US investment firm gives away Rhode Island-sized lands in Chile
...sub-Antarctic rainforests. WCS also supports blue whale conservation in southern Chile and research of southern sea birds found in this diverse region. The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild lands through careful science, international conservation, education, and the management of th...South Dakota Tech grad student finds rare whale
...aleontology student, recently found a rare, beaked whale that washed ashore on St. Catherine's Island off the coast of Georgia. At the time of her discovery in late July, Hart, a master's degree candidate from Brea, Calif., was working on the St. Catherine's Island Sea Turtle Conservation Program. In her s...Extreme stretch-growth of axons
...mith. "For example, the growing spine bones in the whale likely exert mechanical forces on the axons in the spinal cord." The researchers conclude that this is a genetic program for growth that has been conserved throughout animal species, but just hasn't been studied in depth. By revealing the mechanisms...Evolution of whale hearing unfolds in fossil record
...n. Directional hearing is critical: A blind such whale could find food without much trouble; a deaf one would starve. The study documents how hearing in these whales evolved. The research is based on cetacean fossils representing four groups of early whales. The earliest cetaceans, pakicetids (those ...Whale carcass yields bone-devouring worms
MOSS LANDING-Scientists studying a whale carcass in Monterey Canyon recently announced the .... At the other end of the trunk, hidden inside the whale bone, the body widens to form a large egg sac. The greenish roots, branching off from the egg sac, a...Ocean scientists assess impact of seismic pulses in effort to protect whales
...relationship has not been established. Some beaked whale strandings have occurred in connection with Navy s...volving seismic sound generation," she says. "If a whale enters this radius, they shut down operations until it leaves."...Noah's modern ark: The role of ART in conserving endangered species
...institution to another, than to transport a killer whale or elephant. In addition, there are animals such as the giant panda who simply do not feel any sexual attraction to the mate chosen for them and refuse to oblige scientists by going through the motions. ART solves this problem neatly. One of Dr Wil...Whales, seals or men? Who stole all the fish?
...da intended solely to justify archaic and inhumane whale and seal hunts. What's more, they say, overfishing is taking food from the mouths of some of the world's most endangered animals, stifling their recovery. Surprisingly, it now appears that for most marine animals and most fisheries there is nothing...Mimicking humpback whale flippers may improve airplane wing design
... N.C. -- Wind tunnel tests of scale-model humpback whale flippers have revealed that the scalloped, bumpy f...Howle explains. This new understanding of humpback whale flipper aerodynamics has implications for airplane wing and underwater vehicle design. Increased lif...News tip: Duke marine biologist calls for whale-proof fishing gear
Current efforts to disentangle an endangered right whale whose flipper is wrapped in fishing gear off the N... marine mammal expert who has participated in past whale rescues. "It's something to do in the interim while we search for better solutions," says Andrew R...New Seascape initiative stretches from Costa Rica to Ecuador and protects key marine habitats
... important migratory route for the Endangered blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) and protects one of the last remaining nesting grounds in the Eastern Pacific of the Critically Endangered leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). Under the agreement, the UN Foundation will invest $1.567 million in the Sea...Earliest evidence of humans affecting aquatic ecology in Canada, United States
... and developed methods to use well over 60% of the whale for food, fuel, and even building materials for th...wa. It was the decomposing bones and flesh of the whale and probably other sea mammals such as seals slowly leaching nutrients into a nearby shallow pond ...Climate linked to reproduction of right whales
...N.Y. -- The highly endangered North Atlantic right whale population is facing a difficult journey to recove...op a computer model to predict the number of right whale births from the observed number of Calanus and then relate these predictions to changes in North ...Philippines: Park expansion creates nation's largest contiguous protected area
...marine ecosystems, rich in endangered species like whale sharks, giant clams and sea turtles. "The Peablanca expansion is a huge conservation achievement for this nation," said DENR Secretary Elisea Gozun. "But when one takes into account that this new area is in the heart of the Sierra Madre Biodiversity...How many fish in the sea? Census of Marine Life launches first report
...heavily impacting the ecosystem. The European grey whale had been hunted to extinction. The herring catch in 1600 reached 100,000 tonnes per year and quintupled well before 1900; in the 1960s and 1970s the fishery was closed altogether. Following the strict imposition of measures to restore the herring f...Startling deep-sea encounter with rare, massive Greenland shark
...and are outsized only by great white, basking, and whale sharks. Greenland sharks are poorly understood but known for their lethargic swimming and a unique fishing technique. Small marine crustaceans known as copepods generally attach themselves to the sharks' eyes (and are visible in the new footage), po...Collapse of seals, sea lions & sea otters in North Pacific triggered by overfishing of great whales
...is co-authors propose that the decimation of great whale (baleen and sperm) populations by overfishing remo...es had demonstrated (Science 282,1998) that killer whale predation was driving down sea otter populations and affecting kelp forest ecosystems. Springer had ...Waiter, there's a shark in my soup
...fe in general." Last year, both basking sharks and whale sharks were placed on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), a treaty that regulates global trade in threatened and endangered wildlife. During the 2000 CITES meeting, proposals to place great white shark...Whale populations are too low to resume commercial hunting, geneticists find
...known that hunting dramatically reduced all baleen whale populations, yet reliable estimates of former whale abundances are elusive," wrote Palumbi and Harvard graduate student Joe Roman, lead author of the st......the world's only predictable gathering site of the whale shark, the planet's largest fish. The 3,360-acre ...ends of Nature were the first to discover the rare whale sharks that congregate in the area and became determined to do something to protect them," said Cost...