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Whales Stressed By Ship Noise, Research Suggests

Feb 09th 2012 - 06:01PM

Quiet oceans make for calmer right whales, new research suggests.

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Cindy Lowry: Having Drew Barrymore Play Me On Screen

Feb 09th 2012 - 05:51PM

My Greenpeace tenure began as their Alaska Field Representative in Anchorage, after I had been volunteering on wolf and marine mammal issues for a local group.

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Dolphins Jump And Swim Alongside Florida Surfer (VIDEO)

By Alastair Plumb Feb 08th 2012 - 07:09AM

Floridian Keith Overton was recording his son, Mitchell, wake board off the back of a boat recently.

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Mimi Bekhechi: Killer Whales - Liberty and Justice for All

By Mimi Bekhechi Feb 07th 2012 - 07:15PM

In a precedent-setting case, PETA US, three marine-mammal experts and two former orca trainers are suing SeaWorld on behalf of five orcas who were taken from their home by force, locked up, put to work and never allowed to leave.

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'Big Miracle' Is a Whale of a Tale

By Jackie K. Cooper Feb 07th 2012 - 06:05PM

Some movies are enhanced by being based on true events.

marine mammals News From the Web

  • 02/10/12 'Big Miracle' Delivers on the Warm and Fuzzy Source: Palmer-Forks Patch - Palmer-Forks PA As cheesy as "Free Willy" was, it enjoyed commercial success, and I remember enjoying it as a child.
  • 02/10/12 Thames whale supports western grays Source: WWF UK WWF's 11-metre replica whale was up and down the Thames in central London this week, helping us spread the word about the urgent plight of the critically endangered western gray whale.
  • 02/10/12 Drew Barrymore saves the whales Source: The Guardian - London - UK October 1988, Alaska : the end of the cold war.
  • 02/10/12 Big Miracle: why saving whales means saving the Arctic Source: Greenpeace UK I'm not going to recount it in detail here, as others have done that much more splendidly than I can.
  • 02/10/12 Scientists to debrief community on Klamath whale Source: Times-Standard - Eureka CA Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Humboldt State University, the Yurok Tribe and other agencies will offer a debriefing Monday on the case of the gray whale and her calf who swam up the Klamath River last summer.

Background on marine mammals

Marine mammals, which include seals, whales, dolphins, and walruses, form a diverse group of 128 species that rely on the ocean for their existence.

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