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Dolphins Can Remain Alert for Up to 15 Days at a Time With No Sign of Fatigue
October 17, 2012 — Dolphins sleep with only one half of their brains at a time, and according to new research, this trait allows them to stay constantly alert for at least 15 days in a ... > full story -
Choreography of Submerged Whale Lunges Revealed
October 11, 2012 — Submerged for tens of minutes at a time, no one knew exactly how foraging whales execute foraging lunges through shoals of krill until a band of pioneers began attaching tags to whales. Now, ... > full story -
Whales Fall Through the Research Net: Global Populations of Marine Mammals Observed Far Too Little
September 17, 2012 — A world map reveals that only a fourth of the world ocean surface has been surveyed for whales and dolphins in the past decades. It is only possible to identify detrimental influences and collect ... > full story -
Long Menopause Allows Killer Whales to Care for Adult Sons
September 13, 2012 — Scientists have found the answer to why female killer whales have the longest menopause of any non-human species -- to care for their adult sons. The research shows that, for a male over 30, the ... > full story -
New DNA Method Tracks Fish and Whales in Seawater
August 30, 2012 — Future monitoring of marine biodiversity and resources may use DNA traces in seawater samples to keep track of fish and whales in the oceans. A half liter of seawater can contain evidence of local ... > full story -
Underwater Noise Decreases Whale Communications in Stellwagen Bank Sanctuary
August 15, 2012 — High levels of background noise, mainly due to ships, have reduced the ability of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales to communicate with each other by about ... > full story -
Identifying Dolphins With Technology
July 31, 2012 — A student-developed computer program simplifies the process of manual photo identification of bottlenose dolphins and other ... > full story -
Critically Endangered Whales Sing Like Birds; New Recordings Hint at Rebound
July 31, 2012 — The critically endangered bowhead whales sing like birds in the Fram Strait, off the east coast of Greenland, indicating that the whales might be more populous than previously thought or that they ... > full story -
Humpback Whales Staying in Antarctic Bays Later Into Autumn
July 30, 2012 — Large numbers of humpback whales are remaining in bays along the Western Antarctic Peninsula to feast on krill late into the austral autumn, long after scientists thought their annual migrations to ... > full story -
The Fin Whale, Under More Threat in the Mediterranean Than Thought
July 26, 2012 — Until now it was thought that fin whales in the Strait of Gibraltar and the Alboran Sea made up part of the distribution of this species of whale in the Mediterranean. However, scientists have just ... > full story
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