Search Results for 'Whales'

Humpback Whales Singing Different Themed Songs

The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary for quite long has been looking after humpback whale. But now, the Advisory Council has recommended that the focus of the sanctuary should be shifted from humpback whale to the [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Calling Pilot whales

A group of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) came close to our boat and you can hear one male calling, and in the distance another whale answering. The male was the first that came 10m close to our boat and he just lay there l [...]

Posted On : Dec, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Whales, dolphins, seals: newcomers crowd into British waters...

The waters around the British Isles could soon be home to several new species of mammals as a rising number of foreign visitors are being reported around our coasts. Experts believe the rare sightings of cetaceans from tropical climes cou [...]

Posted On : Dec, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Environmentalists worry Navy will hurt whales

Environmentalists are worried that plans to expand Navy testing off the Washington, Oregon and California coasts will pose a danger for whales. A proposal for increased sailor training and weapons testing, as well as underwater training [...]

Posted On : Dec, 27 2010 | Comments : 0

Two blue whales spotted off the Mangalore coast

Two blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus), the largest mammals on Earth, were recently spotted off the Mangalore coast during a marine survey carried out by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Kochi. They were sig [...]

Posted On : Dec, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Blue Whales With Pearly Whites, Once Upon a Time

Blue whales are enormous, magnificent creatures. The largest mammals known to have existed, they can grow to be more than 100 feet in length and weigh more than 100 tons, and they don’t even have teeth. They capture prey using a gi [...]

Posted On : Oct, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Scores of whales feared dead in New Zealand mass beaching

A pod of about 80 whales was found stranded at Spirits Bay, 200 miles northwest of Auckland, the second mass beaching in the area in two months. While 25 of the whales were already dead, the Department of Conservation called in 100 volun [...]

Posted On : Sep, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Surfers watch killer whales attack dolphins

One of the surfers on lower Eyre Peninsula, Jamie Kidney, says the attack was an incredible sight. "Chaos, you just saw monstrous amounts of white water and then a dolphin would go flying in the air, a killer whale would jump out of th [...]

Posted On : Dec, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

Why Are There No Super Whales?

The question is not why are whales big but why are whales not bigger? The blue whales reached weights of 150 tons prewhaling. To appreciate how massive a blue whale is, consider it would take 15 school buses, around 10 tons in w [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2009 | Comments : 0

Killer whales spotted in Gulf of Mexico

It was a fish story that even veteran boat captains found fascinating: Up to 200 killer whales feeding on tuna in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. "It was like being at SeaWorld because they'd come right up to the boat," s [...]

Posted On : Mar, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

Local waters essential for endangered whales

In the last program of the year as part of its Ocean Perspective series, Cape Fear Museum hosted “North Carolina’s Endangered Whales” on Tuesday, Dec. 9, a talk featuring. Two leading scientists and professors from the Un [...]

Posted On : Dec, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

'Acoustic smog' is major threat to whales, say researchers

Underwater cacophony caused by commercial and military ships has become so intense that it is killing whales, scientists at the World Conservation Congress here say. Sounds ranging from the hum of yacht motors to sonar blasts strong enough [...]

Posted On : Oct, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

Fisheries, Not Whales, To Blame For Shortage Of Fish

The argument that increasing whale populations are behind declining fish stocks is completely without scientific foundation, leading researchers and conservation organizations said today as the International Whaling Commission opened its 60 [...]

Posted On : Jun, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

Navy disputes restrictions to protect whales

The Navy is challenging Hawaii's authority to protect whales by restricting the use of sonar during training exercises, environmentalists and military representatives say. The Hawaii Coastal Zone Management Program, responsible for managin [...]