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A pygmy sperm whale that grounded itself on the nearshore flats just north of the Snapper Creek Bridge was discovered by a Coast Guard crew from Islamorada Wednesday morning, and by 4 p.m. that afternoon was resting at a boat ramp at the Coast Guard Stati

Dolphin fossil find lucky

A rare coincidence has resulted in University of Otago geologist Associate Professor Ewan Fordyce discovering a “new” species of ancient dolphin in the Waitaki Valley.

Euro MPs have called for a ban on warships using submarine-seeking sonar devices because campaigners believe they may be killing dolphins and whales. Full Story<

Ocean scientists have recruited wild arctic whales to their team to probe the waters deep beneath an Arctic island fjord for the first time. Full Story

The seal population off Canada’s Atlantic Coast is suffering because Ottawa continues to allow hunters to kill hundreds of thousands of the animals each year despite clear evidence the ice cover is rapidly thinning, activists said.

Biologists have been collecting the strange, scratchy calls of North Pacific right whales from the Bering Sea, eavesdropping on life among the rarest large cetaceans on the planet.