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Crew plans to cut rope to free Hawaii whale (AP)

Crew plans to cut rope to free Hawaii whale

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Marine sanctuary officials planned to return to Hawaii waters with modified equipment Friday to try to cut loose a young humpback whale entangled in several hundred yards of heavy plastic rope.


Whale-sized genetic study largest ever for southern hemisphere humpbacks

Whale-sized genetic study largest ever for southern hemisphere humpbacks

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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, and an international coalition of ...


Feds reviewing humpback whale endangered status (AP)

Feds reviewing humpback whale endangered status

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The federal government is considering taking the humpback whale off the endangered species list in response to data showing the population of the massive marine mammal has been steadily growing in ...


A new-born humpback whale calf being lifted clear of the water to take its very first breath

Baby whale's first breath caught on camera off Australia

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Australian scientists have photographed a humpback whale helping a newborn calf take what appears to be its first breath, a rare event described as the "Holy Grail" for whale-watchers.


Blue whales returning to former Alaska waters (AP)

Blue whales returning to former Alaska waters

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Blue whales are returning to Alaska in search of food and could be re-establishing an old migration route several decades after they were nearly wiped out by commercial whalers, scientists say.