Animals

Ubisoft declares Open Season on gamers

Ubisoft declares Open Season on gamers
MTV.com - USA
... The talking animals in Open Season are Boog, a domesticated grizzly bear, and Elliot ... Boog discovers his wild side and bands the woodland creatures together in ...

The Top Ten: Most Feared Sportsmen

The Top Ten: Most Feared Sportsmen
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... ONE of the many legends around baseball wild man Ty Cobb ... d sooner go one-on-one with a grizzly bear," one opponent ... the NHL was born, it was the natural home of ...

Daniel Topolski enjoys Robert Twigger's account of his trek ...
EducationGuardian.co.uk - UK
... entered the age of ludicrous expeditions: "a natural result of ... on it in the face of grizzly bear attacks and ... team but instead get lost in the wild, because he ...

Amazon.com: Grizzly Bear (Wild Bears): Books: Jason Stone,Jody ...
Amazon.com: Grizzly Bear (Wild Bears): Books: Jason Stone,Jody Stone,Tom Leeson,Pat
Leeson ... Stunning color photos capture these animals in their natural ...

THE ROCKIES (family style)

THE ROCKIES (family style)
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
... of children who attend the ranger-led programs that highlight the natural and human ... Although Colorado�s iconic grizzly bear is no longer there, the park is ...

Free bear cub, urges wildlife lobby
Edmonton Journal (subscription) - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada
... Canada. "No one has successfully reintroduced a grizzly bear back into the wild that's been in contact with humans for so long.".

Scientists split over grizzly bear delisting

Scientists split over grizzly bear delisting
CNN - USA
... On March 20, the opposition letter, signed by more than 250 scientists and researchers and circulated to reporters by the Natural Resources Defense Council ...
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Documentary Junkie
DePaulina - Chicago,IL,USA
... thouroughly explores the life and subsequent death of amateur grizzly bear expert and ... Herzog delves not only into the fascinating world of wild nature where ...

Locally-made ice cream finds new home in East Nashville market

Locally-made ice cream finds new home in East Nashville market
Nashville City Paper - Nashville,TN,USA
Mountain Jim�s Ice Cream, the only all-natural ice cream made in ... Flavors include Monkey Junkie, Grizzly Bear Rampage, Sutter Mills Gold Strike, Polar Bear ...

Grizzly Bear Watching and Natural History Adventures
Grizzly Bear Watching & Natural History Adventures Adventure in the wilds of
British Columbia! - untamed, wild and remote: rare ancient forests, glaciers, ...

Let Bears Live Free: Jack Boudreau's Perspective Part II

Let Bears Live Free: Jack Boudreau's Perspective Part II
Opinion250 News - Prince George,British Columbia,Canada
... outdoor life in the region including; Grizzly Bear Mountain, Crazy ... will this prepare them for meeting wild animals in ... to deny them access to their natural foods ...
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Ear to the Sidewalk: Issue 5
Town Hall - Washington,DC,USA
... From all the Green hype we�ve heard after recent natural disasters, you ... optimism, including falling ozone levels and an increase in the grizzly bear population ...

Last runs loom: Snow conditions good for final weeks of season

Last runs loom: Snow conditions good for final weeks of season
The Missoulian - Missoula,MT,USA
... Schott said he expects some wild costuming and a big crowd to show up ... Roaring Basin will closed to skiers because the area is considered grizzly bear habitat. ...

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
Screendaily.com (subscription) - UK
... like its predecessor, before the summer CG stampede kicks in (The Wild in April ... might start feeling the fatigue by year-end as deer/grizzly bear buddy movie ...

Where the Wild Things Are
Chiang Mai City Life - Chiang Mai,Thailand
... take its title from the popular children�s book �Where the Wild Things Are ... of Chiang Khong district caught a catfish the size of a grizzly bear, 2.7 metres ...

April brings a shower of blues and boogie
Tallahassee.com - Tallahassee,FL,USA
... dust with opening act Elizabeth Cook on Saturday at Wild Adventures Theme ... a perfect match for Brooklyn sound-collage collector Ed Droste, aka Grizzly Bear. ...

Group pans plans for cub

Group pans plans for cub
Calgary Sun - Canada
Wildlife advocates are panning a plan to ship an orphaned grizzly bear cub to a zoo, ending any chance it had of being re-introduced to the wild. ...

Back to the drawing board: Animated films are popular again
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
... they know how to tell stories," says Spaz Williams, who directed the upcoming The Wild. ... up to their dad as his character, this 900-pound grizzly bear named Boog ...

The Delisting Dilemma
New West - Missoula,MT,USA
... be better off letting the feds keep management of unaffordable wild animals ... political pressure to approve development at the expense of the grizzly bear or curb ...

