(Phys.org) —In 1972, a U.S. Senate committee reported, "Many of the great whales which once populated the oceans have now dwindled to the edge of extinction," due to commercial hunting. The committee also ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 11, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 4

(Phys.org)—While the Atlantic gray whale was hunted to extinction by the 1700s, the Pacific or California gray swims today with a population near its pre-whaling levels. University of Georgia scientists ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Dec 21, 2012 3 / 5 (1) 0

Estimates of whale population size based on genetics versus historical records diverge greatly, making it difficult to fully understand the ecological implications of the large-scale commercial whaling of the 19th and early ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 09, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 0 |

(AP) -- Crab fisherman Mark Anello noticed something odd near his boat off the Northern California coast: three buoys floating nearby were moving. Motoring closer he saw a gray whale tangled in a large fishing ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 06, 2012 4.5 / 5 (4) 0

Arctic marine mammals and fish populations are on the rise, according to a report released on Monday by the the Arctic Council's biodiversity working group at a Montreal conference.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 24, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

(AP) -- Boats and helicopters scoured the Southern California waters Wednesday for a 40-foot gray whale that became tangled in fishing line while migrating the wrong way.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 19, 2012 not rated yet 0

(AP) -- A migrating gray whale with debris wrapped around its tail was finally freed after rescuers in a small boat chased it along the Southern California coast so they could cut away the fishing traps and ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 30, 2012 not rated yet 0

When scientists fired a cigar-sized satellite tag into the blubber of a western gray whale off Russia's Sakhalin Island in September, they expected to track her along Asia's Pacific shoreline down to the South China Sea.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 17, 2012 4.8 / 5 (4) 4

Environment group WWF on Thursday urged three European banks to block Russian giant Sakhalin Energy's plan to build an oil drilling platform that the group claims could harm the endangered grey whale.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 09, 2012 not rated yet 1

Scientists tracking a rare western Pacific gray whale were shocked last winter when the endangered animal left the Asian coast, crossed the Bering Sea and swam south along Alaska, British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 14, 2011 4.7 / 5 (3) 0

(AP) -- From sea otters to blue whales, marine mammals are under stress from climate change, ocean acidification, hunting and other threats. Researchers have identified 20 important sites around the world ...

Biology - Ecology

Aug 01, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 1

(AP) -- A female gray whale remains stuck in a Northern California river despite scientists' efforts to nudge the 40-ton mammal seaward with unpleasant underwater sounds.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jul 27, 2011 not rated yet 0

(AP) -- Biologists say they're concerned about the health of a gray whale that's stranded in the Klamath River in Northern California after swimming up with her calf a month ago.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jul 26, 2011 not rated yet 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Gray whales survived many cycles of global cooling and warming over the past few million years, likely by exploiting a more varied diet than they do today, according to a new study by University ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jul 06, 2011 4.7 / 5 (3) 0 |

At the Aquarium of the Pacific, Michele Sousa is excited: the annual gray whale migration is in full swing, and it's a bumper year to view the lumbering leviathans off the California coast.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 27, 2011 not rated yet 0