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Modern-Day Captain Ahab Spears Whale With Cruise Ship
Image credit: AP Photo/NOAA
The Sapphire Princess, a cruise ship operated by Princess Cruises, struck a 43 foot long female humpback whale on Wednesday, causing it to become lodged in an undersea protuberance of the bow.
The ship, en route to Juneau, Alaska, was forced to make a detour to Douglas Island, where the whale was removed from the bow and taken into the custody of the Nat
Sea Shepherd's "Sea No Evil" Activist Art Auction
Teresa Valencia's "Sea Shepherd PhotoMosaic" up for auction.
Captain Paul Watson, Shepard Fairey and Crystal Method are throwing a party and you're invited.
Good Ocean News! Blue Whales On a Feeding Spree Off California Coast
Images of krill and blule whale via wikipedia
Amid all the bad news about marine ecosystems needing life support around the world, there is a tiny spot of happy news today on the ocean beat. Actually, a big spot, a blue whale-sized spot.
Human-Generated Noise Yet Another Threat to Northern Right Whales
Northern right whales shout to overcome background noise, but how loud is too loud? Image credit: Wikimedia Commons
Right whales, it's believed, earned their name for being the "right whales to hunt." The whales are rich in blubber, swim slowly, and float after they have been killed—making them an easy and profitable target for whalers.
San Francisco Bay Area Marine Sanctuaries Project Localized Climate Change Impacts
Photo: Chad King, via sanctuarysimon.org
On Thursday, the California Academy of Sciences kicked off its Oceans Conference with a rece
Australia Makes Good on Threat to Take Japan to Court to Stop Whaling
Whale meat on sale at the Tsukiji fish market in Japan, photo: Stefan Powell.
Threatened for some time now, Australia has begun legal action against Japan to
The Cutest Anti-Whaling Video You'll Ever See (Video)
Bryant Austin is an unusual artist.
A Declaration of Cetacean Rights! All Should Be Granted Right to "Life, Liberty & Wellbeing"
photo: NOAA via flickr
This isn't the first time the subject of rights for whales has come up and let's hope it's not the last: At a two-day meeting in Helsinki led by the Whale and Dolphin Conserva
5 Endangered Species That Could Kill You, and How to Save Yourself
Image: Wilfried Berns via Wikimedia Commons
Since most endangered species these days get that way because of us humans, I'm not surprised that some of them want to kill us. OK, so maybe want to is anthropomorphic, but some of them certainly can kill humans.
Gray Whale, Extinct for Centuries, Sighted in Mediterranean
Gray whale in Baja California, photo: Marlin Harms
It's really not too often that there's some good news on the endangered species front, but this is one of those times. At the least it's really intriguing.
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