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Animals Chargos Island

23. June 2021

Biologists Look for Underwater Bombs and Find… New Whales!

Thanks to underwater nuclear bomb detectors, the distinctive song of a brand new population of pygmy blue whales was picked up in the Indian Ocean, near the Chargos Archipelago, an encouraging discovery for marine biologists who study the secretive cetaceans.

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Animals USA

19. April 2021

1:0 for Endangered Whales against Oil Corp: Offshore Activity Stopped for 5 Years

A federal court in Alaska, United States, ruled in favor of protecting the critically endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale by restricting oil and gas activities as they are considered harmful to the mammal and other species.

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Animals USA

13. April 2021

These Endangered Whales Are Making a Comeback!

Over the winter, 17 North Atlantic right whale calves were spotted along the coast between the states of Florida and North Carolina, United States - marking this the endangered species' highest birth rate since 2015.

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Heroes New Zealand

1. March 2021

150 People Hold Hands in Two-Day Effort to Save Whales

It took two days and a lot of efforts, but a group of volunteers created a human chain and were able to successfully refloat a pod of long-finned pilot whales that were stranded at the top of New Zealand’s South Island.

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Animals USA

4. February 2021

With Gill Nets Out, These Little Marine Mammals Are Back In!

Since banning the use of gill nets from the shallow coastal waters along the coast of California, United States, in 1994, the population of harbor porpoises, one of the smallest marine mammals, have steadily rebound.

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Animals Iceland

28. December 2020

“Little Grey” and “Little White” Swim Freely After Ten Years in Captivity

After a 30 hours flight and 10,000 km, two beluga whales have reached their new home off the coast of Iceland where they can live in open sea for the first time after a decade of captivity.

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Animals Iceland

8. November 2020

Let’s Hunt Whales – but With Cameras, Not Harpoons

For the second year in a row, Iceland will not hunt for any whales as the public opinion has changed and the consumption of whale meat has declined.

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Animals USA

3. June 2020

Fighting Climate Change? Plant Thousands of Trees – or Save One Whale!

Focusing more on saving whales would significantly help in the fight against climate change, according to a new report, as they absorb a whole lot more carbon emissions than planting trees would.

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Animals USA

19. November 2019

Once Endangered Humpback Whales Enjoy Fast Rising Population Growth

The whaling industry led the population of South Atlantic humpback whales to drop to 450, facing near-extinction. But thanks to years of recovery efforts, a new study shows the whales have rebounded back to their pre-whaling population – of 25,000!

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Animals Russia

14. November 2019

Famous Russian “Whale Jail” is Finally Empty

Last year, four Russian companies illegally captured 97 beluga whales and orcas, locking them in what the media dubbed a “whale jail”. Now, this jail has finally been emptied, with all the sea mammals safely back in the wild.