Whale News Archive 
Iceland kicks off whaling season with minke quota set at 40; 'this is a sustainable activity'
date added: 2008-05-22 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Canadian province: Dead blue whale a 'national treasure'
date added: 2008-05-20 source: www.theguardian.pe.ca
Scientists: Super-fast pilot whales are 'cheetahs of the deep'date added: 2008-05-16 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Japanese whale meat eaters a dying breed feeding on tradition; 'we used every part of the whale'
date added: 2008-05-15 source: www.nzherald.co.nz
Mysterious Arctic Narwhale Under Threat from Changing Habitat; 'They Won't Just Eat Anything'date added: 2008-05-15 source: www.guardian.co.uk
Canadian Professor Offers Beluga Whales for 'Greenest' Person in World Contest Prize
date added: 2008-05-06 source: news.xinhuanet.com
Aussie diplomat lands task of stopping whale hunt
date added: 2008-05-04 source: www.theage.com.au
New whale detection buoys to help ships take the right way through New England waters; 'we need creative solutions'date added: 2008-05-02 source: www.underwatertimes.com
Study: Whale-watching boats are putting whales in jeopardy
date added: 2008-05-01 source: www.boston.com
Probing question: Why do whales beach themselves?
date added: 2008-04-29 source: www.underwatertimes.com
Royal Navy Denies Sonar Stranded Whales; 'A Less Than Satisfactory Response'
date added: 2008-04-21 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Japanese Whaling Ship Returns to Port; Fisheries Official: Protester Disturbances 'An Unforgivable Act'
date added: 2008-04-18 source: www.chinapost.com.tw
Australia renews call to end Japanese whaling; 'no scientific justification'
date added: 2008-04-17 source: www.int.iol.co.za
Japan 'Regrets' Not Meeting Whaling Targets, Blames Activists
date added: 2008-04-16 source: www.abc.net.au
Right whales wronged? US proposes offshore drilling in endangered whales' summer hauntdate added: 2008-04-14 source: www.nature.com
Even the Whales Have Their Predators: Ships
date added: 2008-04-14 source: www.nytimes.com
High-Tech Sound Detectors To Warn Ships of Right Whales
date added: 2008-04-11 source: news.nationalgeographic.com
Tribal whalers convicted, sentenced to community service; 'My mom's going to kill me'
date added: 2008-04-10 source: www.peninsuladailynews.com
Crew of anti-sealing ship charged after high-seas confrontation; 'endangered our sealers'
date added: 2008-04-09 source: www.canada.com
Amazement as 'lucky' whale works free of rope
date added: 2008-04-07 source: www.iol.co.za
Japan courts poorer nations in bid to end whaling ban
date added: 2008-04-03 source: news.nationalgeographic.com
The Real Whale Rider: Russian Free Diver Hitches a Ride With a Beluga Whaledate added: 2008-04-03 source: www.dailymail.co.uk
Right To Hunt Snags Plea Bargain With Rogue Tribal Whalers; 'Little Faith in the Government'
date added: 2008-03-27 source: seattlepi.nwsource.com
Five tribal whalers to plead guilty for killing gray whale
date added: 2008-03-26 source: seattletimes.nwsource.com
Bumpy whale fins set to spark a revolution in aerodynamics
date added: 2008-03-25 source: www.gizmag.com
Scientists discover sounds made my baby whales; 'communicating to their mothers'
date added: 2008-03-20 source: www.redorbit.com
Unknown Population of Blue Whales Discovered Off Southern Chile; 'There ... Whale. Blue Whale'
date added: 2008-03-18 source: www.abcnews.go.com
Japan Blame 'Sabotage' For Low Whale Catch
date added: 2008-03-17 source: www.abc.net.au
U.S. Navy asks judge to clarify, modify sonar use injunction
date added: 2008-03-16 source: www.kpua.net
Report: Aussie sonar use could harm whales; 'strandings are only the tip of the iceberg'
date added: 2008-03-15 source: www.usatoday.com
Japan denies paying delegates to attend whaling meeting
date added: 2008-03-13 source: news.bbc.co.uk
In for the kill, last of the ancient whalers; like 'Captain Ahab and Moby Dick'
