July 23, 2019
Stories tagged "whales"
July 17, 2019
Dozens of Pilot Whales Saved From Beaching By Georgia Volunteers
On Tuesday, according to the Brunswick News, dozens of short-fin pilot whales emerged in the surf close to shore on St. Simons Island, Georgia and repeatedly attempted to beach themselves, as local citizens and then marine mammal stranding experts pushed them back in...July 7, 2019
Japan Resumes Commercial Whaling, Joins Iceland and Norway
By Margaret Johnston and Monica Medina According to the Associated Press, Japanese whaling vessels returned to port with two minke whales last week — this is the first time Japan’s ships conducted a commercial hunt since an international moratorium on...June 26, 2019
One Cool Thing: First Ever Recording of a Right Whale Singing
Researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have recorded for the first time ever the “singing” by a rare and endangered North Pacific Right Whale. Humpback whales are known for their songs, but no one has ever before...May 7, 2019
Whale Watching On the Rise in Japan and Iceland
Whale watching is one of the fastest growing tourist activities in Japan, which is a marked shift in the way the Japanese people think of whales — as something to observe in the water rather than on a dinner plate. The International Fund for Animal Welfare...April 25, 2019
New Whale Conservation Challenges Surface — Fishing Gear and Finding Food
Due to spikes in whale mortality on both coasts, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is stepping up its efforts to tackle one of the leading causes of death — whale entanglement in fishing lines and nets. This week a group of 60...April 18, 2019
Marine Species in the Pacific Are Climate “Migrants”
The Pacific Coast of Northern California is finding a new sort of climate refugee washing up on its shores and inhabiting its bays and coastal waters — species that have shifted their migratory patterns and habitat due to warming ocean waters throughout the...April 4, 2019
Japan Nears End of Scientific Whale Hunts
Japan’s last controversial “scientific” whale hunt in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary just concluded, Japan Today reported. The government said they killed 333 minke whales, and of those, 122 of them were pregnant females. Japan will no longer...March 19, 2019
Whales Face Triple Threats: Plastic, Ship Strikes and Hunting
Whales around the globe face numerous threats as has become apparent in recent weeks. Just this past weekend a young Cuvier’s beaked whale that was weak and vomiting blood washed up on the shore in Mabini, Philippines and eventually died. When the government...March 5, 2019