Grizzly Bears and National Parks

Grizzly Bears and National Parks
Today the grizzly bear is found in about 2 % of its previous range in the lower
48 states where around 1300 grizzly bears remain in the wild. ...

A rundown of upcoming animated flicks
Jam! Showbiz - Canada
... wilderness buddies to try to stop suburbia from encroaching on their natural world ... one is being called Boyz 'n the Wood as Boog the grizzly bear (Martin Lawrence ...

Butch Davis Eaten
Bernie's Insiders - USA
... ex-Browns head coach Butch Davis has been eaten by wild animals following a ... shot several times as rescuers attempted to fend off a grizzly bear, mountain lion ...

An old man and his sea: Shintaro Ishihara reveals new dimensions ...
The Daily Yomiuri - Osaka,Japan
... man who writes with love and awe about the raw energy of the natural world and ... the back with a .22 caliber gun, and then repeating the act with a grizzly bear. ...

Group touts bear necessities
Bellingham Herald - Bellingham,WA,USA
... into the bears' yard," said the co-director of the Grizzly Bear Outreach Project. And it's an indication that the Pacific Northwest is still wild enough to ...

Gameloft Signs Multi-Picture Licensing Agreement With Sony ...

Gameloft Signs Multi-Picture Licensing Agreement With Sony ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... film from Sony Pictures Animation, Boog (Martin Lawrence), a grizzly bear with no ... when he meets Elliot (Ashton Kutcher), a scrawny, fast-talking wild mule deer ...

Gameloft Game for Sony Pictures Animation Mobile Deal
Animation World Network - Hollywood,CA,USA
In OPEN SEASON, Boog (Martin Lawrence), a grizzly bear with no survival skills, has his ... he meets Elliot (Ashton Kutcher), a scrawny, fast-talking wild mule deer ...

ESA battlelines drawn: Proposed changes to act fuel controversy

ESA battlelines drawn: Proposed changes to act fuel controversy
Idaho State Journal - Pocatello,ID,USA
... Barwick, a project associate with the Wild Bears Project of the Natural Resources Defense ... t result in decline to a grizzly bear population occupying ...

ESA battlelines drawn: Proposed changes to act fuel controversy

Dreyer: Karl May revisited

Dreyer: Karl May revisited
Daily News Transcript - Needham,MA,USA
... His necklace of grizzly bear claws attests to his courage and hunting skills. He is steeped in the ways of the Wild West, just and wise in tribal matters and ...

Open Season for Gameloft on mobiles
Pocket Gamer - London,UK
There are no details on the game yet, but the film features a naive grizzly bear (pictured) and a fast-talking wild mule deer, so our bet is on a platform game ...

Decades later, Leopold's outdoor wisdom still rings true

Decades later, Leopold's outdoor wisdom still rings true
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
... some who can live without wild things, and ... surroundings and eradicate old forests, natural animal habitat ... the growth of wolf and grizzly bear populations, and ...

RECAP OF HILLBILLY JIM'S SIRIUS RADIO SHOW
Pro Wrestling Insider - Marmora,NJ,USA
... 6. Hillbilly says they are wild ones, says he can feel it all over ... Plays The Youngbloods' "Grizzly Bear", Tompall Glaser's "Put Another Log On The Fire", Hank ...

Idea stage garners excitement
Big Bear Grizzly - CA, USA
... The Serrano attitude has a calming aesthetic, he said. The native people of the Valley revered the grizzly bear and believed in a natural balance. ...

Brown Bear - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Brown Bear - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), the Kodiak Bear and the ... and Wild
Boar (Sus scrofa). However, even the largest Brown Bears think twice before ...

Alliance for the Wild Rockies: Grizzly Bear Recovery
Grizzly Bear Recovery: Saving the Symbol of Wildness. Ensuring survival of the
grizzly in the Northern Rockies is a major goal of Alliance for the Wild ...

Grizzly Bears in Peril
Link to map of Rocky Mountain grizzly bear populations and habitat ... BioGems:
a project of the Natural Resources Defense Council ...

Kicking Horse Mountain Resort - Grizzly
The Kicking Horse Grizzly Bear Refuge is an education, conservation and research
... their natural winter cycle and hibernate just as wild grizzly bears do. ...

Brown/Grizzly Bear Facts
A grizzly bear�s home range is basically inland � away from major bodies of water.
... Wild Furbearer Management and Conservation in North America. 1987. ...

The Wild Habitat - Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos)
The Wild Habitat � Search the Wild Habitat � Animal Information � Talk with others
on the ... The grizzly bear, or brown bear, has a large head, short tail, ...

Grizzly bear observation and photography in British Columbia ...
On this adventure, we will immerse you in these wild sites and give you a glimpse
of the natural and cultural wonders of British Columbia. ...

