http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Research from New Zealand's University of Otago detailing the fossil of a dwarf baleen whale from Northern California reveals that it avoided extinction far longer than previously thought. http://phys.org/news284292645.html Other Sciences Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:10:53 EST news284292645 (Phys.org)—Researchers in New Zealand have found that the pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata) is not a right whale at all but is instead a member of the cetotheres family of baleen whales, which until now have been believed to be extinct. The team reports on its finding in a paper they've had published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. http://phys.org/news275305817.html Biology Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:50:33 EST news275305817 South African coastal authorities on Friday warned beachgoers around the tourist town of Knysna that sharks were moving into the area, feeding on the remains of a whale that ran ashore two days ago. http://phys.org/news253524664.html Biology Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:31:09 EST news253524664 The carcass of a 14-metre (46-foot) southern right whale has washed ashore in the south coast tourist town of Knysna, where volunteers Thursday were trying to haul it from rocks and back out to sea. http://phys.org/news253447866.html Biology Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:11:12 EST news253447866 Scientists from NOAA Fisheries Service and its state and nonprofit partners successfully used at-sea chemical sedation to help cut the remaining ropes from a young North Atlantic right whale on January 15 off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Fla. The sedative given to the whale allowed the disentanglement team to safely approach the animal and remove 50 feet of rope which was wrapped through its mouth and around its flippers. http://phys.org/news214655999.html Biology Wed, 19 Jan 2011 10:40:25 EST news214655999 After more than a decade of monitoring the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska, scientists have released the first count of one of the world's most endangered group of whales. http://phys.org/news197133645.html Biology Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:50:01 EST news197133645 What is causing the largest die-off of great whales ever recorded? http://phys.org/news187968115.html Biology Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:10:06 EST news187968115 (PhysOrg.com) -- Larger areas of speed limits for ships around major ports could significantly help North Atlantic right whales' survival, according to a new study led by Duke University scientists. http://phys.org/news171646277.html Biology Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:32:23 EST news171646277 On Friday, March 6, 2009, for the first time ever, a North Atlantic right whale that had been severely entangled in fishing gear, was administered a sedation mixture that made it possible for rescuers to remove 90 percent of the entanglement. http://phys.org/news156001023.html Biology Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:37:54 EST news156001023