Whale News Archive 
Norway's Parliament to Increase Minke Whale Catch Quota to 1,800; 'The Government Will Have to Deliver'date added: 2004-05-31 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Orcas Feast on Monterey Bay Gray Whale Calves; 'It's the Greatest Predation Event on Earth'date added: 2004-05-28 source: sfgate.com
Tribe's whalers await chance to hunt again; 'I'd like to get one more in my lifetime'
date added: 2004-05-20 source: seattlepi.nwsource.com
Study: Blue Whales Sing at Same Pitch; 'Males Are Producing the Calls'
date added: 2004-05-19 source: news.nationalgeographic.com
Research leads to first live birth of killer whales by artificial insemination
date added: 2004-05-14 source: www.eurekalert.org
Free Lolita! Activists Increase Pressure for Florida Aquarium to Bring Orca 'Home'; 'Lolita is Not a Candidate for Release'date added: 2004-05-14 source: seattlepi.nwsource.com
Whales, Seals or Men: Who Stole All the Fish? 'Very Little Overlap'
date added: 2004-05-13 source: www.eurekalert.org
Whale stir fry, whale burgers seek to lure dulled appetites; 'a lot of work to do on marketing'date added: 2004-05-13 source: www.planetark.com
Norway Opens Whale-Hunting Season With a Quota of 670 Minkes
date added: 2004-05-12 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Scientist: 'crooner' humpback whales sing to woo females; 'whales don't read the text books'date added: 2004-05-10 source: msnbc.msn.com
Behold Leviathan! the deep mystery of the blue whale slowly unfolds; 'it's all very mysterious'date added: 2004-05-04 source: www.theage.com.au
'Gentle Giant' whale shark falls in Indian fishermen's net; 'next time...we will ensure that it is given safe passage'date added: 2004-04-28 source: www.hindu.com
Whale Songs Hint That Mating's Not Just for Mating Season; 'It Was a Real Surprise'date added: 2004-04-22 source: news.nationalgeographic.com
Narwhals: Photos Show Decline of 'Unicorn' Whales; 'It's a Very Peculiar Animal'date added: 2004-04-15 source: news.nationalgeographic.com
Marine World's orca transfer angers whale lover; an unhappy life 'in a concrete box'
date added: 2004-04-14 source: sfgate.com
Alarm sounded as aerial survey shows narwhal population '10% decline over the 17-year period'date added: 2004-04-06 source: news.bbc.co.uk
New Technology Reveals Killer Whale Conversations; 'Like Using a Microphone at a Cocktail Party'
date added: 2004-04-05 source: news.nationalgeographic.com
Experts: US Navy Sonar May Harm Killer Whales; 'Warfare Has Changed'
date added: 2004-04-04 source: news.nationalgeographic.com
UK zoologist plea over missing whale jawbones; 'a most unusual zoological phenomenon'
date added: 2004-04-02 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Brits to study basking shark feeding needs, population sizedate added: 2004-04-02 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Japanese Whaling Fleet Returns After Killing 440 Minke Whales; Commercial Sales of Whalemeat 'In Line With International Rules'
date added: 2004-04-01 source: www.smh.com.au
NOAA team postpones whale rescue; 'we are not giving up on attempts to save this whale'
date added: 2004-03-31 source: www.noaanews.noaa.gov
Scientists to try drugging to free entangled whale; 'If we do not remove the lines, the whale will die'
date added: 2004-03-29 source: www.usatoday.com
NOAA divers to join attempt to free ropes from whale; 'we're cautiously optimistic'date added: 2004-03-29 source: www.noaanews.noaa.gov
Scientists: Whales Use 'Very Loud, Scary Noise' to Trap Fish in Bubble Net
date added: 2004-03-29 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Animal Protection Groups Launch Global Anti-Whaling Campaign; 'Whaling is Simply Wrong on Cruelty Grounds'
date added: 2004-03-15 source: www.terradaily.com
Locals surprised as whale sharks take a liking to New Zealand seas
date added: 2004-03-13 source: www.nzherald.co.nz
Keiko-less Oregon aquarium struggles; 'I miss him'