Mammals > Grizzly Bear in the Yahoo! Directory
Wild Grizzly Bear Adventure Tours Discovery Charters & Tours is proud to be the
only environmentally... www.discoverycharters.... ...

Let Natives have a PC bison hunt
Upper Valley Free Press - Idaho Falls,ID,USA
... IBMP) approved in 2000 intended to maintain a viable wild bison population ... vacation to Yellowstone while watching for moose, elk, and grizzly bear they happen ...

Folk singer's footsteps imprint environment
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
... years since he first started walking in 1974, his adventures in the wild have often been dangerous. He has looked in the eyes of more than one grizzly bear. ...

National Briefs
Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
... dated yesterday, was addressed to Chris Servheen, the grizzly bear recovery coordinator ... announced plans yesterday to sharply increase testing of wild birds to ...

Concert calendar
The State - Columbia,SC,USA
... Thursday, Larry Keel and Natural Bridge; March 31, Darol Anger�s Republic of ... Wednesday, Centro-Matic, Great Lake Swimmers; March 31, Grizzly Bear, The Books ...

The Scavenger's Guide to Haute Cuisine, by Steven Rinella
New West - Missoula,MT,USA
... writing ameliorated by cooking school and natural history, with ... catching and the aesthetics of grizzly bear turds (�As ... I have a collection of wild animal shit ...

Why Scientists Disagree on Grizzly Delisting
New West - Missoula,MT,USA
... the last century and that �The viability of the Yellowstone grizzly bear population is ... if genes from neighboring populations arrive by natural immigration or ...

Tell your Senators to Defend the Endangered Species Act
Columbus Free Press - Columbus,OH,USA
by Natural Resources Defense Council. ... prevent the extinction of almost every listed species, including the bald eagle, the gray wolf, the grizzly bear and the ...

Back to the drawing board

Back to the drawing board
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
... to tell stories," says Spaz Williams, who directed the upcoming "The Wild." "Look at ... up to their dad as his character, this 900-pound grizzly bear named Boog.". ...

Living with the Endangered Species Act
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
... business has evolved from hunting into a natural history pack ... footage of the wolves in the wild that became ... Cash was mauled by a grizzly bear in the fall of ...

As We Approach Earth Day

As We Approach Earth Day
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... This conflict method of managing our natural resources does not produce encouraging results ... is not one of protecting the bald eagle or the grizzly bear, but of ...

Ubisoft, Sony now in 'Season'
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
... Steve Moore ("In the Bleachers"), "Open Season" revolves around a domesticated grizzly bear (voiced by Martin Lawrence) and a smart-alecky wild mule deer ...

Boo ends fourth hibernation
Golden Star - Canada
... definitely sprung in a hurry this year at the Kicking Horse Grizzly Bear Refuge ... day allowing guests a unique opportunity to view Boo in a natural setting while ...

Alaska

Alaska
Survival: Brown bears can live up to 30 years in the wild. ... Grizzly bear
feeding on salmon Some of a brown bear's favorite foods include nuts, berries, ...

www.wildcanada.net - Coming Soon
A national conservation organization that helps Canadians protect wildlands and
wildlife by combining grassroots outreach with online action tools.

Nominee Kempthorne calls on senators
Helena Independent Record - Helena,MT,USA
... talked about the proposed removal of the gray wolf and the grizzly bear from the ... the possibility of traveling together to Wyoming to look at natural gas fields ...

Museum to exhibit dead whale

Museum to exhibit dead whale
Shanghai Daily - Shanghai,China
A DEAD whale that was washed ashore on Sheshan Island on Monday will be stuffed and exhibited in the city, researchers said yesterday. ...

A Whale of a Win
LTVNEWS.COM - Sault Ste. Marie,ON,Canada
Besieged by hard luck losses the Soo Greyhounds turned the tables on the opponent Friday night scoring three third period goals to beat the Plymouth Whalers in ...

'Mini-whale' skeleton goes on display in Kodiak
Anchorage Daily News - Anchorage,AK,USA
... Abercrombie State Historical Park. "It's like a mini whale," said Kodiak District ranger Wayne Biessel. Installed Nov. 21, the intricate ...

Sonar 'causing whale, dolphin beaching'
Ninemsn - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Military sonar is one of the causes of an increased incidence of beachings by whales and dolphins, according to a United Nations report. ...

Ga. Aquarium Schools Scientists
WXIA-TV - NE Atlanta,GA,USA
... exhibit," said Dr. Hueter. It is with whale sharks that Mote and the Georgia Aquarium hope to make the most progress. "We've got ...

Whale standing theories put to test

Whale standing theories put to test
ABC Online - Australia
... unfamiliar location. Strong social bonds that prompt whole pods to attempt to help a single stranded whale may also be to blame. The ...

