News tagged with whales
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Tagged narwhals track warming near Greenland
In a research paper published online Saturday in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, a publication of the American Geological Union (AGU), scientists reported the southern Baffin Bay off West Greenland has contin ...
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Oct 27, 2010 |
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Researchers investigate marine mammal behavior and responses to sound
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers recently completed a two-month research project off the Southern California coast, part of a collaboration to study marine mammal behavior and responses to sounds in ...
Oct 21, 2010 |
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Humpback whale beats long-distance record
A humpback whale has broken the world record for travel by any mammal, swimming at least 9,800 kilometres (6,125 miles) from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean in search of a mate, marine biologists reported ...
Oct 13, 2010 |
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Whale poop pumps up ocean health
Whale feces -- should you be forced to consider such matters -- probably conjure images of, well, whale-scale hunks of crud, heavy lumps that sink to the bottom. But most whales actually deposit waste that floats at the surface ...
Oct 12, 2010 |
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Ocean acidification poses little threat to whales' hearing: study
Contrary to some previous, highly publicized, reports, ocean acidification is not likely to worsen the hearing of whales and other animals, according to a Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientist ...
Oct 12, 2010 |
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Jump in whale deaths blamed on krill, ship traffic
(AP) -- An increase in the population of a tiny crustacean and busy shipping lanes are being blamed for a jump in the number of whale deaths in Northern California waters this year.
Oct 11, 2010 |
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Researchers find first genetic evidence for loss of teeth in the common ancestor of baleen whales
(PhysOrg.com) -- In contrast to a toothed whale, which retains teeth that aid in capturing prey, a living baleen whale (e.g., blue whale, fin whale, humpback, bowhead) has lost its teeth and must sift zooplankton ...
Sep 29, 2010 |
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NZealand rescuers save 14 whales from stranded pod
(AP) -- Rescuers who battled exhaustion and darkness succeeded in saving 14 pilot whales from a pod of 74 that stranded on a remote New Zealand beach.
Sep 25, 2010 |
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56 pilot whales die after stranding on NZ beach
(AP) -- Only 24 of several dozen pilot whales stranded on a remote northern New Zealand beach survived a stormy first night ashore despite rescuers' desperate efforts to save them, officials said Thursday.
Sep 23, 2010 |
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80 pilot whales stranded on New Zealand beach
(AP) -- At least 40 out of 80 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a remote northern New Zealand beach have died, and more whales are joining them on land, officials said Wednesday.
Sep 22, 2010 |
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Blue whales have perfect pitch
Blue whales have the remarkable ability to synchronize the pitch of their songs so that they all hit the exact same note, according to a new study. Professor of Physics Roger Bland recorded thousands of whale ...
Sep 10, 2010 |
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Critically endangered whales flee Russian oil, gas boom
Russian oil and gas company Rosneft is conducting oil and gas exploration work that may have caused the critically endangered western gray whale to flee its main feeding ground.
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Whaling and fishing for the largest species has altered carbon sequestering in oceans
(PhysOrg.com) -- Decades of whaling and fishing for the largest species have altered the ability of oceans to store and sequester carbon, according to a team of marine researchers from the University of Maine, the University ...
Sep 06, 2010 |
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Levy not law will save the whales
(PhysOrg.com) -- Conservationists would save more whales from the harpoon if the whale-watching public and industry were willing to pay a levy that could be used to persuade those countries currently engaged in whaling to ...
Sep 06, 2010 |
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Oily whale bones puzzle solved
The puzzle of why some oily whale bones make great habitats for weird and wonderful deep sea creatures has been solved by Natural History Museum scientists this month.
Aug 31, 2010 |
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