The world’s rarest species of whale has finally been seen and photographed, 140 years after it was first identified from a jaw bone. Spade-toothed beaked whales, Mesoplodon traversii, grow to more than 5 metres (16 feet) long but, apart from a handful of skull bones, had never been seen until two bodies were found stranded
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Update IV, 31/10/12…the end of the road! Last week on 24th October, the Baltimore fin whale carcass was towed out to open water between the Bill of Cape Clear and the Fasnet Rock, West Cork and sunk with 3 tonnes of wagon wheels (not the Cadbury's variety). With her, went any chance of salvaging the skeleton, which
Update IV, 31/10/12…the end of the road! Last week on 24th October, the Baltimore fin whale carcass was towed out to open water between the Bill of Cape Clear and the Fasnet Rock, West Cork and sunk with 3 tonnes of wagon wheels (not the Cadbury's variety). With her, went any chance of salvaging the skeleton, which
The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group have called on the Irish government to designate a marine protected area for harbour porpoise off County Dublin. At the second All Ireland Mammal Symposium held in the Botanic Gardens, Dublin IWDG Executive Officer Dr Simon Berrow, who was a keynote speaker at the conference, presented data to show
The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group have called on the Irish government to designate a marine protected area for harbour porpoise off County Dublin. At the second All Ireland Mammal Symposium held in the Botanic Gardens, Dublin IWDG Executive Officer Dr Simon Berrow, who was a keynote speaker at the conference, presented data to show
You are electronically invited to view NADA at your leisure at www.conamara.org The NADA rock exhibition (by Bob Quinn) can also be viewed in person at Tuairín, Béal an Daingin, Conamara. NADA – Neolithic Anti-Dealer Art. (Can’t be bought, can’t be sold, can’t be moved) Comments to admin@conamara.org
You are electronically invited to view NADA at your leisure at www.conamara.org The NADA rock exhibition (by Bob Quinn) can also be viewed in person at Tuairín, Béal an Daingin, Conamara. NADA – Neolithic Anti-Dealer Art. (Can’t be bought, can’t be sold, can’t be moved) Comments to admin@conamara.org
IWDG surveyor Enda McKeogh is onboard RV Celtic Explorer on the annual Celtic Sea Herring Survey recording cetaceans on behalf of the IWDG. He will provide regular updates of his trip during the next three weeks. 21 October 2012 Wednesday 17th October was not a day for the crows nest, 7-8m swell and winds touching force 10 at
IWDG surveyor Enda McKeogh is onboard RV Celtic Explorer on the annual Celtic Sea Herring Survey recording cetaceans on behalf of the IWDG. He will provide regular updates of his trip during the next three weeks. 21 October 2012 Wednesday 17th October was not a day for the crows nest, 7-8m swell and winds touching force 10 at
Fundraiser for the Conamara Sea Week in Galway on Friday. The Conamara Environmental Education Centre based in Letterfrack, Co Galway have been great supporters of the IWDG where we have shared many a platform during the Conamara Sea Week. St. Nicholas’s Church Galway, on Friday 5th October, will be the venue for what promises to