date added: 2004-03-11 source: seattlepi.nwsource.com
Concern as 12-foot humpback whale is curiously attracted to Coast Guard cutterdate added: 2004-03-03 source: starbulletin.com
Norwegian Whales Have A Date With Death; 'Delights of the Sea'
date added: 2004-02-29 source: www.iol.co.za
Ambitious $3.3 million humpback whale survey launched; 'it is unprecedented'
date added: 2004-02-24 source: the.honoluluadvertiser.com
Whale on the Menu as Japan Renews Call for Hunting; 'I Really Like Whale Bacon'
date added: 2004-02-20 source: www.planetark.com
Report: Iceland considers exporting whale meat to Japan
date added: 2004-02-16 source: www.just-food.com
'Only Britain' can save rare whales from extinction; fears that oil find may spell doom for Asian grey whale
date added: 2004-02-13 source: observer.guardian.co.uk
Environmentalists fear NATO sonar exercises will harm whales
date added: 2004-02-12 source: news.scotsman.com
Pilot whale crittercam provides insight into Hawaii's deep sea hunters
date added: 2004-02-10 source: news.nationalgeographic.com
Hurricane Uncovers 8-Million-Year-Old Whale Fossil off Maryland Coast
date added: 2004-01-31 source: www.thewbalchannel.com
Scientists: Humpback Whales Losing Fear of Humans; 'They Used to be Scaredy Cats'
date added: 2004-01-26 source: the.honoluluadvertiser.com
Whale-cam sees precision in feeding frenzy; 'the biggest hero in all this is the herring'
date added: 2004-01-21 source: news.nationalgeographic.com
Pro-Whaling Nations Dominating Talks, 'May Relax Rules'
date added: 2005-06-22 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Japan pushes whale meat revival; 'the tradition is dying out'
date added: 2005-06-21 source: news.bbc.co.uk
UK Protests Over Japanese Expansion of Whale Hunt; 'The Wrong Side of History'
date added: 2005-06-21 source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Japan Accuses Kiwis, Aussies of being 'Fanatical' in Opposition to Whaling
date added: 2005-06-20 source: www.nzherald.co.nz
Aussie minister: Japan whaling vote 'will be close'
date added: 2005-06-13 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Japan fights hunt ban as cooks have whale of a time
date added: 2005-06-07 source: news.scotsman.com
Indian tribe: We should not be denied our right to harvest whales
date added: 2005-06-06 source: seattletimes.nwsource.com
Lobbyists square up over whaling; 'Whale eating' a 4,000-yr-old tradition
date added: 2005-06-02 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Japan Pushes for Doubling of Whale Kill for 'Scientific Research'
date added: 2005-05-29 source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ecologists: Killer whales thinning otter population
date added: 2005-05-26 source: www.npr.org
Japan Vows to Continue Whaling, Will Not Yield to Foreign Pressure
date added: 2005-05-26 source: news.xinhuanet.com
Japanese Yet to Decide Whether to Eat or Study Dead Grey Whale Found in Tokyo Bay
date added: 2005-05-13 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Whale meat is back on the menu in Japan; 'Children say it is really tasty'
date added: 2005-05-05 source: www.iol.co.za
Rescuers keep 'kegging' as rising tide of ocean debris gets more whales into a tangle
date added: 2005-05-02 source: www.smh.com.au
Canadian natives want $176,000 to watch Luna the lonely orcadate added: 2005-04-25 source: www.underwatertimes.com
Japan to probe whale meat 'theft', fraud claims
date added: 2008-05-27 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Japan insists the whale hunt will go on
date added: 2005-04-03 source: www.planetark.com
Secrets of Whales' Long-Distance Songs Unveiled
date added: 2005-03-25 source: news.xinhuanet.com
5% of All Reproductively Active Female Right Whales Have Died in Three Months
date added: 2005-03-21 source: www.newswise.com
Washington State ferries to carry brochures discouraging whale-watch boat tours
date added: 2005-03-16 source: seattlepi.nwsource.com
