Dolphin and Whale News

Posted October 27, 2009:

• Whales Are Polite Conversationalists: Rhythms Can Be Spotted In Ocean's Chatter

Posted October 22, 2009:

• New Genetic Material From Group B Streptococcus Identified

Posted October 14, 2009:

• Whale-sized Genetic Study Largest Ever For Southern Hemisphere Humpbacks

Posted September 25, 2009:

• Getting A Leg Up On Whale And Dolphin Evolution: New Comprehensive Analysis Sheds Light On The Origin Of Cetaceans

Posted September 21, 2009:

• New Species Discovered On Whale Skeletons

Posted August 3, 2009:

• Love Songs Of Bowhead Whales: Whales Sings With 'More Than One Voice'
• Human Language And Dolphin Movement Patterns Show Similarities In Brevity

Posted June 29, 2009:

• 'Bycatch' Whaling A Growing Threat To Coastal Whales

Posted June 28, 2009:

• Dolphins Get A Lift From Delta Wing Technology

Posted June 24, 2009:

• Wildlife Faces Cancer Threat

Posted June 18, 2009:

• Norway, Japan Prop Up Whaling Industry With Taxpayer Money, Report Finds

Posted June 13, 2009:

• Endangered Right Whales Identified Where They Were Presumed Locally Extinct

Posted June 8, 2009:

• Prehistoric Whale Discovered On The West Coast Of Sweden

Posted May 30, 2009:

• Blue Whale Discovered Singing In New York Coastal Waters

Posted May 24, 2009:

• Thieving Whale Caught On Video Gives Rare Clues About Hunting Strategy, Sound Production

Posted May 12, 2009:

• Blue Whales Re-establishing Former Migration Patterns

Posted May 3, 2009:

• Dolphins Maintain Round-the-clock Visual Vigilance

Posted April 29, 2009:

• Google Earth Aids Discovery Of Early African Mammal Fossils

Posted April 8, 2009:

• DNA Used To Study Migration Of Threatened Whale Sharks

Posted April 2, 2009:

• Huge Population Of Rare Dolphins Discovered

Posted March 19, 2009:

• Is The Hippopotamus The Closest Living Relative To The Whale?

Posted March 12, 2009:

• First Right Whale Sedation Enables Disentanglement Effort

Posted February 9, 2009:

• Mother Whales Teach Babies Where To Eat: Can Southern Right Whales Adapt If Food Becomes Scarce?

Posted February 4, 2009:

• Early Whales Gave Birth On Land, Fossil Find Reveals

Posted February 2, 2009:

• Older Killer Whales Make The Best Mothers

Posted January 25, 2009:

• NOAA Gives Navy Marine Mammal Protection Measures For Sonar Training Off The Atlantic Coast And Gulf Of Mexico

Posted January 3, 2009:

• New Breeding Ground For Endangered Whales? High Numbers Of Right Whales Seen In Gulf Of Maine

Posted December 27, 2008:

• Scientists Attempt Disentanglement Of Right Whale Off Florida

Posted December 19, 2008:

• First Portable System Enabling In Situ Detection Of Cetacean Hearing Loss Developed

Posted December 18, 2008:

• Beaked Whales’ Tusks Evolved Through Sexual Selection Process

Posted December 11, 2008:

• Acoustic Phenomena Explain Why Boats And Animals Collide

Posted December 2, 2008:

• Dolphin Population Stunted By Fishing Activities, Study Finds

Posted November 27, 2008:

• Humpback Whales' Dining Habits And Energy Costs Of Feasting On Tiny Prey, Revealed

Posted November 25, 2008:

• 'Gray's Paradox' Solved: Researchers Discover Secret Of Speedy Dolphins

Posted November 20, 2008:

• Trouble In The Pipeline For Grey Whales

Posted October 26, 2008:

• Dolphins Use Complex Coordination During Predation, High-tech Acoustics Study Finds

Posted October 20, 2008:

• Ship Strike Reduction Rule Aims To Protect North Atlantic Right Whales

Posted October 6, 2008:

• U.S. Navy Sonar Linked To Whale Strandings, Environmental Scientists Argue

Posted September 18, 2008:

• It’s All In The Hips: Early Whales Used Well Developed Back Legs For Swimming, Fossils Show

Posted September 17, 2008:

• Whale Songs Are Heard For First Time Around New York City Waters

Posted September 2, 2008:

• Slowing Ships To Protect North Atlantic Right Whales

Posted August 22, 2008:

• Oil, Gas Seismic Work Not Affecting Gulf Sperm Whales, Study Shows

Posted August 9, 2008:

• How Whales And Other Marine Mammals React To Sonar

Posted July 31, 2008:

• What Do Squid Hear? Scientists Learn How Sensitive The Translucent Animals Are To Noise

Posted July 16, 2008:

• Net Gain For Endangered Dolphins

Posted July 8, 2008:

• Study Shows Rise In Cornwall's Dolphin, Whale, And Porpoise Deaths
• Whales And Dolphins Influence New Wind Turbine Design

Posted July 7, 2008:

• Juvenile Dolphin Freed From Life-Threatening Debris

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