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Lull in Ship Noise After Sept. 11 Attacks Eased Stress on Right Whales
February 8, 2012 — Exposure to low-frequency ship noise may be associated with chronic stress in whales, according to a new study. The study, conducted in Canada's Bay of Fundy, has implications for all baleen whales ... > full story -
Southern Indian Ocean Humpback Whales Found Singing Different Tunes
February 1, 2012 — Humpback whales on both sides of the southern Indian Ocean are singing different tunes, unusual since humpbacks in the same ocean basin usually all sing very similar ... > full story -
What Do Killer Whales Eat in the Arctic?
January 29, 2012 — Killer whales are the top marine predator. The increase in hunting territories available to killer whales in the Arctic due to climate change and melting sea ice could seriously affect the marine ... > full story -
Ecologists Capture First Deep-Sea Fish Noises
January 26, 2012 — Fish biologists conducted one of the first studies of deep-sea fish sounds in more than 50 years, 2,237 feet under the Atlantic. With recording technology more affordable, fish sounds can be studied ... > full story -
Where There's a Worm There's a Whale: First Distribution Model of Marine Parasites Provides Revealing Insights
January 25, 2012 — Each year around 20,000 people are infected by nematodes of the genus Anisakis and suffer from illnesses ranging from gastrointestinal diseases to serious allergic reactions as a result. For the ... > full story -
Marine Mammals on the Menu in Many Parts of World
January 24, 2012 — The fate of the world's great whale species commands global attention as a result of heated debate between pro and anti-whaling advocates, but the fate of smaller marine mammals is less understood, ... > full story -
Italian Shipwreck Threatens to Create Second Disaster at Sea
January 20, 2012 — An expert on the protection of threatened marine ecosystems has commented on the potential for ecological disaster posed by the 2,300 tons of fuel oil still aboard the capsized cruise ship Costa ... > full story -
Can We Save the Whales by Putting a Price on Them?
January 11, 2012 — Every year, anti-whaling groups spend millions of dollars on activities intended to end commercial whaling. And every year, commercial whaling not only continues, but grows. While protests, ... > full story -
How Diving Marine Mammals Manage Decompression
December 21, 2011 — How do marine mammals, whose very survival depends on regular diving, manage to avoid decompression sickness or "the bends?" Do they, indeed, avoid ... > full story -
'Zombie' Worms Found in Mediterranean Fossil
November 1, 2011 — Traces of bizarre, bone-eating 'zombie' worms have been found on a 3-million-year-old fossil whale bone from Tuscany in Italy. It is the first time the genus Osedax has been found in the ... > full story
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