Study: UK whale stranding cases double over the last 10 yearsdate added: 2005-03-11 source: news.bbc.co.uk
China to launch first survey of grey whale's breeding ground
date added: 2005-03-09 source: news.xinhuanet.com
Two maimed baby whales off Maui may eventually die of injuries; sharks, propellers blameddate added: 2005-03-08 source: the.honoluluadvertiser.com
Scientists: Whales use 'sound map' of sea floor to navigate
date added: 2005-02-25 source: news.scotsman.com
Gentle Giants of the Sea Return to Mexico Lagoon; Grey Whales Rebound from Brink of Extinction
date added: 2005-02-21 source: www.washingtonpost.com
New DNA Studies Verify Existence of Three Right Whale Species
date added: 2005-02-20 source: www.innovations-report.com
Experts: Russian Pipeline May Doom Grey Whale Population
date added: 2005-02-18 source: www.planetark.com
Did Kiwi whale beaching foretell tsunami disaster? 'There is thought to be a correlation'date added: 2005-02-05 source: www.nzherald.co.nz
Hawaiian whale experts ask, 'What's going on?' after mother, calf beach
date added: 2005-01-22 source: the.honoluluadvertiser.com
The Right Stuff: Anatomy of a Whale Rescue; 'Obstinate, Very Powerful'date added: 2005-01-09 source: www.cnn.com
White whale witnesses Shanghai couple's wedding
date added: 2005-01-02 source: news.xinhuanet.com
'Luna' watchers hoping Orca reunites with family on his own; 'miracles could happen'
date added: 2004-12-19 source: www.komotv.com
US Navy Under Global Pressure to Limit Sonar Use; Link to 'Direct Mortality is Very Difficult' to Prove
date added: 2004-12-15 source: www.sfgate.com
Artist Wyland to Fight Milwaukee Whaling Wall Destruction; 'Terrible Precedent'date added: 2004-12-06 source: starbulletin.com
Scientist: 51 Whales Stranded on Kiwi Beach Part of Same Family
date added: 2004-12-01 source: www.nzherald.co.nz
Japan's 'scientific research' whaling fleets sets off for Antarctic hunt
date added: 2004-11-15 source: www.iol.co.za
Norwegian Leader Calls for More Whale, Seal Hunting 'To Create a Proper Balance' of Species
date added: 2004-11-13 source: pub.tv2.no
Rare ginkgo-toothed whale found on Kiwi beach; 'features that only their mothers could love'
date added: 2004-11-04 source: www.iol.co.za
'Research Whaling' off Northern Japan Nets 59 Minke Whales; Carcasses to be Sold as Meat
date added: 2004-11-03 source: news.xinhuanet.com
Aussie humane society seeks injunction against Japan whalers; 'too many whales'
date added: 2004-10-22 source: www.abc.net.au
Puget Sound Orca Pod Grows; Whales Head South for Chum Feast
date added: 2004-10-21 source: seattletimes.nwsource.com
Japan loses bid to loosen trade in whale products, decries West's 'cultural imperialism'date added: 2004-10-14 source: www.terradaily.com
Two-ton rubber whale used in rescue training to reduce deathsdate added: 2004-10-12 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Canada's whale of a dilemma: Luna the lonely orca
date added: 2004-10-05 source: www.csmonitor.com
Scientists: Right Whales Might Not Be Going Extinct; Known Population Tally Doubles
date added: 2004-10-04 source: www.sitnews.us
Alaskan scientists looking for solutions to fish-snatching whales; 'They're good at it'
date added: 2004-10-03 source: www.sitnews.us
Dude: California surfer takes brief ride on whale; 'I never changed position on my board'date added: 2004-10-03 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Locals Confounded by Mystery of Three Washed Up Whales in Wales; 'We're Ruling Out Coincidence'
date added: 2004-10-02 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Southern Right Whale Population at 150-yr High; Reproducing at 'Maximum Biologically Possible' Rate
date added: 2004-10-01 source: www.iol.co.za
Gov't Agency: Seismic Surveys No Serious Threat to Whales
date added: 2004-09-20 source: www.petroleumnews.com
Necropsy: Trash bags killed whale washed up on Scottish beach
date added: 2004-09-15 source: www.dailyrecord.co.uk