An illustration of the Narwhal Whale
Seed Magazine - New York,NY,USA
... Ten-million nerve endings in the tusk detect small changes in temperature, pressure and other characteristics of its surroundings. "This whale is intent on ...

Whale "headquarters" in Italy

Whale "headquarters" in Italy
ANSA - Rome,Italy
Genoa to host offices of Mediterranean marine sanctuary (ANSA) - Genoa, December 8 - Italy is to host the headquarters of the Mediterranean's only marine

Scientists track entangled whale

Scientists track entangled whale
Daytona Beach News-Journal - Daytona,FL,USA
A young right whale entangled in fishing gear has moved into waters off South Carolina, and scientists say they hope to make another rescue attempt Monday. ...

NOAA ORGANIZES RESCUE TEAM TO DISENTANGLE NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT ...
NOAA - Washington,DC,USA
The entangled whale was first spotted last Saturday morning off the Georgia coast during a routine aerial survey conducted by Georgia Department of Natural ...

The Squid and the Whale observes a family falling apart.
Memphis Flyer - Memphis,TN,USA
... semi-autobiographical story about a circa-1986 Park Slope, Brooklyn, family falling apart, writer/director Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale is a sad but ...

Corky: Minnows almost ate the whale
Tucson Citizen - Tucson,AZ,USA
The No. 24 Wildcats almost let a minnow swallow them as if it were a whale last night before they finally turned back Northern Arizona 75-66. ...

Coastal Studies works to free right whale off Florida
Cape Codder - Orleans,MA,USA
... efforts by a disentanglement team from the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies to free a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale whose flippers ...

Japan increases whale catch

Japan increases whale catch
NEWS.com.au - Australia
... It is Japan's desire to continue its long tradition of killing whales and eating whale meat that is behind the push for a bigger kill. ...

�Whale Trail' Sculptures Auctioned For Charity
TheDay (subscription) - New London,CT,USA
Groton ---- As if heeding some inaudible call from deep in the ocean, 42 of the painted whale sculptures that dotted the region and beyond this summer and ...

Fiction: Journey to the End of the Whale; The Highest Tide
The Sunday Times - UK
... Serraz himself is in one of the boats when a whale appears . ... The descendants of the old whale people of Lef� had fallen from grace with the sea. ...

Whale found washed up on island
BBC News - UK
The body of a 35ft (10.7m) injured whale has been found washed up near the Isle of Wight. ... "I'm not sure what will happen with this particular whale," she said. ...

Oregon's Winter Whale Watch Week Begins December 26

Oregon's Winter Whale Watch Week Begins December 26
MedfordNews.com - Medford,OR,USA
Salem, Oregon - More than 250 trained Whale Watching Spoken Here volunteers are ready to show visitors where to focus their binoculars on the southbound Gray ...

Sculptures are making for a whale of a park
San Luis Obispo Tribune - San Luis Obispo,CA,USA
... They include a 16-foot whale named Oreo, dinosaur eggs called Kay Kay, Plesi and Wally, a galleon called the USS Imagination, three sea lions, a dinosaur and ...

Whale Shark Sightings
OUTDOORNEWSWIRE - Seattle,WA,USA
Divers spotted whale sharks in the waters of Musandam, Oman recently. According to DeeperBlue.net, whale sharks are not very common in the region. ...

Right whale signs to warn Grand Strand boaters
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
... The signs show a picture of a right whale and calf and give information about the shape of the tail, the appearance of the water spout and white patches seen ...

Whale song will resound at UQ marine wildlife seminar

Whale song will resound at UQ marine wildlife seminar
UQ News - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
The UQ School of Veterinary Sciencewill resound with the haunting call of the world's largest mammals this week when whale expert Dr Michael Noad presents the ...

Travel tips: Whale watching out west
Daily Press - Newport News,VA,USA
WHALE WATCHING. It's almost whale-watching time again in California. Each year, gray whales can be seen off coastal California between ...

Award-winning whale's tale to air
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA
... her course work at Portland's Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, she didn't known she'd soon be on her way to Lubec to talk to people about a dead whale. ...

Whale of a biography of once-failed author

Whale of a biography of once-failed author
Charleston Post Courier (subscription) - Charleston,SC,USA
... Although he was one of America's first important novelists, Herman Melville in some ways remains as elusive as the white whale. ...

Give blood, receive voucher for free whale-watching trip
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
... Baker's deal is this: Every time a person gives a pint of blood at a selected public blood drive, that person receives a voucher for a free whale-watching trip ...

`Squid,' `Good Night' up for indie awards
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
LOS ANGELES - The divorce tale "The Squid and the Whale" led contenders last week for the Independent Spirit Awards with six nominations, including best picture ...

