Topic: Aquatic Mammals

Dolphins, sea lions to protect US Navy sub base

The US Navy says dolphins and sea lions will be used to protect a Washington state submarine base from underwater swimmers.
05/27/2010 05:41 pm

BP oil spill: how Gulf's sensitive and endangered species are faring

Manatees, bluefin tuna, and Kemp’s ridley turtles are especially challenged by the BP oil spill. The Kemp’s ridley turtle is an endangered species that until recently was threatened with extinction.
05/26/2010 03:58 pm

In Pictures Sticky mess: The Gulf oil spill's impact on nature

Exxon Valdez cleanup holds lessons for Gulf oil spill

Oil from the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska in 1989 may take centuries to disappear, says Exxon. How long will the Gulf oil spill linger?
05/13/2010 05:44 pm

Whale song: elegy for a leviathan

Washed ashore, a mammoth whale leaves a human bystander with a sense of awe – and ultimately sadness.
05/12/2010 03:55 pm

In Pictures Monsters of the deep

BP oil spill halts US drilling permits, for now

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that no new drilling permits would be released until a safety review ordered by Obama is released later this month. The BP oil spill has increased calls by environmentalists for a permanent ban on offshore drilling.
05/07/2010 12:38 pm

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Arctic drilling opponents gain momentum from Gulf oil spill

Exploratory drilling is scheduled for July in the waters off Alaska's northern shore. Environmental groups, reeling from the Gulf of Mexico BP oil spill, are fighting to put those plans on hold.
05/06/2010 03:36 pm

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In Pictures Louisiana oil spill

Scientists discover new killer whale species

Scientists have found four or more killer whale species exist in the wild.
04/28/2010 04:45 pm

Gulf of Mexico oil spill: How bad is it?

The oil spill that resulted from the explosion and sinking of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico last week is becoming more worrying as it continues to spread and efforts at stemming the flow of the leaking oil are being met with difficulties.
04/28/2010 03:28 pm

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Hong Kong's rising conservationists fight to save pink dolphins

A growing number of conservationists in ultra-urban Hong Kong are acting to save the city’s natural heritage, including a pink dolphin population that swims in the brackish waters to the north.
04/20/2010 10:20 am

The Monitor's View Whale wars -- the uneasy hunt for a solution

An Obama plan to allow a few nations to continue hunting whales would sanction a sorry practice. But in exchange it would buy time for the majestic creatures to continue recovering in number and for outdated culinary attitudes to shift.
04/15/2010 05:26 pm

The Vote Sarah Palin nature series ruffling environmentalist feathers

An environmental group is mounting a campaign to get TLC’s corporate parent to drop Sarah Palin and her new nature series. But has the group watched any of the channel’s other programming lately?
04/09/2010 12:33 pm

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Japan sighs relief as bluefin tuna ban fails

Rejection Thursday of a bluefin tuna ban at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) drew sighs of relief from sushi chefs and fishermen across Japan. Japan consumes about three-quarters of the globe's bluefin tuna.
03/19/2010 11:19 am

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