marine mammals

Capt. Patrick Price of Daymaker charters out of Four Fish Marina in Jensen Beach and his clients saw an unusual site while fishing offshore Friday morning. They saw an estimated 10-foot long mako shark leaping out of the water. Upon closer inspection, as they moved closer to try to catch the mako, they saw a humpback whale calf and an adult humpback, and a hammerhead shark below it.

It has polypropylene rope wrapped around its head and pectoral fin and its attached to an anchor   -Patrick Price

 

Narrated by Oprah Winfrey, "Life" consists of 11 shows that each explore a different facet of the world's animal kingdom, ranging from reptiles to mammals to plants. A co-production between the BBC and the Discovery Channel, "Life" began production before the release of "Planet Earth," so the latter's success (the program's DVD was the highest-grossing American HD title of 2007) came as great relief to Executive Producer Mike Gunton. Gunton said audiences are attracted to the "realness" of the natural h

There’s a lot of over-constructed, fake television that passes itself off as reality, but this is the real deal   -Mike Gunton

 

The parent company of the The Hump, a popular Santa Monica restaurant, and sushi chef Kiyoshiro Yamamoto were charged on March 11 with violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act, which makes it illegal to sell whale meat. Federal prosecutors have said that the case stemmed from informants who were served whale meat at The Hump in October 2009 and evolved into a sting operation by U.S. wildlife and customs officials. The federal charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in federal prison and a maxim  

Court action against Japan over whaling could fail and put anti-whaling countries in a worse position, New Zealand's representative to the International Whaling Commission says. Australia has threatened to take a case to the International Court of Justice if diplomatic measures this year, aimed at stopping Japan whaling in the Southern Ocean, fail. New Zealand is considering a compromise and commissioner Sir Geoffrey Palmer said if that was reached more whales would be saved, while taking a case to th

We regard that as a very uncertain proposition at all, and if that case were lost the situation would be worse than it is now   -Geoffrey Palmer

 

The Hump, a Santa Monica, Calif. sushi restaurant accused of illegally selling whale meat, closed yesterday. The reason given on the restaurant's Web site? By closing, they hope to bring attention to the damage done by illegal whaling.  

Already, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has branded it as a 'critically endangered' species. "They live throughout the Padma, Meghna, Jamuna, Karanphuli and Sangu rivers and were frequently seen at ferry crossings but now the frequency of their visibility is falling," Dr Md Anwarul Islam, Professor of the Zoology Department of Dhaka University, told The Independent yesterday. He said that the alarming rise of pollution in rivers posed a serious threat to the survival of Shus  

Researchers at the University of California at Santa Cruz are studying a rare Hawaiian Monk Seal so they can help the dwindling population in the wild. Experts said the monk seal population has dropped to 1,100 and decreases at a rate of 4 percent each year. Biologist Terrie Williams, who is overseeing the research, said it is the most endangered marine mammal in the U.S. He was brought to Santa Cruz's Long Marina Lab from the island of Molokai in November.  

The overall number of animals in the Arctic has increased over the past 40 years, says a new study. The first analysis of a 40-year database of Arctic species, led by Louise McRae at the Zoological Society of London, has revealed that populations grew by about 16 percent since 1970, reports New Scientist. The Arctic Species Trend Index covers 35 per cent of all Arctic vertebrate species.  

ORLANDO, Fla. Three times a day, just like they always have, SeaWorld Orlando's killer-whale trainers brush Tilikum's teeth. But they no longer stand right next to the animal with a water pick.

He’s the same exact Tilikum through all of this, and we’re providing him with the same exact environment, as far as it being stimulating and enriching and healthy   -Kelly Flaherty Clark