UN says sonar threatens dolphin, whale survival

UN says sonar threatens dolphin, whale survival
Reuters - USA
... as over-fishing, hunting and pollution, a new and emerging threat to cetaceans is that of increased underwater sonars," Mark Simmonds of the Whale and Dolphin ...

UN urges protection for dolphins
BBC News - UK
... It wants the Ganges river dolphin, Atlantic spotted dolphin, Northern right-whale dolphin and five others species to be given Appendix II status under the ...

A Whale Of ATale From Atlanta
CBS News - USA
... If you've dreamed of a seaside wedding, you can even get married at the aquarium, in front of the beluga whale's window. But the ...

THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
Cleveland Free Times - Cleveland,OH,USA
... It taught me what movies could be.". In fact, it was Louis Malle, another New Wave mainstay, who gave Baumbach his inspiration for The Squid and the Whale. ...

Whale saviours in fresh bid to stop Japanese hunt
The Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... But the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is likely to be warmly welcomed in Melbourne as it prepares to fight Japanese whale killing. ...

Dead whale to be buried

Dead whale to be buried
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
DUMPING a dead 20 metre whale at sea could attract sharks around a West Australian tourist island where it washed up and will instead be buried. ...

Whale, Microsoft launches IPSec/SSL VPN application
Telecom Paper (subscription) - Houten,Netherlands
US provider of business driven secure access products Whale is working with Microsoft to offer an integrated access solution combining Whale's Intelligent ...

Whale rescue at critical stage
Radio New Zealand - Wellington,New Zealand
A whale rescue mission in Golden Bay hangs in the balance after a 24 hour effort by rescuers. More than 125 whales stranded since ...

Eight European States Hit With Legal Action Over Whale Protection
Environment News Service - USA
... The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society says that in addition to the bottlenose dolphin and the harbor porpoise, many species of cetaceans swim in European ...

27-ft whale found dead on Orissa shore
Times of India - India
KENDRAPADA: Awestruck villagers in Kantiekhai gaped in incredulity as a 27-foot dead whale, with injury marks on its body and blood oozing out of its mouth ...

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 ...

Whale's bones tell story of tribe's milestone hunt

Whale's bones tell story of tribe's milestone hunt
TheNewsTribune.com (subscription) - Tacoma,WA,USA
... For whaling crew member Andy Noel, seeing the skeleton of the gray whale -- taken May 17, 1999 -- at the museum is a beginning, not an end. ...

Whale Watching Season Begins
About - News & Issues - New York,NY,USA
Whale Watching season starts this month and will last through April. ... Hornblower Cruises starts their San Diego whale-watching season on Dec. 17. ...

Killer whale is most toxic mammal in Arctic -- WWF

Killer whale is most toxic mammal in Arctic -- WWF
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
LONDON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Killer whales are the most toxic mammals in the Arctic, riddled with household chemicals from around the world, the environmental ...

Biologists put training on releases to good use
Augusta Chronicle (subscription) - Augusta,GA,USA
... to southern waters during the next few months, biologists from Georgia and Florida last week practiced what they would do if they spotted a whale entangled in ...

CORRECTED: UN says sonar threatens dolphin, whale survival

CORRECTED: UN says sonar threatens dolphin, whale survival
Reuters.uk - UK
... fishing, hunting and pollution, a new and emerging threat to cetaceans is that of increased underwater sonars," said Mark Simmonds of the Whale and Dolphin ...

Whale season still on
Hermanus Times - Hermanus,South Africa
... for the 45-minute adventure. Please contact Evan on 082 555 7605 to book and then phone (028) 312-3717 to report your whale count.

University of South Florida Opts For Whale to Provide Secure ...

University of South Florida Opts For Whale to Provide Secure ...
TMCnet - USA
Whale today announced that the University of South Florida opted for Whale's Intelligent Application Gateway solution to provide its 40,000-plus, faculty, staff ...

Fin whale returns to Sitka Sound
Anchorage Daily News - Anchorage,AK,USA
SITKA, Alaska (AP) - A fin whale, the first of its species to be seen in Sitka Sound in decades when it was spotted last September, has returned to the area. ...

Whale of a Puget Sound problem lures researchers

Whale of a Puget Sound problem lures researchers
uwnews.org - WA,USA
Every morning since June, researchers led by doctoral student Stefanie Hawks-Johnson have joined hundreds of people who board commercial whale-watching boats ...

San Diego: One of the Top Gray Whale Watching Destinations in the ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
30 /PRNewswire/ -- Whale-watching at an amusement park is one thing, but whale-watching on the open ocean, seeing gray whales leaping out of the ocean and ...

Navy not responsible for whale deaths
ABC Online - Australia
The Navy has been cleared of blame over the recent death of 145 whales on Tasmania's east coast. The long-finned pilot whales died ...

