Basketball-sized eyes help squids play defense
Giant and colossal squids have eyes as big as basketballs, and a Duke scientist thinks he knows why.
Mar 15, 2012
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Genetic survey of endangered Antarctic blue whales shows surprising diversity
More than 99 percent of Antarctic blue whales were killed by commercial whalers during the 20th century, but the first circumpolar genetic study of these critically endangered whales has found a surprisingly ...
Mar 07, 2012
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Wild brown bear observed using a tool
(PhysOrg.com) -- Because brown bears are so reclusive, not to mention dangerous to be around, not a lot is really known about their brain power. This is actually rather odd because bears have the largest brains ...
Mar 07, 2012
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Blue whale behavior affected by man-made noise: study
Blue whale vocal behavior is affected by man-made noise, even when that noise does not overlap the frequencies the whales use for communication, according to new research published Feb. 29 in the open access journal PLoS ON ...
Feb 29, 2012
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Dolphin whistles are unfit for porpoise
Bottlenose dolphins have whistles which they use to exclusively greet other members of their species, marine biologists in Scotland reported on Wednesday.
Feb 29, 2012
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Rare whale caught on film for first time
Australian researchers Thursday revealed they had filmed a pod of extremely rare Shepherd's beaked whales for the first time ever.
Feb 23, 2012
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Iconic marine mammals are 'swimming in sick seas' of terrestrial pathogens: researchers
Whale researchers call for speed restrictions in Hauraki Gulf
Scientists see big 'scientific event' as Pacific whales turn up far from home
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.
Feb 17, 2012
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Goat kids can develop accents
The ability to change vocal sounds (vocal plasticity) and develop an accent is potentially far more widespread in mammals than previously believed, according to new research on goats from Queen Mary, University ...
Feb 15, 2012
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Fossil fish illuminates evolution of plankton-eating
Animals from very different groups that developed independently into plankton-eating giants took similar evolutionary steps along the way, new research shows.
Feb 15, 2012
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WWF urges banks to block Sakhalin oil plan and save whales
Whale dies on Belgian beach
A 13-metre (42-foot) sperm whale died Wednesday after washing up on a Belgian beach, the country's Royal Institute of Natural Science said.
Feb 08, 2012
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Court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
A California federal court is to decide for the first time in US history whether amusement park animals are protected by the same constitutional rights as humans.
Feb 08, 2012
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Ship noise boosts stress in whales, 9/11 reveals: study
The steady drone of motors along busy commercial shipping lanes not only alters whale behaviour but can affect the giant sea mammals physically by causing chronic stress, a study published Wednesday has reported ...
Feb 08, 2012
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