Dolphin and Whale News

Posted April 29, 2008:

• Endangered Right Whales Protected With New Warning Buoys In Shipping Lanes

Posted April 3, 2008:

• Researchers To Develop Ocean Sanctuary 'Noise Budget' To Evaluate Potential Impact On Marine Life

Posted March 19, 2008:

• Rare White Killer Whale Spotted In Alaskan Waters

Posted March 5, 2008:

• Northern Right Whales Head South To Give Birth, Leave Genetic 'Fingerprints' With NOAA Researchers

Posted February 21, 2008:

• Can Exposure To Intense Underwater Sound Result In Death Of Whales?

Posted February 8, 2008:

• Beaked Whales Actually Hear Through Their Throats

Posted January 16, 2008:

• Critically Endangered Porpoise May Be Doomed To Extinction

Posted December 29, 2007:

• Photo-monitoring Whale Sharks: Largest Fish In The Sea Appear To Thrive Under Regulated Ecotourism

Posted December 24, 2007:

• Dolphin 'Therapy' A Dangerous Fad, Researchers Warn

Posted December 21, 2007:

• Whales Descended From Tiny Deer-like Ancestors

Posted October 31, 2007:

• Whales For The Saving: Research Demonstrates Need For Speed Restrictions

Posted September 20, 2007:

• Increased Bering Sea Ice Explains Prehistoric Fur Seal Rookeries

Posted September 14, 2007:

• Fossil Whale Puts Limit On Origin Of Oily, Buoyant Bones In Whales

Posted September 13, 2007:

• Rare Dolphin Driven To Extinction By Human Activities, Scientists Fear

Posted September 11, 2007:

• Gray Whales A Fraction Of Historic Levels, Genetic Research Shows

Posted September 10, 2007:

• PCBs May Threaten Killer Whale Populations For 30-60 Years

Posted September 6, 2007:

• Migrating Squid Drove Evolution Of Sonar In Whales And Dolphins, Researchers Argue

Posted September 2, 2007:

• Humpback Whales Recorded Clicking And Buzzing While Feeding For First Time

Posted August 22, 2007:

• Where Have All The Dolphins Gone This Summer?

Posted July 25, 2007:

• World Conservation Union Panel Voices Concern Over Impact Of Noise On Whales

Posted July 23, 2007:

• Killer Whales Metabolize Contaminants, Yet Still Show Record-High Contamination Levels

Posted July 6, 2007:

• New Nature Reserve For The Russian Arctic

Posted June 17, 2007:

• Whale Has Super-sized Big Gulp

Posted June 13, 2007:

• Study Helps Preserve Arctic Whale, Eskimo Subsistence Hunt

Posted May 30, 2007:

• Drilling Could Be Nail In The Coffin For World's Most Endangered Whale Population

Posted May 23, 2007:

• Whales In Hot Water: Global Warming's Effect On World's Largest Creatures

Posted May 18, 2007:

• New Species Of Sea Anemone Found In Deepest Pacific
• DNA Analysis Suggests Under-reported Kills Of Threatened Whales

Posted May 14, 2007:

• Rare Sighting Of Threatened Bottlenose Dolphins In English Channel

Posted April 30, 2007:

• Whales Entangled In Fishing Lines: What Can Be Done?

Posted April 10, 2007:

• Marine Scientists Monitor Longest Mammal Migration

Posted April 9, 2007:

• Some Bottlenose Dolphins Don't Coerce Females To Mate

Posted March 10, 2007:

• Tracking Sperm Whales And Jumbo Squid

Posted February 28, 2007:

• Blue Whales And Their Calls: Scientists Listen To Earth's Largest Mammals

Posted January 9, 2007:

• Saving Endangered Whales At No Cost

Posted December 26, 2006:

• Expedition Observes Little Known Beaked Whales

Posted December 11, 2006:

• Small, Smaller, Smallest: The Plight Of The Vaquita

Posted November 27, 2006:

• Humpback Whales Have Brain Cells Also Found In Humans

Posted October 20, 2006:

• Beaked Whales Perform Extreme Dives To Hunt Deepwater Prey

Posted October 15, 2006:

• Marine Life Stirs Ocean Enough To Affect Climate, Study Says

Posted October 13, 2006:

• Antique Whale Oil Provides Insights To Origin Of Pre-Industrial Chemicals

Posted October 2, 2006:

• Narwhals May Produce Signature Vocalizations For Communications

Posted September 11, 2006:

• Ocean Seep Mollusks May Share Evolutionary History With Other Deep-sea Creatures

Posted June 23, 2006:

• Site Of Human-dolphin Partnership Becomes Protected Area

Posted May 29, 2006:

• Ecologists Home In On How Sperm Whales Find Their Prey

Posted May 23, 2006:

• How Ancient Whales Lost Their Legs, Got Sleek And Conquered The Oceans

Posted May 17, 2006:

• Dolphins At Risk

Posted April 28, 2006:

• Navy Sonar Exercises May Have Played Role In Stranding Of Melon-headed Whales In Hawaii

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