Tag: Whales - Page 12
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Pierce Brosnan Bonds With Lawmakers Over Whales
Pierce Brosnan continued his environmental assault on Washington yesterday with a visit to the White House and a mixer for members of Congress to boost
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Are You a Green Porno 2 Fan? You Could Win a Whale-Watching Trip
Photo: Sundance Channel Update: Seduce Me: 'Green Porno' Star Isabella Rossellini Has a New Show About Animal Attraction Just Like on TV, Except Isabella Rossellini Won't Be There Fans of Isabella Rossellini's series of short films about the sex life of
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Blue Whales Rediscover Lost Migration Routes: Here are Four Reasons Why This Might be Happening
After being hunted out of the northern Pacific waters off Canada and Alaska in the mid 1960s, Blue Whales began reappearing there in the late 1990s. But now, for the first time, there's photographic evidence that some of these whales are
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Whaling 'Peace Talks' Stalled, Japan Won't Cut Its Hunt Quotas Deep Enough
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel Steve Irwin attempting to thwart Japanese whalers, February 2009. Photo: John via flickr BBC News has seen a draft of a report on the progress of talks between pro- and anti-whaling nations and the outlook for
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Agenda 21 Scuttles Norwegian Whaling Vessel in Harbor: Fourth Ship Sunk in 12 Years
Considering that TreeHugger readers seem to be pretty strongly divided on the issue of direct action--to prevent palm oil shipments, stop coal-fired power plants, or stop whaling—this one's bound to illicit some strong feelings. The
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Was "Free Willy" Better Off in Captivity?
Keiko the killer whale, also known as Willy from the movie Free Willy, died in captivity in 2003. Many attempts were made to release the whale into the wild. All were failures. Now, researchers are saying that the efforts to
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Overfishing Means Marine Animals Are Starving: Report
More fisheries are relying on smaller prey fish such as anchoveta - with more than 10.7 million metric tons pulled in, depriving seabirds and other marine animals of food (FAO "Ten Biggest Fisheries in the World" 2006) It seems that humanity's
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Disneynature launches "Earth" on Earth Day
Considering the huge promo campaign surrounding Earth, the movie, the first film release from Disneynature, a new brand from Mickey’s company, most everybody knows that the
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Direct Action Against Whalers Works! Japan's Whale Catch Falls Short of Targets
Say what you like of Sea Shepherd's tactics, but they are working. And that's not a bit of PR from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society itself, it comes from the Japanese Fisheries Agency. This year's
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Yo! Whale Swims in Brooklyn: Humpback Spotted New York Harbor (Videos)
A wayward whale swimming around in New York harbor provides the excitement which comes only with our reconnecting with our natural world - woot! The whale, possibly a humpback, was first noticed Wednesday and the coast guard set up a safety zone to
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The Cove - Trying to Save 23,000 Dolphins from Slaughter
Each year starting in mid-September, [about] 23,000 dolphins are slaughtered [in Japan, many of which are killed] in near secrecy in a cove in Taiji, Japan. Richard O'Barry, the leading dolphin trainer in the 1960s and
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Humpback Stranded in Hong Kong Waters
A humpback whale, approximately ten meters in length, has been stranded in Hong Kong waters since March 18. Humpbacks are not native to the area. In fact, this is the first recorded instance of a humpback whale near Hong
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Swimming With A Baby Blue Whale (Video)
Who doesn't love baby animal videos on a Friday? Especially, baby blue whales. The sighting of this particular calf and mother helps in the effort to prove that a hot spot in the Pacific Ocean is actually a birthing ground for the giant mammals.
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10 Books For The Green Preschooler
A few weeks ago, in my post about Colonel Trash Truck, I was complaining about the scarcity of green stories for the preschooler. Well, after polling my fellow TreeHuggers it turns out I was wrong. There are oodles of stories with
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Ever See a Blue Whale Life-Sized on Your Computer? Now You Can
So there really isn't anything that deep to this image. It's just a (more or less) life-sized blue whale eye. And on the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society site you can educate yourself/be mesmerized/waste some time for a while staring at it while
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San Francisco Ocean Film Festival
The 6th Annual San Francisco Ocean Film Festival was held this weekend and showed off some great short films about the blue parts of our planet. From fishing to surfing, from ecosystems to eco-adventure, viewers experienced a wide
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New York Fashion Week: Benefit for IFAW's Tails for Whales Project Tonight
To bid a fond farewell to New York Fashion Week, POPBeauty and Fashion Indie are throwing a benefit event tonight for The International Animal Welfare’s (IFAW) Tails
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Videos of Sea Shepherd Intentionally (?) Ramming Japanese Whaler
We Want to Know What You Think: Please Fill Survey Below Whales are mammals and, according to many scientists, they can probably feel pain and distress just like us. Their numbers in the world's oceans have been dramatically reduced by humans over the