Toxic fire retardants turn up in Puget Sound orcas; 'we know enough to be concerned'
date added: 2004-08-31 source: seattlepi.nwsource.com
Scientists: Audio Tape of 'Feeding Vocalizations' May Lure Wayward Whale from Canadian Power Plant
date added: 2004-08-28 source: www.canoe.ca
Scientists: Like humans, each whale has its individual voice
date added: 2004-08-23 source: www.informnauka.ru
Flagging demand blamed for Norwegian whale hunters failing to fill catch quotas
date added: 2004-08-19 source: www.terradaily.com
Hawaiian whale-protection measures may affect long liners; 'I've never seen a whale on a hook'
date added: 2004-08-18 source: the.honoluluadvertiser.com
Scientists: Whale Took 10 Million Years to Hear Well
date added: 2004-08-16 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Beached whale dies after failed rescue effort in Brazildate added: 2004-08-13 source: www.usatoday.com
Luna Update: No Current Plans For Relocation; 'We're Learning About Bureaucracy'
date added: 2004-07-31 source: www.komotv.com
Japan at the help of the whaling industry's most determined comeback in 20 years
date added: 2004-07-27 source: www.smh.com.au
Japan threatens 'drastic measures' if whale ban not reviewed by 2005
date added: 2004-07-26 source: www.falkland-malvinas.com
Whalers scent victory; 'Revised Management Scheme' could introduce commercial hunt
date added: 2004-07-26 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Scientists: 'Overwhelming' evidence undersea noise 'does harm whales'
date added: 2004-07-25 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Tugs pull body of 40ft minke whale from prow of shipdate added: 2004-07-24 source: icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk
Japan harpooned at whaling talks; balance of power could still shift toward commercial whalers
date added: 2004-07-23 source: www.iol.co.za
Whale drowning refloats Aussie shark net debate; 'it's time for a re-think'
date added: 2004-07-23 source: www.abc.net.au
Deadlock looms as whale discussions begin; 'Whale meat is rich in protein, lean and tasty'
date added: 2004-07-22 source: www.iol.co.za
Agency: Whales 'face bleak future,' at risk from chemical pollution
date added: 2004-07-22 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Fishery Expert: Whales Do Not Compete with Humans for Fish; 'No Need to Wage War'
date added: 2004-07-21 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Whalers ask: When do whales die? 'Testing of reflexes... may put people's lives in danger'
date added: 2004-07-09 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Kauai Whale Gathering a Mystery; 'We're Worried About Nursing Moms, Young Calves and Old'
date added: 2004-07-08 source: www.khnl.com
New whale sanctuary setup off Italy; 'biggest protected area in the Mediterranean Sea'
date added: 2004-07-06 source: news.bbc.co.uk
Luna Madness: Over-Friendly Orca Breaks Sailboat's Rudder
date added: 2004-07-04 source: seattlepi.nwsource.com
Canadian Gov't Indefinitely Postpones Luna Relocation Plans in Face of Upset Aboriginals; 'Let Nature Take Its Course'date added: 2004-06-28 source: seattlepi.nwsource.com
US Officially Condemns Iceland and Japan's Whale Hunt; 'Lethal Research Whaling... Unnecessary for the Management of Whales'
date added: 2004-06-25 source: www.terradaily.com
Whaling nations blame whales for fish declines; 'absurd oversimplification of marine ecological relationships'
date added: 2004-06-24 source: news.nationalgeographic.com
Argh! Aussies Advised to Seer Clear of 'Migaloo,' Albino Humpback Whale; 'You Don't Want it Learning to Hate People'
date added: 2004-06-23 source: www.smh.com.au
CITES rejects Japanese call for partial end to ban on whale trade; 'research' cull to continue
date added: 2004-06-17 source: www.terradaily.com
Crickey! Croc Hunter Irwin in Row Over Antarctic 'Whale Rider' Claim; 'I've Got the Biggest Enemies in the World'date added: 2004-06-15 source: news.bbc.co.uk