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May 16, 2013 04:54 AM ET // Kieran Mulvaney
Is the sighting of a gray whale off Namibia a sign of climate change? Continue reading →
May 6, 2013 06:13 PM ET // Benjamin Radford
A mysterious marine monster washed ashore in New Zealand last week -- and it's not the first time. DNA analysis provides some answers. Continue reading →
Mar 6, 2013 04:02 AM ET // Kieran Mulvaney
The western Pacific gray whale once seemed destined for extinction. Now it supports a booming tourism trade. ->
Feb 6, 2013 11:08 AM ET // Kieran Mulvaney
Japan's whaling industry comes under pressure from foreign governments and its own economic data. ->
Jun 20, 2012 07:00 PM ET // Erik Trinidad
We all know that rainbows appear before our eyes when a mist of water acts like a prism and reflects sunlight by dividing its rays into their full spectrum of visible colors. We also know that whales come up for air when at sea -- they're mammals, after all -- but not without first exhaling [...]
Mar 6, 2012 04:37 PM ET // Alice Truong
This is your opportunity to commandeer a killer whale. Not only does the Killer Whale Submarine bear a resemblance to orcas, it breaches and submerges just like one too. The two-person submarine protects those inside with a watertight half-inch-thick acrylic canopy. Two levers control the pectoral ...
Aug 3, 2011 06:38 AM ET // Michael Sheena
A donation of art turned into a court case, a police force up in arms and millions of dollars at stake. Clearly we are talking about nothing else but California's famous "whale tail" license plate. How could these seemingly random things come together to create such turmoil? Blame the famous fluke'...
Oct 28, 2010 12:58 PM ET // Kieran Mulvaney
Narwhals, known as unicorns of the sea, are helping scientists track warming sea water temperatures in the Arctic.
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