Dolphin and Whale News

Posted April 5, 2012:

• How to Make High-End Perfumes Without Whale Barf

Posted March 29, 2012:

• Dolphins Cultivate Loose Alliances

Posted March 27, 2012:

• Size Matters: Large Marine Protected Areas Work for Dolphins

Posted March 26, 2012:

• Some Gulf Dolphins Severely Ill After Gulf Oil Spill

Posted March 22, 2012:

• False Killer Whales Use Acoustic Squint to Target Prey

Posted March 16, 2012:

• Increase in Arctic Shipping Is Risk to Marine Mammals

Posted March 15, 2012:

• Basketball-Sized Eyes Help Squids Play Defense

Posted March 7, 2012:

• Genetic Survey of Endangered Antarctic Blue Whales Shows Surprising Diversity

Posted February 21, 2012:

• Iconic Marine Mammals Are 'Swimming in Sick Seas' of Terrestrial Pathogens

Posted February 16, 2012:

• New Hope for Threatened Freshwater Dolphins in Asia

Posted February 8, 2012:

• Lull in Ship Noise After Sept. 11 Attacks Eased Stress on Right Whales

Posted February 1, 2012:

• Southern Indian Ocean Humpback Whales Found Singing Different Tunes

Posted January 29, 2012:

• What Do Killer Whales Eat in the Arctic?

Posted January 26, 2012:

• Ecologists Capture First Deep-Sea Fish Noises

Posted January 25, 2012:

• Where There's a Worm There's a Whale: First Distribution Model of Marine Parasites Provides Revealing Insights

Posted January 24, 2012:

• Marine Mammals on the Menu in Many Parts of World

Posted January 20, 2012:

• Italian Shipwreck Threatens to Create Second Disaster at Sea

Posted January 11, 2012:

• Can We Save the Whales by Putting a Price on Them?

Posted December 21, 2011:

• How Diving Marine Mammals Manage Decompression

Posted November 1, 2011:

• 'Zombie' Worms Found in Mediterranean Fossil

Posted October 26, 2011:

• Antarctic Killer Whales May Seek Spa-Like Relief in the Tropics

Posted October 19, 2011:

• Stranded Dolphins Exhibit Bubbles, and Ability to Recover

Posted October 18, 2011:

• New, Higher Estimates of Endangered Humpback Whales in the North Pacific

Posted October 11, 2011:

• New Computer Program Promises to Save the Whales

Posted September 19, 2011:

• New Technique Fills Gaps in Fossil Record

Posted August 22, 2011:

• Ancient Whale Skulls and Directional Hearing: A Twisted Tale

Posted August 2, 2011:

• Cape Cod Bay Holds Hidden Risk for Dining North Atlantic Right Whales

Posted July 21, 2011:

• Paternity Testing Helps Fill in Family Tree for Puget Sound's Killer Whales: Inbreeding Could Reduce Whales' Genetic Diversity
• Dolphins' 'Remarkable' Recovery from Injury Offers Important Insights for Human Healing

Posted July 6, 2011:

• Gray Whales Likely Survived the Ice Ages by Changing Their Diets

Posted July 1, 2011:

• First Cookiecutter Shark Attack on a Live Human

Posted June 27, 2011:

• Fighting Back from Extinction, New Zealand Right Whale Is Returning Home

Posted June 24, 2011:

• How Humpback Whales Catch Prey With Bubble Nets

Posted June 22, 2011:

• Decade-Long Study of Pacific Predators Shows Importance of Biological 'Hotspots'

Posted June 7, 2011:

• Stranding Records Are Faithful Reflection of Live Whale and Dolphin Populations, Study Suggests
• Dolphins Use Double Sonar: Researchers Discover That Dolphins Can Generate Two Sound Beam Projections Simultaneously

Posted May 25, 2011:

• Scientists Discover the Largest Assembly of Whale Sharks Ever Recorded

Posted May 12, 2011:

• Whales Have Accents and Regional Dialects: Biologists Interpret the Language of Sperm Whales

Posted May 11, 2011:

• Marine Lab Research Tracks Pollutants in Dolphins and Beluga Whales

Posted April 27, 2011:

• Identifying Beaked Whale Foraging Habitat in the Bahamas
• Record Number of Whales, Krill Found in Antarctic Bays

Posted April 26, 2011:

• Prey-Tell: Why Right Whales Linger in the Gulf of Maine

Posted April 19, 2011:

• One Year Later, Oil Spill’s Impact on Gulf Not Fully Understood

Posted April 14, 2011:

• Humpback Whale Songs Spread Eastward Like the Latest Pop Tune

Posted April 11, 2011:

• Squid and Octopuses Experience Massive Acoustic Trauma from Noise Pollution in the Oceans

Posted March 30, 2011:

• Killer Whales in Antarctic Waters Prefer Weddell Seals Over Other Prey

Posted March 24, 2011:

• Against the Tide: Currents Keep Dolphins Apart; Study Finds Invisible Oceanographic Factors That Keep Populations Separate

Posted March 16, 2011:

• Naval Sonar Exercises Linked to Whale Strandings, According to New Report

Posted March 8, 2011:

• New Wintering Grounds for Humpback Whales Discovered Using Sound

Posted January 22, 2011:

• Scientists Successfully Use Sedation to Help Disentangle North Atlantic Right Whale

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