A plan to force cargo ships to slow down while traveling in waters frequented by endangered North Atlantic right whales has been put on hold by the Bush administration.
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May 2008 The Bolivian river dolphin, known locally as the as bufeo, has been acknowledged by the scientific community as a new endemic species for Bolivia. and is now considered an important indicator regarding the quality of the freshwater ecosystemsin i
A 6-foot, 250-pound whale washed ashore near Chevron Refinery, a scientist said Thursday. Mississippi Press
May 2008 The Bolivian river dolphin, known locally as the as bufeo, has been acknowledged by the scientific community as a new endemic species for Bolivia. and is now considered an important indicator regarding the quality of the freshwater ecosystemsin i
Under ISCOPE II the IWDG initiated a programme of offshore surveys using platforms of opportunity (vessels used as a survey platform but not chartered for this purpose). Ship surveys under ISCOPE II commenced in September 2006 and will continue until April 2009. Data from these surveys will be entered into the IWDG cetacean sightings database
Australia may abandon plans to take Japan to the international court over whaling after New Zealand gave up plans to use legal action to stop the annual cull, the Australian newspaper reported.
A dashing dolphin called George is charming boatloads of tourists in an Abel Tasman National Park bay. Stuff
In a brutal incident, a rare Gangetic Dolphin was beaten to death by villagers in the outskirts of Lucknow. The dolphin had strayed into the shallow waters of a canal and become an easy prey for the ignorant villagers.
All eyes will be looking out for the rare all-white humpback Migaloo, who is the only documented hypo-pigmented, or albino, whale of its kind in the world. Nort
Ancient whales were not master divers like their modern descendents. Biologists have discovered signs of decompression syndrome the bends in several different whale fossils.