mothers where to eat, raising concern about their ability to find new places to feed if Earth's changing climate disrupts their ... > full story -
Early Whales Gave Birth On Land, Fossil Find Reveals
February 4, 2009 — Two newly described fossil whales -- a pregnant female and a male of the same species -- reveal how primitive whales gave birth and provide new insights into how whales made the transition from land ... > full story -
Older Killer Whales Make The Best Mothers
February 2, 2009 — Killer whales nearing the menopause may be more successful in rearing their young. New research shows that estimated survival rates for calves born to these older mothers were 10 percent higher than ... > full story -
NOAA Gives Navy Marine Mammal Protection Measures For Sonar Training Off The Atlantic Coast And Gulf Of Mexico
January 24, 2009 — NOAA's Fisheries Service has issued regulations and a letter of authorization to the U.S. Navy that includes measures to protect marine mammals while conducting Atlantic fleet active sonar training ... > full story -
New Breeding Ground For Endangered Whales? High Numbers Of Right Whales Seen In Gulf Of Maine
December 31, 2008 — A large number of North Atlantic right whales have been seen in the Gulf of Maine in recent days, leading right whale researchers to believe they have identified a wintering ground and potentially a ... > full story -
Scientists Attempt Disentanglement Of Right Whale Off Florida
December 27, 2008 — Scientists recently attempted a disentanglement of a critically endangered North Atlantic right ... > full story -
First Portable System Enabling In Situ Detection Of Cetacean Hearing Loss Developed
December 17, 2008 — Marine scientists have developed the world's first portable system for measuring cetacean hearing ... > full story -
Beaked Whales’ Tusks Evolved Through Sexual Selection Process
December 16, 2008 — For years, scientists have wondered why only males of the rarely seen family of beaked whales have "tusks," since they are squid-eaters and in many of the species, these elaborately modified teeth ... > full story -
Acoustic Phenomena Explain Why Boats And Animals Collide
December 10, 2008 — Researchers have laid the groundwork for a sensory explanation for why manatees and other animals are hit repeatedly by boats. Last year, 73 manatees were killed by boats in Florida's bays and inland ... > full story
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