Ocean seep mollusks may share evolutionary history with other deep-sea creatures
...olving seep animals: what is their relationship to whale falls? Whale falls, the slowly decaying remains of...n vents and seeps. Some researchers suggest that whale falls were evolutionary "stepping stones," creating new environments for seep animals to evolve into...Renewed dolphin slaughter prompts new campaign
...ganization that regulates the hunting of the great whale species....Marine life stirs ocean enough to affect climate, says FSU study
...suggest that human and environmental decimation of whale and big fish populations may have had a measurable impact on the total biomixing occurring in the world's oceans....Humpback whales have brain cells also found in humans
...ican Association of Anatomists,compared a humpback whale brain with brains from several other cetacean spec...ournal/ar . Although the biology of the humpback whale is well understood, there have been virtually no studies published on its brain composition, leaving...Blame our evolutionary risk of cancer on body mass
...e to thwart cancer, then what does a 250,000-pound whale have to do to keep its risk of cancer at bay?"It may be that whales have a cancer suppressant that we've never considered," says Gorbunova. "I'd like to find out what kind of telomerase expression they have, and find out what else they use to combat ...Four Arnoux's Beaked Whales observed from Polarstern expedition
...th of December, Meike Scheidat & Linn Lehnert, the whale watchers on board of Polarstern, made a remarkable cetaceans sighting: Four Arnoux's Beaked Whales (Berardius arnuxii), observed from the helicopter. The Arnoux's Beaked Whales is one of the least known species of the Beaked Whales family (Ziphidae)...Saving endangered whales at no cost
...d for more than 70 years, the North Atlantic right whale has been slow to recover from past exploitation, and extinction remains a threat. The whale is virtually extinct in Europe, but a small population of about 350 individuals remains on the east ...Investigating the invisible life in our environment
...nts: ocean surface, acidic underground mine water, whale bones from the deep sea and farm soil. "Most of the DNA we found fits into the evolutionary ancient parts of the tree of life, which means that the organisms are probably not close relatives of the species sequenced and known so far," says von Mer...Antarctic marine explorers reveal first biological changes after collapse of polar ice shelves
...es close to the pack ice edge and very rare beaked whale species near Elephant Island. "It was surprising ...pecies: penguins, whales and seals. An adult blue whale alone eats about 4 million individual krill per day. "Algae is a source of abundant, high-quality w...Tracking sperm whales and jumbo squid
The sperm whale and its large prey, the jumbo squid, are among the...y 60 feet in length and weigh 57 tons. The sperm whale was immortalized by Herman Melville in his novel Moby-Dick. Heavily hunted for their oil during Melv...Marine scientists monitor longest mammal migration
...lantic, where another southern hemisphere humpback whale population can be found north of the equator duri...alif., correlated sea-surface temperature with the whale migration by using data collected from satellites and distributed by the National Oceanographic Data...Legal ruling may put endangered species in danger
...only in Alaska, and it would have allowed the gray whale to become extinct in U.S. waters," Vucetich went on to say. Vucetich and Michael P. Nelson, associate professor of environmental philosophy and ethics at Michigan State University, have collected 38 signatures on the letter protesting the newly res...Dinosaur hearing, listening to muscle noise, quieter cubicles
...in the Bering Sea in Alaska. They detected killer whale vocalizations on 19 of 20 days during last summer. Most of the vocalizations occurred from twilight to mid-morning. The fewest sounds occurred between the early evening and midnight. Following the paradigm that transients are most vocal when feeding...DNA analysis suggests under-reported kills of threatened whales
NEWPORT, Ore. A new study analyzing whale meat sold in Korean markets suggests the number of...nducted 12 surveys at a selection of shops selling whale meat in certain Korean coastal cities from 1999 to 2003 and collected 289 samples. They initially ex...From the deep -- Researchers find new species of sea anemone
...sn't so unusual. But finding one that calls a dead whale home is what sets this new creature apart. Since... knew that no sea anemone had ever been found on a whale fall," she said. Once a whale dies, its carcass sinks to the bottom of the ocean. Scientists call ...Study helps preserve Arctic whale, Eskimo subsistence hunt
... on one of the oldest-living mammals - the bowhead whale - has helped preserve a primary food source for Es... impact people's lives in a major way, because the whale is an essential part of the Eskimo food and culture." The study, published last month in Molecula...International team to honor 30th anniversary of deep-sea vent discovery in Galpagos
...red in other chemical-driven environments, such as whale carcasses, sunken wood, mud volcanoes and cold seeps where methane-a well-known greenhouse gas and major component of natural gas-seeps through sediments in the ocean floor, Tyler said. "I expect more chemically driven sites like these will be d...... time attractions the Freedom Trail, Fenway Park, whale watching, world-renowned eateries and theater. The American Chemical Societys 234th national meeting will feature more than 9,500 scientific presentations on health, medicine, environment, energy, nutrition, nanotechnology and other topics. More th...