Museum displays earliest known fossil of a toothless whale
uwnews.org - WA,USA
The world's oldest known fossil of a toothless whale, a previously unknown genus and species, has yielded clues about the evolution of the ocean-going giants. ...

Fin whale returns to Sitka Sound

Fin whale returns to Sitka Sound
KTVA - Anchorage,AK,USA
According to the Associated Press, a fin whale caused quite the excitement last September when it was the first of its species to be seen in Sitka Sound in ...

Researcher headed to Antarctica seeking new species of killer ...
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
... The La Jolla-based researcher is chasing down a scientific mystery: Is there more than one species of killer whale? Pitman suspects ...

More than a tale, biology students have a whale of a class
KTUU - Anchorage,AK,USA
... On the table is a four-foot-long baby beluga whale. With help from ... The kids help recover the whale's heart and lungs. The organs will ...

Analysis begins into whale migration survey
ABC Regional Online - Australia
Analysis of a land and sea survey of the NSW north coast's annual humpback whale migration has begun. Scientists at Southern Cross ...

Gr. 8 students dissect baby beluga whale

Gr. 8 students dissect baby beluga whale
United Press International - USA
1 (UPI) -- A class of eighth-graders in Anchorage, Alaska, have had the rare experience of dissecting a baby beluga whale that had beached itself and died. ...

Whale Ranked 39th Fastest Growing Technology Company on the 2005 ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
1, 2005--Whale today announced that it ranked 39 on the 2005 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in ...

Movie Review: The Squid and the Whale
/FILM - Natick,MA,USA
Based on the true experiences of writer/director Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale presents a realistic portrayal of what childhood is ...

Whale Deepens Relationship with Microsoft, Works to Bolster ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
1, 2005--Whale today announced that it has joined the Microsoft SecureIT Alliance, deepening its longstanding relationship with Microsoft. ...

Whale head finds endearing employment
Georgia Straight - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
As if he wasn't occupied enough as a member of two active bands and one of the driving forces behind local buzz label White Whale Records, Ryder Havdale just ...

Greenpeace in mega whale protest

Greenpeace in mega whale protest
iAfrica.com - Cape Town,South Africa
Environmental pressure group Greenpeace launched its most ambitious ship expedition to protest against whale hunting and to protect several marine species ...

Chasing Whale Rider's wake
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
... 2 after a media screening yesterday revealed it to be a heart-warming story closer to the spirit of Whale Rider than King Kong or The Lion, the Witch and the ...

Humpback Whale Remains Stuck in Lagoon At Walvis Bay
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
EFFORTS to rescue a humpback whale that got stranded in the shallow waters of the Walvis Bay lagoon on Saturday continue. So far ...

BEACHED WHALE LAID TO REST
Isle of Wight County Press - Newport,England,UK
THE BEACHED whale that proved a macabre, pungent yet popular attraction at Springvale Beach over the weekend was finally put to rest beneath Standen Heath on ...

Officials tracking endangered whale

Officials tracking endangered whale
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
The north Atlantic right whale was spotted near Daytona Beach on Monday, but is headed toward Jacksonville. ... The whale was first spotted Dec. ...

Endangered whale caught off south Georgia coast
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus,GA,USA
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. - An endangered right whale got entangled in a fishing line off the south Georgia coast just days after arriving off the coast of south ...

Whale disposal leads to fight
CBC New Brunswick - New Brunswick,Canada
... rotting mountains of flesh. "With one whale that's what we do, we dig a hole on the beach and bury them". Residents said they would ...

NOAA ORGANIZES RESCUE TEAM TO DISENTANGLE NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT ...
NOAA - Washington,DC,USA
The entangled whale was first spotted Saturday morning off the Georgia coast during a routine aerial survey conducted by Georgia Department of Natural ...

Weather Hampers Effort to Rescue Entangled Whale
LiveScience.com - New York,NY,USA
Officials hope to rescue a rare right whale entangled in rope and fishing gear off the Florida coast. ... The whale was first spotted Saturday morning off Georgia. ...

Volunteers turn out for whale watching season

Volunteers turn out for whale watching season
Katu.com - Portland,OR,USA
... Peninsula. Last year, almost 18,000 winter whale watchers saw more than two-thousand whales, most of them about a mile offshore.

'Squid and the Whale' soundtrack is an offbeat winner
Scripps Howard News Service - Washington,DC,USA
One of the more irresistible, hard-to-walk-away-from soundtracks of 2005, "The Squid and the Whale" is an offbeat collection of some '60s and '70s folk that ...

Whale of a find in Clarke County
Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USA
QUITMAN - Remains of a primitive whale are being unearthed from pastureland in southeastern Clarke County. ... The specimen will be known as the "Fleming Whale.".

One Whale Of A Tale
Hartford Courant - United States
... from Harvard University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have determined that the tusk of the narwhal, a smallish arctic whale related to ...

