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Gulf of Maine (Aug. 23)--An entangled Humpback whale breechesduring a successful rescue in the Gulf of Maine. U.S. Coast Guard crews and Bob Bowman, from the Center for Coastal Studies, freed the whale after it became tangled in a lobster trap. USCG photo by PA3 BRENT M. ERB (110503) ( SEARCH AND RESCUE (FOR RELEASE) )
Animal   Navy   Photos   Whale   Wikipedia: Whale		  STL Today 
Groups sue over Navy sonar use off Northwest coast
Thu 26 Jan 2012
Conservationists and Native American tribes are suing over the Navy's expanded use of sonar in training exercises off the Washington, Oregon and California coasts, saying the noise can harass and kill... (photo: US Coastguard / PA3 BRENT M. ERB)
Blue Whale Tail Fluke Diving Balaenoptera musculus 29 July 2010 - It is somewhat rare to see the tail fluke of a Blue Whale upon diving, North Atlantic.
Animals   Australia   Photos   Scientists   Whale   Wikipedia: Blue whale		  Canberra Times 
Blue note: scientists use sound to find lost giants of the deep
Thu 26 Jan 2012
IT IS said that the blue whale lights up the sea. Now, Australian scientists have turned to sound to illuminate the hidden lives of the few remaining largest animals on Earth. Devastated by 20th... (photo: Creative Commons / Mike Baird)
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Jan. 15, 2005)--Rescue crews from the Coast Guard and NOAA Marine Mamamal Stranding Network monitor one of the last living pilot whales on the beachs of North Carolina after a beaching earlier today (from left Seam Adam Radford, USCG; Ari Friedlander of NOAA; and Fireman Jennifer Smith, USCG). USCG photo by PA2 Donnie Brzuska. (101304) ( BEACHED WHALE (FOR RELEASE) )  Independent online (SA)  Tue 24 Jan 2012
Thirty stranded whales refloated
Wellington - Volunteers succeeded on Tuesday in refloating 39 survivors of a pod of 99 pilot whales that stranded on a remote beach at the top of New Zealand's South... (photo: US Coastguard / PA2 Donnie Brzuska.)
Animal   Photos   Wellington   Whales   Wikipedia: Pilot whale
Seaweeds - Seafoods  The Observer  Sun 22 Jan 2012
The future of food
Seaweed harvesting in Bali. From seaweed to slime, algae is the future of food, says Professor Mark Edwards Photograph: Ed Wray/AP How can we feed the 2.5 billion more people – an extra China and... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Agriculture   Food   Indonesia   Photos   Wikipedia: Seaweed
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A great white shark turns onto its back while hunting tuna bait The Daily Telegraph Sat 21 Jan 2012
Shark attack: the deadliest beach in the world
Port St Johns' Second Beach has seen six fatal shark attacks in just over five years. Aislinn Laing visited the deadliest beach in the world. Second Beach in Port St... (photo: Creative Commons / Mbz1)
Animal   Photos   Port   Usa   Wikipedia: Shark
Italian navy scuba divers sail past the cruise ship Costa Concordia off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. Jakarta Globe Sat 21 Jan 2012
Cruise Ship Threatens Marine Paradise Off Italy
Porto Ercole, Italy. Stone fortresses and watchtowers that centuries ago stood guard against marauding pirates loom above pristine waters threatened by a modern peril:... (photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia)
Costa Concordia   Environment   Italy   Photos   Wikipedia: Costa Concordia disaster
A view from building facing the Kota Kinabalu waterfront. Sabah, Malaysia. Three boats, most likely from the Filipino village on Gaya island, are waiting by the shore. The Star Sat 21 Jan 2012
Online petition to protect sharks in Sabah
KOTA KINABALU: An online petition drive has been kicked off by conservationist and divers in their bid to protect sharks and other marine creatures in Sabah east coast... (photo: Creative Commons / Dcubillas)
Conservationist   Online   Photos   Sabah   Tourism   Wikipedia: Sabah
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Dec. 31, 2004) National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and its rescue team partners spent last night off the South Carolina coast working to free a young endangered right whale entangled in ropes and buoys. The team successfully removed all of the ropes and gear from the whales body. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Photo by Alicia Windham-Reid. (99804) ( ENTANGLED WHALE (FOR RELEASE) ) my SA Fri 20 Jan 2012
Rescuers unable to help whale off Georgia coast
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Rescuers about 10 miles off the Georgia coast say they were unable to get close enough to help a right whale that has become entangled in commercial... (photo: US Coastguard / Alicia Windham-Reid.)
Animal   Georgia   Photos   Whaling   Wikipedia: Whale
Killer whales often raise their bodies out of the water in a behavior called spyhopping. Day-to-day behavior generally divides into four activities: foraging, traveling, resting and socializing. MSNBC Thu 19 Jan 2012
Scientists: Killer whales' taste for sea lion pups threatens species
Killer whales and other ocean predators are targeting and killing the pups of a threatened northern sea lion species at an increasingly high rate, scientists warned this... (photo: Creative Commons / Gridge)
Animal   Nature   Photos   Science   Wikipedia: Sea lion
Pilot whales Independent online (SA) Thu 19 Jan 2012
SA man hurt in whaler tussle
Anti-whaling campaigners have vowed to continue targeting Japanese whalers, despite three of their crew members, one of them a South African, being injured this week. On... (photo: Creative Commons / ahisgett)
Animal   Japan   Photos   Whaling   Wikipedia: Whaler


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