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Dana Point -
All too often the entrapment of sea animals caught in gill nets results in the death of the creature and the gill net still remains a hazard.
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Images produced by the National Center for science Literacy, Education and Technology (NCSLET) showed a rare form of interaction in the wild between two species. Bottlenose dolphins and humpback whales were captured playing in Hawaiian waters.
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Palm Beach -
A young albino humpback calf has been seen in Australia, looking pretty much like his albino dad, Migaloo. The little one is now called MJ, for Migaloo Junior, with mom looking like the average humpback whale.
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How embarrassing. In 2010, the Australian government announced that it wanted an end to whaling in the Southern Ocean Whaling Sanctuary, yet a news report has revealed four Australian companies have been importing whale meat since 2005.
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Orlando -
Tilikum, the orca responsible for the death of Dawn Brancheau in 2010 is sick. SeaWorld reports that the orca is responding to care. One conservation group however, is surprised he's still alive.
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A 50-foot (15-meter) sperm whale was discovered on a beach in Zarautz town a resort in Spain. It was still alive when first discovered but died soon afterward.
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This morning, off the Gold Coast of Australia, an infant humpback whale's journey of rescue, which initially filled many with hope, came to a sad end.
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Orlando -
Tilikum, the SeaWorld ocra responsible for the death of 40-year-old trainer Dawn Brancheau, was greeted by thunderous applause when he took the stage at Shamu Stadium while animal rights activists gathered outside the gates of the Orlando park.
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Students at one Tokyo school were recently served whale meat as part of a national week to commemorate lunches in public schools, but they are not the only children for whom whales are on the menu.
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Cape Town -
Volunteers and government workers have rescued a Southern Right Whale entangled and exhausted by rock lobster buoys and ropes.
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Whale Headlines
A study of hormones in whale faeces shows that right whales are stressed by propeller noise from shipping.
What happens to the carcasses of dead whales?
The unusual sight of humpback whales intervening in a killer whale hunt has been caught on camera by a BBC/National Geographic film crew.
Beluga whales are among rare species recorded at, or near to, proposed sites for marine renewables, according to a new report.
Whales that use sound to navigate are able to adjust the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noises, say scientists.
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Injured whale spotted in puget sound, December 1, 2010.
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