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The Week in Animal News: Pelicans at Strip Clubs, Technologically-Advanced Flies, and More (Slideshow)
Can a tiny parasitic insect revolutionize antenna technology? Some scientists think so.
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The Week in Animal News: Pelicans at Strip Clubs, Technologically-Advanced Flies, and More
Can a tiny parasitic insect revolutionize antenna technology? Some scientists think so. We also have a pelican at a strip club, clams that could clean up the oil spill, a lonely whale singing at the wrong frequency and more in The Week in Animal News.
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World's Loneliest Whale Sings At The Wrong Frequency
We've heard about whales suffering from loneliness due to overhunting. There's simply fewer of their species for them to communicate with. But what about a whale who sings at the wrong frequency? One
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5 Ways Sea Shepherd's Controversial Methods are Changing the World For Whales
Let's say it off the bat: we aren't entirely on board with the methods used by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in their fight against the Japanese whaling fleet.
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Can Whale Strandings Help Predict Earthquakes?
Earthquakes, like the one that struck in Christchurch, New Zealand yesterday, rank among the most devastating natural disasters, capable of leveling cities and causing extensive loss of life -- largely because they are so
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Sea Shepherd Forces Japanese Whalers to Halt Hunting for Season
Last year Sea Shepherd's harassment of the Japanese whaling fleet halved the number of whales killed. Now it's come out that the whaling fleet has halted whaling in the Southern Ocean, citing Sea Shepherd's constant hounding of them, blocking supplies
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Volunteers Arrive in Droves to Save Stranded Whales
Whale lovers in New Zealand have had a challenging past few days. It all began late last week, when 82 pilot whales became beached in the sands of Farewell Spit, on the northern end of the South
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Carl Safina on Expanding the Circle of Compassion (Podcast)
Things can look pretty grim these days. But to lose touch with wonder, with the mysterious perfection of what's all around us--then we're really in trouble. The newest book from ecologist Carl Safina, The View From Lazy Point: A Natural Year in an
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Peter Tyack on Marine Mammals' Struggle with Human Noise Pollution
Photo by mikebaird via Flickr Creative Commons Peter Tyack is dedicated to studying how sound impacts marine mammals. As we know, whales and dolphins rely on vocalization to find food and one another. Many species are able to hear each other over vast
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Russian Oil Platform Plans Threaten Already Critically Endangered Gray Whales (Again)
An update on the months-old story of oil exploration off the coast of Russia's Sakhalin Island near feeding grounds of critically endangered Western North Pacific Gray Whales: Sakhalin Energy Investment Company, part owned by Shell, has announced plans
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Sea Shepherd Prevents Japanese Whalers From Receiving Supplies, Refueling
An update from the Southern Ocean and the activities of Sea Shepherd in harassing the Japanese whaling fleet: According to the latest reports Sea Shepherd's scout ship Gojira has intercepted a Panamanian-registered ship, the Sun
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Tune In To Live Whale Songs on Your Computer
You can stream all sorts of nature sounds on your computer to keep you calm during the day -- babbling brooks or rustling trees or ocean waves. But have you ever listened to whales singing live to you? A project called Listen to the Deep
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Whale Saved 10 Years Ago Reunites With Rescuers
One morning in November 2000, a large humpback whale was found stranded on a beach near Ubatuba, Brazil, clinging to life in the crashing surf. It didn't take long before a team was assembled of nearly one hundred fishermen,
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Whales Forced to Shout as Oceans Get Noisier
As anybody who's ever gone to a dance club knows, it's not easy to have quality conversation in loud places -- but party-goers aren't the only ones who have learned to cope with the clamor. According to marine biologists studying
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What Left 33 Whales Dead on the Shores of Ireland?
Last Saturday, 33 pilot whales were found dead, beached on the northwest coast of Ireland. Mostly
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The Week in Animal News: New Carnivorous Mammal, Celebrity Goose and More (Slideshow)
CuteOverload it's not. This fellow is a newly identified cat-sized species called Durrell's vontsira, found in the wetlands of Madagascar.
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Humpback Whale's Journey Breaks Distance Record
What could drive a female humpback whale to travel a quarter of the world, shattering mammal migration records? The quest to find a mate, of course. The whale's journey took her from the coast off south Brazil all the way to
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Paul Watson Says He Never Ordered Scuttling the Ady Gil - Bethune's Just Angry Over Being Kicked Out
The Whale Wars war of words continues: Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson has issued a long statement countering allegations made by former Sea Shepherd Captain Pete Bethune earlier in the week, wherein Bethune says Watson ordered the sinking of the Ady