date added: 2008-03-11 source: www.smh.com.au
Thar She Blows: Ships to Get Satellite-based Whale Warnings
date added: 2008-03-11 source: www.abcnews.go.com
Whaling Protest Captain: 'Japanese Shot Me'
date added: 2008-03-11 source: www.theage.com.au
Why Japan persists in hunting whales; 'We use it for sashimi'
date added: 2008-03-10 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Japan accused of vote buying ahead of whaling meeting
date added: 2008-03-08 source: www.guardian.co.uk
Argh! NOAA Scientists Spot Rare White Killer Whale; Like 'Finding A Needle In A Haystack'
date added: 2008-03-08 source: www.underwatertimes.com
Rare Whale Vomit Find Could Net Dog Walkers £500,000; 'Floating Gold'date added: 2008-03-07 source: www.dailymail.co.uk
NOAA researchers: Northern right whales head south to give birth, leave genetic 'fingerprints'
date added: 2008-03-06 source: www.underwatertimes.com
Photographer captures orca whale trio performing in formationdate added: 2008-10-13 source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Experts: 'Peanut-headed' Orcas Due To Salmon Shortage; 'They Are Looking Sick'
date added: 2008-10-13 source: www.canada.com
Professor stresses link between U.S. Navy sonar and whale strandings; 'killing more whales than we know about'
date added: 2008-10-10 source: www.underwatertimes.com
Beaked whales: Your questions answered about the elusive and enigmatic creature
date added: 2008-10-08 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Naval sonar has been blamed for beaked whale strandings off Canary Islands; like 'the bends'
date added: 2008-10-03 source: news.bbc.co.uk
U.S. Navy to move controversial sonar training range to Florida coast
date added: 2008-10-01 source: hamptonroads.com
Aussie protest at Eritrea's new whaling vote; 'We do not know their views on whales'
date added: 2008-10-01 source: www.smh.com.au
Tribute planned for missing orca 'Lummi'
date added: 2008-09-30 source: www.canada.com
Pictured: A Photographer's Very Close Encounter With A Majestic Right Whale; 'No Aggression'date added: 2008-09-30 source: www.dailymail.co.uk
Researcher: Right whales may be adapting to ocean noise pollution
date added: 2008-09-25 source: live.psu.edu
I've never felt my heart beat so fast the day I swam with Moby Dickdate added: 2008-09-24 source: www.dailymail.co.uk
In search of Moby-Dick; 150-yr-old novel 'remarkably prescient' about whale's fate
date added: 2008-09-22 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Report: Oceans are 'too noisy' for whales; 'Humanity is literally drowning out marine mammals'
date added: 2008-09-18 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Experts: Whale Songs Are Heard For The First Time Around New York City Waters
date added: 2008-09-18 source: www.underwatertimes.com
Greenland seeks whaling breakaway; 'nutritional and cultural need' to hunt 'great whales'
date added: 2008-09-18 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Entire Chilean Pacific coastline to be a sanctuary for whales
date added: 2008-09-17 source: www.wcsh6.com
Orca shares the waves with Kiwi surfer; 'It went underneath me'
date added: 2008-09-16 source: www.3news.co.nz
Scientists: 40 Million Years Ago, Whales Had Legs, Wiggled Hips
date added: 2008-09-16 source: news.nationalgeographic.com
Charges possible in Aussie whale watching accident that injured 10
date added: 2008-09-12 source: www.abc.net.au
Humpback whale performs for the camera off Brit coastdate added: 2008-09-09 source: www.thisiswesternmorningnews.co.uk
Supersize me: Whale meat resurfaces on Iceland menus; 'Moby Dick on a stick'
date added: 2008-09-08 source: online.wsj.com
Aussie experts rubbish Japanese claims on skinny whales
date added: 2008-09-04 source: www.abc.net.au
85 tons of imported whale meat may soon be abandoned; 'helping out our friends in iceland'
date added: 2008-08-30 source: www.underwatertimes.com
Japanese Study Finds worrying Loss Of Blubber In Whales; Research 'Was Only Possible By Killing Minkes'
