Conservationists, big oil company join forces to help whales

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 09:47

Conservationists have joined forces with a company working on one of the world`s largest oil and gas projects to help limit the impact of seismic surveys on endangered whales.

New whale stranding on notorious New Zealand beach

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 18:56

More than 50 pilot whales beached themselves Saturday on the same remote New Zealand coast where another 52 whales have either died or been put down in the past two weeks.

Aircraft of the future to be inspired by whales

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 15:05

A Spanish designer has designed an aircraft that is shaped like a whale.

Stranded whales to be euthanised in New Zealand

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 20:07

New Zealand conservation officials said Thursday they would have to euthanise eight pilot whales stranded on a remote beach where five others died earlier this week.

Fight to save stranded whales underway in New Zealand

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 12:32

Volunteers and conservation officers are fighting to save a pod of more than 60 pilot whales after they began stranding on a beach at New Zealand`s South Island Tuesday.

Conjoined whale calves wash up on Mexican beach

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 16:49

wo conjoined grey whale calves have been found washed up on a beach in Mexico.

Scientists believe some whales flee from sonar

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 19:32

The Navy plans to increase sonar testing in US waters over the next five years even as studies it funded reveal worrying signs that the loud underwater noise could disturb whales and dolphins.

Scientists believe some whales flee from sonar

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 02:06

The Navy plans to increase sonar testing in US waters over the next five years even as studies it funded reveal worrying signs that the loud underwater noise could disturb whales and dolphins.

11 whales found dead in Florida Keys

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 09:45

Eleven whales presumed to be from the pod that was stranded last week in southwest Florida were found dead over the weekend in the lower Florida Keys, officials said.

Fate of 40 stranded Florida whales unclear

Last Updated: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 21:06

After a three-day rescue effort, the fate of 40 whales hung in the balance, with officials saying they had lost track of two dozen of them in southern Florida.

Japan`s hunts pushing dolphins, whales to extinction

Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 23:55

Environmental Investigation Agency, a voluntary group, Thursday said that Japan`s reliance on outdated data for hunts of small cetaceans has put some species of whales and dolphins at the risk of extinction, The Guardian reported.