Whale Shark Sightings in the Musandam, Oman
DeeperBlue.net (press release) - UK
Whale Sharks were sighted over the last weekend in the beautiful waters of the Musandam region, Oman. Whale Sharks are not as common ...

Whale death thought to be isolated incident

Whale death thought to be isolated incident
ABC Regional Online - Australia
Authorities say there is no sign of another mass whale stranding on the Western Australian south-west coast, despite the discovery of a whale carcass on a ...

Rejected Baby Whale Gets TLC At Sea World
KWTX - Waco,TX,USA
A baby whale rejected by her mother at Sea World San Antonio is getting specialized care and is growing, trainers said Wednesday. ...

Keep politics out of whaling case: court
The Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... whales. HSI alleges that since 2000 the company has killed about 485 minke whales in the Australian Whale Sanctuary near Antarctica. ...

The Scrivener and the Whale
The Nation. - New York,NY,USA
A recent review in the Times Literary Supplement of a new edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales predicted that the book under discussion would fill "a yawning gap" as ...

World's largest aquarium set to open in Atlanta

World's largest aquarium set to open in Atlanta
USA Today - USA
ATLANTA (AP) -- The whale sharks are kings of the 6-million-gallon tank, their presence palpable even before they emerge from the murky darkness like massive ...

Not welcome here, whale hunters told

Not welcome here, whale hunters told
Advertiser Adelaide - Adelaide,South Australia,Australia
By DENIS PETERS. AUSTRALIAN anti-whaling activists are expected to provide a hostile welcome to a Japanese whaling ship given permission ...

Norway sets quota for 2006 minke whale hunt
Fishupdate.com - UK
22 December, 2005 - THE Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs has set a quota of 1052 animals for the minke whale hunt in 2006. ...

Scientists solve mystery of the 'unicorn' whale
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
Once the subject of mythical accounts of magical power, the helix-shaped tusk of the narwhal, or "unicorn" whale has proved to be an extraordinary sensory organ ...

Saving the right whale

Saving the right whale
Brunswick News - GA, United States
... Whenever the crew spots a right whale it relays the information to ships so they can steer clear of the endangered sea mammals. ...

Dead blue whale washes ashore on Rottnest Is

Dead blue whale washes ashore on Rottnest Is
ABC Online - Australia
Several Rottnest Island beaches, west of Perth, remain closed this morning after the carcass of a 20-metre blue whale was washed ashore. ...

Whale rescue fading
Brunswick News - GA, United States
Wildlife biologists say there is little more that can now be done for an endangered North Atlantic right whale that is entangled in what appears to be ...

Whale's tusk is packed with sensory nerves
Baltimore Sun - United States
In a new twist on the legendary narwhal's tusk, a study suggests that it's bristling with nerves sensitive to the Arctic whale's environment and food supply. ...

Efforts continue to save endangered whale

Efforts continue to save endangered whale
WVEC.com (subscription) - Norfolk,VA,USA
By Dottie Wikan, WVEC.com. A team attached a telemetry buoy to the 75 feet of rope and fishing gear entangling the whale. OFF CAPE ...

Whale blubber reveals pollution
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
KILLER whales are the most toxic mammals in the Arctic, riddled with household chemicals from around the world, the environmental pressure group World Wildlife ...

Winter Storm Eyed For Dolphin, Whale Deaths
CBS4Boston - Boston,USA
(CBS4) BREWSTER Biologists now believe last week's winter storm took a terrible toll on wildlife. At least nine whales and 24 ...

Antarctic whale chase on

Antarctic whale chase on
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
The Japanese whaling fleet is in for a hostile summer as it increases its kill off the coast of the Australian Antarctic Territory. ...

Famous whale's small talk is big news for researchers
Globe and Mail - Canada
It soon started a flurry of e-mails among killer-whale researchers who say the contact, and the nature of the calls, raises hope that Luna will one day reunite ...

Review: 'Squid And The Whale' Is Poignant Dramedy
NewsNet5.com - Cleveland,OH,USA
With a title like "The Squid and the Whale," some folks might expect a nature movie along the lines of "March of the Penguins." Not so: this Sundance Film ...

Sick kids visit whale with foreign volunteers
Shanghai Daily - Shanghai,China
EIGHT children suffering from leukemia got a kiss from a beluga whale at Shanghai Changfeng Ocean World yesterday to encourage them to continue fighting the ...

Whale of an auction
WTNH - New Haven,CT,USA
(Mystic-WTNH, Nov. 18, 2005 5:00 PM) _ If you were in southeastern Connecticut this summer you more than likely spotted a whale. ...

Australian delegates seeking whale deal

Australian delegates seeking whale deal
The Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... and providing help with the negotiations. "The CMS already protects the great white and whale sharks. This year Australia and the ...

