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Humpback whales have been spotted fending off killer whales from attacking other species. But this kind of interspecies altruism raises an evolutionary conundrum.
What are the oldest living animals on the planet?
Understanding this will boost conservation efforts.
Globally, a quarter of whale and dolphin species are endangered. Though South African dolphin populations are generally in good heath, the humpback dolphin is cause for concern.
Highly prized and extremely rare, it’s hard to tell if you’ve stumbled on this piece of sperm whale ‘product’.
Antarctica’s blue whales all feed in the same place. But a new genetic analysis suggests they are actually three separate populations that breed in different parts of the globe.
It didn’t turn out well for the whale who went to Westminster, but others have made a happy home in British waters.
The tale of the vengeful whale that took out the Essex, a whaling-ship, has now been adapted in true swashbuckling style.
The clash between Australia and Japan over whaling is undermining science-based environmental law.
Japan’s whaling fleet will leave port today to resume whaling in the Southern Ocean as part of its new scientific program, NEWREP-A.
Why are some southern right whale populations not recovering as fast as we hoped? The answer may be in their migrations.
Sometimes extraordinary species really do appear to come back from the dead.
They are among the most intelligent creatures on the planet, but family ties can lead them into danger
Chalk it up as a rare conservation win: humpback whales have bounced back so strongly since the whaling era that there is no longer a need to include them on Australia’s official threatened species list.
The Great Barrier Reef is home to some 1,600 species of bony fish, 130 sharks and rays, and turtles, mammals and more. Most have had no population monitoring, meaning we don’t know how well they are faring.
Japan’s proposed new program to kill whales for science has been rejected by an international expert panel.
Dead whales can cost beachside ratepayers a lot to clean up. The alternative is to tow them away before they wash up - but the legal question of who does the job is far more complex than it sounds.
The Natural History Museum’s plan to remove “Dippy”, the cast of a diplodocus skeleton, from its entrance hall, and replace it with a genuine skeleton of a blue whale has been met with outrage. The #savedippy…
This week, Japan announced a research plan for its New Scientific Whale Research Program in the Antarctic Ocean, to replace previous programs. In March this year, Japan’s previous whaling program, JARPA…
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Postdoctoral Researcher and Wildlife Scientist, Macquarie University
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Research Fellow in Marine Science and Manager Whales & Climate Program, Griffith University
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Adjunct Professor, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
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Curator Vertebrates, Te Papa Tongarewa
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Professor Evolution & Ecology, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, School of Science, Edith Cowan University
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Honorary Professor at Bangor University; Director of Sea Watch Foundation, Bangor University
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Reader in Biology, University of St Andrews
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Antarctic Law Researcher, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies and the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington
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PhD student, Monash University
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Lecturer in Ecology, Scotland's Rural College
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Professor of Marine Ecology, Macquarie University
