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Animals News tagged with whales

Rare Whale Gathering Sighted
Animals  (tags: whales, GoodNews, animals, wildlife, wildanimals, investigation, protection )

Cal
- 2 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A large group of a rarely sighted, mysterious species of whale has been seen off the coast of Antarctica.Approximately 60 Arnoux's beaked whales were seen and photographed frolicking on the surface in the Gerlache Strait.
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Scientist Claims Sperm Whales in Southern Ocean Are Carbon Neutral
Animals  (tags: animals, whales, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 12 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Because of their enormous body size, whales have been thought to contribute a considerable amount of carbon dioxide to the total greenhouse gas build-up whenever they exhale. However, Trish J. Lavery of Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia claims
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Success For Cetaceans In The Moray Firth
Animals  (tags: animals, dolphins, whales, protection, environment, habitat, wildlife )

Cher
- 12 days ago - wdcs.org
We have been informed by the UKs Royal Navy that they did not conduct active sonar operations as part of exercise Joint Warrior within the Moray Firth in Scotland, and that any military activities that did take place in the North Sea were carried out
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Blue Whales -Video - Story- Photos
Animals  (tags: whales, protection, humans, habitat, killed, extinction, endangered, conservation, animalrights, AnimalWelfare, environment )

Daphna
- 12 days ago - ngm.nationalgeographic.com
In Acapulco Harbor, amid the white yachts, R.V. Pacific Storm stood out: a working boat, black hulled, a West Coast trawler in a previous life, reborn now as a research vessel. There were bigger, more opulent boats in the harbor--fortunes are invested in
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Two Endangered Blue Whales Struck By Ships
Animals  (tags: animals, whales, killed, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 15 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Earlier this week, an ocean survey vessel reported feeling a "shudder underneath the ship" in the waters of northern California. Soon after, a whale was spotted "bleeding profusely." A few hours later, an endangered blue whale whale washed ashore in
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Whale Forensics Highlights Japanese Threat to Species
Animals  (tags: animals, whales, Japan, threat, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, killing, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 15 days ago - all-creatures.org
A high proportion of the whale meat on sale in Japan comes from a population of north Pacific minke whales that some fear is under serious threat.
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Epic Humpback Whale Battle Filmed! Video!
Animals  (tags: animals, whales, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 15 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
It is the greatest animal battle on the planet, and it has finally been caught on camera
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Japanese Annual Marine Research Expedition Kills 59 Whales
Animals  (tags: whales, wildlife, suffering, death, animalwelfare, animals, animalcruelty, killing )

Cal
- 18 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Japan has caught 59 whales near the northern island of Hokkaido, officials said today, under a research programme critics allege is a cover for commercial whaling.
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One Humpback Whale Caught Every 10 Days in Queensland Beach Nets
Animals  (tags: animals, whales, nets, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, suffering, wildlife )

Cher
- 19 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Another Humpback Whale has been caught in a shark net off Australia's Queensland Coast, this is the 5th Humpback snared since September 2009, an average of 1 humpback whale caught every 10 days. The entangled Humpback whale calf was accompanied by a
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Grant Visas to Sea Shepherd - The Petition Site- Take Action
Animals  (tags: petition, wildlife, wildanimals, whales, protection, humans, extinction, endangered, conservation, animalrights, animaladvocates, AnimalWelfare, habitat, environment )

Daphna
- 19 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
I am a citizen of Australia and I am strongly opposed to the illegal whaling activities by Japan in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary We, the undersigned, call on Senator Chris Evans, Minister for Immigration to immediately grant visas to Captain Paul
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Whale-Sized Study in the Southern Hemisphere
Animals  (tags: animals, whales, study, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 20 days ago - wcs.org
After 15 years of research in the waters of the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans, an international team of scientists has unveiled the largest genetic study of humpback whale populations ever conducted in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Making Homes For Whales and Dolphins
Animals  (tags: animals, whales, dolphins, environment, AnimalWelfare, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 22 days ago - wdcs.org
'We Sail for the Whale' is an international programme from WDCS involving whale watch operators, sailors and sailing organizations around the world, working together to raise awareness of the need for Homes for Whales and Dolphins. We invite you to join
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Whale-Sized Genetic Study Largest Ever For Southern Hemisphere Humpbacks
Animals  (tags: animals, study, whales, genetic study )

Katie
- 24 days ago - sciencedaily.com
After 15 years of research in the waters of the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans, scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the American Museum of Natural History, have unveiled the largest genetic study of humpback whale populations ever ......
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Cook Inlet Beluga Population in Steady Decline
Animals  (tags: endangered, animalwelfare, animals, wildlife, wildanimals, whales, protection )

Cal
- 24 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale population is not showing any sign of recovery, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Fisheries Service's latest annual survey and estimate
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Children Find Dead Pregnant Beluga Whale During Field Trip
Animals  (tags: animals, oceans, whales, blue whales )

Katie
- 26 days ago - ecoworldly.com
A class of young school children from Alaska found a dead beluga whale on the beach during a weekly field trip. The Winterberry Elementary School second graders came across the whale along the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail.
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