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1,425 results for: Whales

  1. Animals

    Whales Drink Sounds: Hearing may use an ancient path

    Sounds can travel to a whale's ears through its throat, an acoustic pathway that might be ancient in the whale lineage.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  2. Humans

    Whaling back to the future

    International commission meets after soul-searching on years of dispute.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Animals

    Whaling, to be announced

    The 60th meeting of the International Whaling Commission defers voting on deadlocked issues

    By Susan Milius
  4. Life

    Supreme Court lifts restriction on Navy sonar testing

    Justices overturn restrictions that require Navy to stop using sonar when marine mammals are within 2,200 yards of vessels.

    By Dina Fine Maron
  5. Animals

    Dolphins wield tools of the sea

    A long-term study of dolphins living off Australia’s coast finds that a small number of them, mostly females, frequently use sea sponges to forage for fish on the ocean floor.

    By Bruce Bower
  6. Ecosystems

    Pacific Northwest salmon poisoning killer whales

    A protected population of resident orcas around Vancouver Island and Puget Sound is the planet’s most PCB-contaminated mammals, says one researcher.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  7. Life

    Earliest whales gave birth on land

    Recently discovered fossils of a protowhale help fill in gaps in the land-to-water transition.

    By Sid Perkins
  8. Life

    Mother right whales know best, maybe

    Southern right whales learn where to eat from mom and may not seek new feeding grounds if these favorite restaurants go belly-up.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  9. Ecosystems

    Marine census: Surprising number of creatures bipolar

    Census of Marine Life offers a preview of massive international census gives fuller count, shows some sea species at both poles.

    By Susan Milius
  10. Earth

    Exxon Valdez 20 Years Later

    March 24 marked the 20th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. The effects are still obvious today. A series of blogs from senior editor Janet Raloff describes the continuing aftermath.

    By Janet Raloff
  11. Animals

    Sonar causes rock-concert effect in dolphins

    Test of recorded sonar causes temporary hearing impairment in dolphins.

    By Susan Milius
  12. Ecosystems

    Sperm whales may team up to herd prey

    Data recorders yield first hints of coordinated feeding behavior.

    By Sid Perkins