Daring rescue of whale off Farallones Diver calls encounter with ...

Daring rescue of whale off Farallones Diver calls encounter with ...
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
A humpback whale freed by divers from a tangle of crab trap lines near the Farallon Islands nudged its rescuers and flapped around in what marine experts said ...

Mystery of 'unicorn' whale solved
MSNBC - USA
For hundreds of years the purpose of the tusk on the narwhal, or "unicorn" whale, has stumped scientists and Inuit elders alike. ...

Last stranded whale dies
ABC Online - Australia
A sperm whale that rescuers were trying to save in northern Tasmania has died overnight. They were hoping the high tide would help ...

Efforts to free entangles whale off US coast suspended
Ireland Online - Dublin,Ireland
A team of marine experts today halted efforts to free an endangered whale from a tangle of fishing gear after losing track of the animal off the North Carolina ...

Environmentalists say Shell hits whale feeding
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... on its website. And Sakhalin Energy says it has spent about $7 million on Western grey whale research in 1997-2005. The WWF and ...