date added: 2008-08-29 source: www.guardian.co.uk
Japanese whalers return home after catching 211 whales
date added: 2008-08-28 source: www.radionz.co.nz
Study: Oil, gas seismic work not affecting Gulf of Mexico sperm whales
date added: 2008-08-26 source: www.underwatertimes.com
Whaling Under Fire As Norway Catches Only 50% Of Its Quota; 'The Market Is Not There'
date added: 2008-08-26 source: www.guardian.co.uk
Orphaned Aussie Whale 'Colin' Put Down; 'It's A Tragic End'date added: 2008-08-26 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Aussie Scientists: Don't Pander To Hysteria Over Whale Calf's Death; 'This isn't a cute and cuddly world'
date added: 2008-08-26 source: www.smh.com.au
Miami Seaquarium Activists Push to Free 'Lolita' the Whale; Whole Life 'In A closet'date added: 2008-08-25 source: www.miaminewtimes.com
Time Running Out For Orphan Aussie Whale; euthanasia Only Option After Shark Bites, Declining Heath
date added: 2008-08-25 source: www.smh.com.au
Lost baby whale 'at risk of being eaten' by sharks
date added: 2008-08-22 source: www.abc.net.au
Sydney's baby whale finds new boat to suckle; humpback - weak, hungry and desperate to find its motherdate added: 2008-08-22 source: www.smh.com.au
Experts: Wayward whale heads out of German waters, out of danger
date added: 2008-08-21 source: www.foxnews.com
Beaked whale found butchered on Kiwi beach; 'crazy'
date added: 2008-08-20 source: www.odt.co.nz
In Germany, wandering whale creates wonderment; 'The whale could starve to death'
date added: 2008-08-20 source: www.physorg.com
Scientists: Lost whales ignore 'go home' siren song; 'Nothing's off the table at this point'
date added: 2008-08-19 source: www.int.iol.co.za
Canadian red tide may be linked to whale deaths
date added: 2008-08-19 source: www.cbc.ca
Marine biologist: Decline of blue whale led to fall of krill; 'Antarctic Paradox' linked to excrement
date added: 2008-08-18 source: www.underwatertimes.com
Sea Shepherd Issues Arrest Warrant For The Japanese Whaling Fleet; 'Continued Illegal Whaling Activities'
date added: 2008-08-13 source: www.underwatertimes.com
Scientist: Whales Mourn If A Family Member Is Taken
date added: 2008-08-13 source: www.abc.net.au
Mystery of Arctic explosion and dead whales likely to remain
date added: 2008-08-12 source: www.canada.com
Scientists use naval exercises to learn more about how marine mammals react to sonar
date added: 2008-08-11 source: www.underwatertimes.com
'Lummi', Oldest Puget Sound Orca Believed Dead
date added: 2008-08-11 source: blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com
Experts: Mystery As Blue Whale Songs 'Getting Lower And A Little Less Loud'
date added: 2008-08-08 source: www.dispatch.com
Group campaigns for return of 'Lolita', captive orca; 'the horror'date added: 2008-08-07 source: www.canada.com
Whale shark, possibly 'world's largest animal preserved through taxidermy', back on display
date added: 2008-08-07 source: www.upi.com
'New' Killer Whale Types at Risk From Antarctic Warmingdate added: 2008-08-07 source: news.nationalgeographic.com
Experts Stunned As Humpback Whale Seen In German Seas; 'It's a Sensation'date added: 2008-08-04 source: www.spiegel.de
U.S. Navy sonar suspected in Hawaii whale death; 'speculative'
date added: 2008-08-01 source: www.upi.com
Argh! Aussie Fishermen Spot 'Migaloo', White Humpback Whale; 'He Was Easily Longer Than Our Boat'date added: 2008-07-24 source: www.cairns.com.au
Japanese whalers deny whale meat thefts; seafarers 'cleared'
date added: 2008-07-21 source: news.theage.com.au
In pictures: Killer whale flips seal out of water with its taildate added: 2008-07-21 source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Baby albino whale spotted off Aussie coast; 'quite mesmerizing'
date added: 2008-07-17 source: www.abc.net.au
Study: Warming threatens migratory whales' feeding grounds
date added: 2008-07-17 source: www.nzherald.co.nz
Argh! Whale Attack Leaves Canadian Skipper Shaken; 'Are We Going To Survive This?'
