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Japan calls for an end to a decades-old ban on commercial whaling arguing there is no longer a scientific reason for what was supposed to be a temporary measure.
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Two beluga whales will set off from an aquarium in China to a sanctuary in Iceland billed as the first of its kind for cetaceans.
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Regarded as one of the ocean's most formidable predators, killer whales are pack hunters, with some orcas hunting other marine mammals while others prefer to eat only fish.
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The effort to establish the retirement community for cetaceans started two years ago when the Whale Sanctuary Project, based in the United States, announced it was looking at sites in North America where it could set-up a large seaside enclosure.
Read moreA new population of at least 700 blue whales has been found living between the North and South Islands of New Zealand.
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A new study offers a hypothesis of how marine mammals generally avoid getting the bends. The key is the unusual lung architecture of whales, dolphins and porpoises, and possibly other breath-holding diving vertebrates.
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A new study by the University of Exeter has highlighted how overfishing in the Mediterranean has led to dolphins preying on the fish caught in fishing nets in northern Cyprus, due to dwindling fish numbers.
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Human voices develop as the individual grows up, and it appears to be the same for North Atlantic right whales.
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Working with Risso's dolphins (Grampus griseus) researchers from University of Western Australia has demonstrated that the dolphins remember where their prey is, and change the depth and location of subsequent squid-seeking dives accordingly.
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A female orca named Wiki is thought to be the first of its kind to imitate human speech, mimicking words such as "hello" and "bye bye". The 16-year old female learned by copying a trainer at Marineland Aquarium in Antibes, France.
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Instead of wearing earplugs at a rock concert, imagine you could simply tune a dial inside your ears to lower the volume and protect your hearing.
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A study published recently in the PLOS ONE journal describe how bowhead whales were observed engaging in behaviour that promoted exfoliation of molting skin.
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Most animals tend to be "right-handed" or they tend to favour the right side when they go about their normal activities. Called lateralisation bias, this refers to a preference for using a specific side of the body, be it the right or left.
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Some whales feed by lunge-feeding, in which they open their mouth wide and lunge forward. The massive quantity of water—including small fish—that ends out in their mouths is then strained through a series of baleen plates.
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A new study has shown that socially isolated male orcas (also known as "killer whales") are three times more likely to die in any given year, compared to those in more central social positions.
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Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust (HWDT) is a marine conservation charity that takes action through a unique programme of community based research and education.
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