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• Pierce Brosnan Leads Charge to Save Whales from Sonar and Explosives

  
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  Written by Frances Beinecke, President, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) The U.S. Navy has announced new plans for training and testing with sonar and explosives — plans that spell disaster for whales. If the Navy proceeds, more than 1,000 whales and other marine mammals — including rare and endangered ...
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• Are seagulls killing whales in Patagonia?

  
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  It sounds ludicrous, but it could just be true: scientists say seagulls may be responsible for hundreds of southern right whale moralities off the Argentine coastline. Since 2003, scientists have documented the deaths of 605 southern right whales ( Eubalaena australis ) near Península Valdés which the whales use as ...
  2 weeks ago

• Munching on marine plastic kills sperm whale

  
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  What do childrens toys, balloons, mattresses and plastic bags have in common? They can, along with more non-biodegradable pollutants, be found in the belly of a sperm whale, the topic of a new study in the Marine Pollution Bulletin. The same whale that swallowed Jonah from the Bible, Geppetto from Collodis Pinocchio ...
  2 weeks ago

• Photographer Captures Stunning Killer Whale Attack on Dolphin

  
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  When capturing prey, killer whales use a number of chilling tactics. Some of these, like repeatedly ramming into a pod of sperm whales, are seldom seen. Others, like flipping a stunned creature out of the water and then eating it, ...
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• BP Oil Spill Stil Having Effects on Marine Life

  
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  The marine life in the Gulf of Mexico is still suffering from the British Petroleum oil spill of 2010. Maria Abaca discusses the effects of the spill nearly three years later. Even though the oil spill off of the Gulf of Mexico was nearly three years ago, the marine ecosystem hasn’t recovered, nor has it shown ...
  3 weeks ago

• Tim Gunn to Atlanta Pride: Disruptive Aquarium Party in Bad Taste

  
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  As someone who first took part in a Pride  parade way back in the 80s (I was just a child, of course), I can confirm thatLGBT folks love to twerkit  to a sickening (in a goodway ) bass beat. But for captivemarine mammals —many of whom navigate using an intricate sonar system—those loud noises are sickening ...
  4 weeks ago

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