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Governor Pushes Back on Protection for Rare whales
  • 12 July 2019
Maine officials say the burden on lobstermen is unfair because most right whales swim farther...
  • AP News
Governor Pushes Back on Protection for Rare whales
Scientists Seek Beaches Where Dead Whales Can Rot in Peace
  • 21 June 2019
Experts estimate the washed-up whales represent just 10 percent of the total number of the...
  • AP News
Scientists Seek Beaches Where Dead Whales Can Rot in Peace
Russia to Release 100 Illegally Captured Whales
  • 20 June 2019
Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Gordeyev said that the operation to fully re-introduce the mammals back...
  • AP News
Russia to Release 100 Illegally Captured Whales
Scientists Record Singing by Rare Right Whale for First Time
  • 19 June 2019
Only about 30 of the animals remain.
  • AP News
Scientists Record Singing by Rare Right Whale for First Time
Russia Plans to Free Almost 100 Captured Whales
  • 5 April 2019
The whales' condition has drawn international concern, and President Vladimir Putin has ordered authorities to...
  • AP News
Russia Plans to Free Almost 100 Captured Whales
Japan to Resume Commercial Whaling, But Not in Antarctic
  • 26 December 2018
Japan announced it is leaving the International Whaling Commission to resume commercial hunts for the...
  • AP News
Japan to Resume Commercial Whaling, But Not in Antarctic
Could a Blue Whale’s Fart Contain a Horse?
  • 1 June 2018
This story, like the feeding behavior of the animal in question, is a deep dive.
  • News
Could a Blue Whale’s Fart Contain a Horse?
Did a Sperm Whale Die After Swallowing 64 Pounds of Plastic Debris?
  • 12 April 2018
A photograph of an art installation is frequently attached to genuine reports about a dead...
  • Fact Check
Did a Sperm Whale Die After Swallowing 64 Pounds of Plastic Debris?
‘Beginning of the End?’ No New Babies for Endangered Whales
  • 26 March 2018
The winter calving season for critically endangered right whales is ending without a single newborn...
  • AP News
‘Beginning of the End?’ No New Babies for Endangered Whales
Scientists Spot Rare, Endangered Whales in the Bering Sea
  • 11 August 2017
One of the North Pacific right whales had not been seen in a decade.
  • AP News
Scientists Spot Rare, Endangered Whales in the Bering Sea
Fisherman Survives Inside Whale for Three Days
  • 3 September 2016
The faux-spirituality web site Spirit Science posted a spoof story of a Spanish fisherman supposedly...
  • Fact Check
Fisherman Survives Inside Whale for Three Days
Does This Photograph Show Whales Breaching Near a Small Boat?
  • 21 June 2016
A whale of a picture, impressive at any scale.
  • Fact Check
Does This Photograph Show Whales Breaching Near a Small Boat?
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