News tagged with humpback whales
Researcher reveals humpback whales' dining habits -- and costs
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Nov 27, 2008 |
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As most American families sit down to Thanksgiving dinner, a University of British Columbia researcher is revealing how one of the largest animals on earth feasts on the smallest of prey – and at what cost.
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Whales migrate more than 5,100 miles
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Apr 10, 2007 |
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U.S. scientists have found humpback whales migrate more than 5,100 miles from Central America to Antarctica -- a record mammalian migration.
Marine scientists monitor longest mammal migration
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Apr 10, 2007 |
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Marine scientists recently published a research paper in the science journal, Biology Letters, that found humpback whales migrate over 5,100 miles from Central America to their feeding grounds off Antarctica; a record distan ...
Whales trapped in California river
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May 16, 2007 |
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A pair of humpback whales appears to be trapped in the Sacramento River because of fishing gear or rope in the California waterway.
Whale songs are heard for the first time around New York City waters
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Sep 16, 2008 |
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For the first time in waters surrounding New York City, the beckoning calls of endangered fin, humpback and North Atlantic right whales have been recorded, according to experts from the Bioacoustics Research Program at the ...
Nice going, mom! Right whales break birth record
May 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Right whales have plenty to celebrate this Mother's Day - the sea moms gave birth to a record 39 calves this spring.
New study finds most North Pacific humpback whale populations rebounding
May 21, 2008 |
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The number of humpback whales in the North Pacific Ocean has increased since international and federal protections were enacted in the 1960s and 70s, according to a new study funded primarily by NOAA and conducted ...
Feds reviewing humpback whale endangered status
Sep 27, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Whale-sized genetic study largest ever for southern hemisphere humpbacks
Oct 14, 2009 |
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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 ...
Monitoring of rare whales near NY harbor ends
Mar 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Monitoring for endangered right whales off New York harbor is ending because the project has lost financing in the current budget crunch.
No food for hungry gray whales
May 04, 2007 |
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A Canadian researcher says gray whales in the eastern Pacific are facing starvation.
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