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First Cookiecutter Shark Attack on a Live Human
July 1, 2011 — A new study provides details on the first cookiecutter shark attack on a live human, a concern as warm summer waters attract more people to the ... > full story -
Fighting Back from Extinction, New Zealand Right Whale Is Returning Home
June 27, 2011 — After being hunted to local extinction more than a century ago and unable to remember their ancestral calving grounds, the southern right whales of mainland New Zealand are coming home. A new study ... > full story -
How Humpback Whales Catch Prey With Bubble Nets
June 24, 2011 — Marine biologist explain how humpback whales in the Gulf of Maine catch prey with advanced water technology. Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are large baleen whales (up to 14 m long) that ... > full story -
Decade-Long Study of Pacific Predators Shows Importance of Biological 'Hotspots'
June 22, 2011 — An unprecedented decade-long study of apex predators in the Pacific Ocean found a wider range of distribution among some species than previously thought, unknown relationships between other species, ... > full story -
Stranding Records Are Faithful Reflection of Live Whale and Dolphin Populations, Study Suggests
June 7, 2011 — Whales are the Earth's largest creatures, yet they are incredibly hard to study in the open ocean. For decades scientists have used boats, aircraft and even high cliffs to conduct visual surveys and ... > full story -
Dolphins Use Double Sonar: Researchers Discover That Dolphins Can Generate Two Sound Beam Projections Simultaneously
June 7, 2011 — Dolphins and porpoises use echolocation for hunting and orientation. By sending out high-frequency sound, known as ultrasound, dolphins can use the echoes to determine what type of object the sound ... > full story -
Scientists Discover the Largest Assembly of Whale Sharks Ever Recorded
May 25, 2011 — Whale sharks are often thought to be solitary behemoths that live and feed in the open ocean. However, scientists have now found that this is not necessarily the case, finding that whale sharks can ... > full story -
Whales Have Accents and Regional Dialects: Biologists Interpret the Language of Sperm Whales
May 12, 2011 — When they dive together, sperm whales make patterns of clicks to each other known as "codas." Recent findings suggest that not only do different codas mean different things, but that whales can also ... > full story -
Marine Lab Research Tracks Pollutants in Dolphins and Beluga Whales
May 11, 2011 — Bottlenose dolphins and beluga whales, two marine species at or near the top of their respective food webs, accumulate more chemical pollutants in their bodies when they live and feed in waters near ... > full story -
Identifying Beaked Whale Foraging Habitat in the Bahamas
April 27, 2011 — Marine biologists have found that oceanographic and prey measurements can be used to identify beaked whale foraging ... > full story
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