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Excerpts from Current Biology, Volume 22, Issue 20, R860-R861, 23 October 2012
Read moreFrom 2007 until 2010, scientists from Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, NOAA Fisheries Northeast Fisheries Science Center, and Marine Acoustics Inc.
Read moreBeaked whale species are thought to be sensitive to noise arising from certain human activities; in 2000, beaked whale strandings were observed coinciding with naval sonar exercises in the Bahamas.
Read moreResearchers have discovered that differences in the patterned clicks of sperm whale communication may lean towards culture rather than genetics.
Read moreDominica is the youngest of the Caribbean islands and is flanked by Guadeloupe to the north and Martinique to the south, which are both French colonies.
Read moreMy visit to Silver Bank is aboard the Turks and Caicos Aggressor II, one of only three vessels with the necessary permit to enter the sanctuary.
Read moreThe sperm whale is the canonical whale, its form immortalized by books and drawings centuries old.
Read moreIn 2006, marine biologists from St Petersburg’s department of Utrishsky Dolphins’ Aquarium decided to initiate a scientific project to build a natural farm, or nursery, for the breeding of white whales—or beluhas, as they are called in Russia—on t
Read moreA Navy-sponsored study on the behavioral response of toothed whales to various sounds in the ocean has provided fresh insights into these little-understood mammals.
Read morePeople who ate the stinky meat reported numbness, a rash or stomach ache. The origin of the odor—which has also affected seals, walruses and cod—has baffled scientists, and in 2003, U.S.
Read moreA large number of North Atlantic right whales have been seen in the Gulf of Maine in recent days. A plane crew spotted 44 in one location on Dec. 3 and 41 at another area on Dec. 14, the centre said in a news release.
Read moreIn a new study, Professor Bruce Mate from the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Oregon working with Jorge Urban of the Autonomous University of Baja California Sur, placed data-recording tags on sperm whales feeding on Humboldt squid in the Gulf
Read moreSperm whales are one of the deepest diving whales on the planet and make dives of more than 2000ft below the ocean's surface lasting up to an hour while they search for the squid they feed on.
Read moreAsian Lunch, which says it sells 1,000-1,500 lunch boxes daily in Tokyo's business districts, will offer the meat once a week, starting Thursday with a South Asian-style keema curry.
Read more"They are the only cetacean species with tusks, and scientists have long wondered why, since their diet primarily is squid."
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