date added: 2008-07-17 source: www.canada.com
CT scan performed on stranded pygmy killer whale 'Pete'; lesions found in lungsdate added: 2008-07-15 source: www.underwatertimes.com
Kiwi expert: Trailer rescue risked orca's life; 'a really tough call'
date added: 2008-07-10 source: www.nzherald.co.nz
Aussie Humpbacks: Close Encounters With Gentle Giants; 'You'll See A Spout'date added: 2008-07-09 source: www.cairns.com.au
Scientists Join Forces To Study Elusive Beaked Whales
date added: 2008-07-06 source: www.innovations-report.de
Cousteau joins hunt for orcas in New Zealand; 'they have ways of behaving that sort out one from another'date added: 2008-07-04 source: www.nzherald.co.nz
Makah tribal whalers get jail for whale kill; 'They've had their whale hunt'
date added: 2008-07-04 source: seattletimes.nwsource.com
Greenpeace presses Japanese embassy for release of 'Tokyo Two' whaling activists; 'we won't back down'
date added: 2008-07-03 source: www.underwatertimes.com
Japanese 10-year-olds taken on school trips to whale slaughter
date added: 2008-07-01 source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Can Compromise Save The Whale? 'We're Just Walking Around in Circles'
date added: 2008-07-01 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Icelandic whaler: What's the fuss? Whales tasty, profitable
date added: 2008-06-30 source: www.reuters.com
Group: Japan blaming whales for fall in fish numbers in poorer countries
date added: 2008-06-27 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Argh! Harpooned Whale Found Washed Up On Spanish Beach
date added: 2008-06-27 source: www.thinkspain.com
Whaling Body Adopts Reform Path; May Lead To Partial Resumption of Commercial Whalingdate added: 2008-06-26 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Chile declares whales a national monument, makes waters a sanctuary
date added: 2008-06-26 source: www.abc.net.au
Greenpeace activists arrested over whale meat theft; 'Politically motivated'
date added: 2008-06-25 source: www.abc.net.au
Researchers: Blue Whales Turn Down The Volume As Numbers Increase
date added: 2008-06-25 source: www.upi.com
Experts: Hunting Causing Lonely Whales To 'Lose The Will To Live'
date added: 2008-06-25 source: www.dailymail.co.uk
Group: Greenland Whale Hunt Has 'Crossed The Line', Turned 'Commercial'
date added: 2008-06-20 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Canadian Aquarium Limits Public Access to Baby Belugadate added: 2008-06-17 source: www.ctvbc.ctv.ca
Plan to save whales strangling in red tape; shipping collisions 'the number one cause of mortality'
date added: 2008-06-10 source: www.cnn.com
Prophet or pirate? Paul Watson tells why 'there's no rest on planetary duty'date added: 2008-06-09 source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Icelandic and Norwegian Companies Exporting Whalemeat To Japan, 'Defying Ban'
date added: 2008-06-04 source: news.bbc.co.uk
How now to ship a whale: Capturing orcas for aquariums in the 1960's
date added: 2008-05-26 source: thetyee.ca
Pictured: The deadly dolphin dance that proves killer whales do attack their cousins
date added: 2008-05-25 source: www.dailymail.co.uk