Whale-watching guidelines don't include boat noise. It's time they did, say researchers
Imagine … eco-tourists enjoying views of undisturbed whales and dolphins, watching them doing what comes naturally.
Imagine … eco-tourists enjoying views of undisturbed whales and dolphins, watching them doing what comes naturally.
Plants & Animals
Apr 21, 2023
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Blue whales consume up to 10 million pieces of microplastic every day, research estimated Tuesday, suggesting that the omnipresent pollution poses a bigger danger to the world's largest animal than previously thought.
Plants & Animals
Nov 6, 2022
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After many hours scouring Cape Cod Bay and a few false alarms, those aboard the Research Vessel Shearwater on a bright April day make their first sighting: three North Atlantic right whales, including a rare mother-calf pair.
Ecology
Apr 17, 2022
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Most vessels are exceeding speed limits in areas designated to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, of which only around 360 remain, a report said Wednesday.
Ecology
Jul 21, 2021
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According to the International Whaling Commission, whale-watching tourism generates more than $2.5 billion a year. After the COVID-19 pandemic, this relatively safe outdoor activity is expected to rebound. Two new studies ...
Ecology
May 10, 2021
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A Flinders University researcher has finally fathomed why large numbers of killer whales gather at a single main location off the Western Australian southern coastline every summer.
Plants & Animals
May 10, 2021
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The Fraser River estuary in British Columbia is home to 102 species at risk of extinction. A new study says it's not too late to save these species if action is taken now.
Plants & Animals
Nov 27, 2020
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Studies investigating whale-watching boats and the inner ears of marine mammals could soon provide new insight into the effects of noisier oceans on cetaceans – dolphins, whales and porpoises – who depend on their hearing ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 27, 2019
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Paying no attention to nearby divers, a killer whale and her calf hunting for food frolic in a snowy Norwegian fjord.
Ecology
Jan 28, 2019
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Iceland's whales have traditionally ended up as steaks on a plate. But times are changing, and as tourists stream to the North Atlantic island, whales are now the stars of a flourishing ecotourism scene.
Ecology
Oct 26, 2017
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