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Norway Kills More Whales Than Japan and Iceland Combined
2016-06-15 21:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Norway is now the worlds leading whaling nation, killing more whales in the past two years than Japan and Iceland combined. A new report released Monday calls on the international community to respond to Norways systematic efforts to weaken management rules and improve market conditions for its whalers. Frozen in Time: How Modern Norway Clings to Its Whaling Past, produced by the Animal Welfare Institute, OceanCare and Pro-Wildlife, details Norways undermining of the International Whaling Commission...
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2016-02-11 22:04:30| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
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Research reveals that ships noise harm whales hunting ability
2016-02-04 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Researchers in the US have concluded that sounds emitted by ships threaten the ability of whales and dolphins to communicate, and locate and hunt their prey.
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Mystery absence of humpback whales in Hawaii has experts scratching heads
2016-01-02 18:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Humpback whales have been slow to return to Hawaii as December usually marks the start of the season, experts say. The giant whales are a famous part of winter on the islands and a source of income for tour operators. But officials at the Humpback Whale Marine Sanctuary said theyve been getting reports that the whales have been difficult to spot so far. This isnt a concern, but its of interest. One theory was that something like this happened as whales increased. Its a product of their...
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Whales Die From Bizarre Cause: Fish Stuck in Blowhole
2015-12-02 15:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: A fish-versus-whale battle seems like no contest. But two whales learned otherwise when common soles became lodged either in or just below their blowholes, slowly suffocating them to death. Though observed before, the rare phenomenon has never been recorded in long-finned pilot whales, a new study says. The body of one animal washed up on the Dutch coast in late 2014, the other in early 2015. Making the deaths doubly strange, pilot whales normally dine on squid, not flatfish such as soles,...