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Whale Has Super-Sized Big Gulp
June 15, 2007 — How does the largest animal on earth survive on a diet of the smallest of prey? By having a jaw that spans a quarter of its body length, an enormous mouth that goes from the head to the belly button, ... > full story -
Study Helps Preserve Arctic Whale, Eskimo Subsistence Hunt
June 12, 2007 — Research on one of the oldest-living mammals - the bowhead whale - has helped preserve a primary food source for Eskimos in the far reaches of Alaska, and also may provide a useful tool for studying ... > full story -
Drilling Could Be Nail In The Coffin For World's Most Endangered Whale Population
May 29, 2007 — Fifteen cetacean species occur in Bristol Bay, a spectacularly rich area of marine life, including the endangered bowhead, blue, fin, sei, humpback and sperm whales. A planned lease sale area in ... > full story -
Whales In Hot Water: Global Warming's Effect On World's Largest Creatures
May 22, 2007 — Whales, dolphins and porpoises (cetaceans) are facing increasing threats from climate change, according to a new report. Key issues are: Changes in sea temperature; declining salinity because of the ... > full story -
DNA Analysis Suggests Under-Reported Kills Of Threatened Whales
May 17, 2007 — A new study analyzing whale meat sold in Korean markets suggests the number of whales being sold for human consumption in the Asian country is much higher than that being reported to the ... > full story -
New Species Of Sea Anemone Found In Deepest Pacific
May 16, 2007 — Researchers cruising for creatures that live in the deepest parts of the Pacific Ocean found a new species of sea anemone living in the unlikeliest of habitats -- the carcass of a dead whale. A ... > full story -
Rare Sighting Of Threatened Bottlenose Dolphins In English Channel
May 13, 2007 — On a crossing of the English Channel on the 5th of May, a large group of approximately 30 Bottlenose Dolphin was sighted. The dolphins, which are threatened in UK waters, were recorded 4 miles off of ... > full story -
Whales Entangled In Fishing Lines: What Can Be Done?
April 26, 2007 — Since 2002 there have been at least 21 reports of right whales entangled in fishing lines, and scar analyses indicates as many as 45-60 right whales become entangled each year. A sinking line can ... > full story -
Marine Scientists Monitor Longest Mammal Migration
April 10, 2007 — Marine scientists recently found that humpback whales migrate over 5,100 miles from Central America to their feeding grounds off Antarctica; a record distance undertaken by any ... > full story -
Some Bottlenose Dolphins Don't Coerce Females To Mate
April 3, 2007 — Mating strategies are straightforward in bottlenose dolphins, or are they? Much of the work carried on male-female relationships in that species to date show that males tend to coerce females who are ... > full story
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