4 Dolphins Saved After Being Stranded On Omani Coast
About 12 false killer whales were found on Wednesday, beached near the town of Sawadi, but marine environmentalists have managed to guide four of them back to sea, while rescue operations continued.
Whale Bones On Florida’s New Smyrna Beach Revealed By Superstorm Sandy
The skeleton of a rare whale unearthed by superstorm Sandy erosion has been discovered on a Florida beach.
In pictures: Humpbacks Feed Close To Shore, Norway
Humpback whales, found near coastlines, feeding on tiny shrimp-like krill, plankton, and small fish, are known for their magical songs, which travel for great distances through the world’s oceans. These sequences of moans, howls, cries, and other noises are quite complex and often continue for hours on end.
A Rising Tide of Noise Is Now Easy to See
The oceanic roar originates because of the remarkable, and highly selective, way in which different kinds of waves propagate through seawater. While sunlight can penetrate no more than a few hundred feet, sound waves can travel for hundreds of miles before diminishing to nothingness. In recent decades, raucous clatter have been added to the primal chorus…
Malibu Tempers Fray As Fin Whale Carcass Rots On Beach
Sadness and anger in beach community as local authorities’ failure to deal with dead whale leads to fears for public safety
South Korea Drops Plans To Resume Whaling
South Korea has dropped plans to resume whaling in its coastal waters amid a storm of international criticism, and will instead use non-lethal methods to conduct research into the mammals.
A Visit From The Turtles
The beach at Ostional is the only beach in Costa Rica where locals are legally allowed to harvest the turtle eggs for consumption. Olive Ridley turtles, the most common visitor to Ostional beach, are endangered, making the legal harvesting of the eggs a controversial topic.
Extremely Rare White Whale Spotted Off The Coast Of Spitsbergen
Like a scene from Moby Dick, a rare white whale was spotted off the coast of Spitsbergen in Norway by maritime engineer Dan Fisher of the UK.
USGS Study Tracks Pacific Walrus, Observes Effects of Arctic Sea Ice Loss on Behavior
Sparse summer sea ice in the Arctic over the past five years has caused behavioral changes in Pacific walruses according to research published by U.S. Geological Survey and Russian scientists.