Greenpeace off to try stop annual Japanese whale hunt
Business Day - Johannesburg,South Africa
... Two ships belonging to environmental activist group Greenpeace left Cape Town at the weekend to mount an expedition to the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary to ...

Cetus is a whale of a constellation, spanning more than 60 degrees
Florence Morning News - Florence,SC,USA
It's traditionally referred to as a whale or sea monster, but no matter how you look at it, the stellar sprawl of Cetus makes for a whopper of a ...

Family fun - Whale watching
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
William Clark and others in the Corps of Discovery had a presumably unlovely time hauling about 300 pounds of whale blubber off a "mounstrous fish" washed up ...

Celeron name lives on in the belly of a whale
Inquirer - Harrow,Middlesex,UK
Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights - King James Bible, Jonah 1:17. ...

People for the Planet : He's Saving the Whale Sharks by Saving ...

People for the Planet : He's Saving the Whale Sharks by Saving ...
INQ7.net - Philippines
By Alya B. Honasan. "GOT scared!" That was how Ruel Pine reacted when, in November 2004, swimming with the whale sharks in Donsol, Sorsogon was declared ...

Exploring great aquariums of the world
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
... Modern aquariums feature crystal-clear windows more than a foot thick, with tanks that display the King Kongs of the sea: whale sharks, great white sharks and ...

People need to see whale slaughter: govt

People need to see whale slaughter: govt
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... Greenpeace believes the hunt is intended for commercial purposes. Senator Campbell said there was no science involved in Japan's whale hunt. ...

Baby whale left in bay still alive
The Herald Eastern Cape - Port Elizabeth,Eastern Cape,South Africa
Tour operator Lloyd Edwards said yesterday he and a colleague had briefly spotted the whale wallowing just below the surface in the area between Coega and ...

Whale's body washed ashore
Newindpress - Chennai,India
KENDRAPARA: The carcass of a 27-foot-long whale was washed ashore near Kantiekhai beach, 50 km from here, on Monday. Replete with ...

Microsoft to cooperate with Whale to acquire SSL-based VPN ...
Heise Online - Hannover,Germany
The US IT security company Whale is to cooperate with Microsoft to expand Microsoft's Internet Security & Acceleration (ISA) Server to include an SSL-based VPN ...

Norway increases minke whale quota in 2006 season
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
... the Jan Mayen zone were caught. The 2005 whale hunt opened in April and ended November 1. Some 30 vessels have participated each ...

Researchers record nearly 3,000 whales

Researchers record nearly 3,000 whales
ABC Online - Australia
Scientists have begun analysing the results of a land and sea survey of the annual migration of the humpback whale along the east coast of Australia. ...

A 3-whale day in Savoonga
Anchorage Daily News - Anchorage,AK,USA
... four residents of neighboring Gambell, including the mayor and two children, drowned after strong winds blew up and their boat sank while towing a whale home

WHALE WATCHING WEEK BEGINS MONDAY

WHALE WATCHING WEEK BEGINS MONDAY
Curry Coastal Pilot - Brookings,OR,USA
... Coinciding with the peak week for the whales' winter migration, the 28th Winter Whale Watch will help the public locate the whales as they pass by. ...

Kansas native has a whale of a job
Kansas.com - KS,USA
... "... here we are, on our way to confront the whalers deep in the Southern Ocean near the pack ice of Antarctica .... I have never seen a whale in my life.". ...

At sea. Atlantic Rowing Race: Atlantic4 plays with a whale
BYM News (press release) - Gibraltar,Spain
... remains to be seen. Yesterday a special treat from the sea gods. We had a whale to play with for 3 hours. It swam behind us, along ...

Lighthouse tours to begin
Coos Bay World - Coos Bay,OR,USA
... station). Volunteers are needed for the two "whale watch" weeks per year and during the summer season, May 1 through Oct. 30.

Tagged whale shark likely eaten in Indonesia

Tagged whale shark likely eaten in Indonesia
ABC Online - Australia
A whale shark tagged with a tracking device off north-west Western Australia is believed to have been caught and eaten in Indonesia. ...

Whale entangled in fishing gear
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
Daytona Beach -- Federal officials have been tracking a North Atlantic right whale swimming in the Atlantic Ocean that is entangled in fishing gear. ...

Whale Watch volunteer training offered in Newport

Whale Watch volunteer training offered in Newport
The Daily Astorian - Astoria,OR,USA
NEWPORT -- Oregon's "Whale Watching Spoken Here" program will offer training for whale watch volunteers Saturday and Sunday, Dec. ...

A 'Whale' of a tale
Baltimore Sun - United States
By Michael Sragow. Anyone who's spent too many hours in his or her own brain is apt to have an excruciating yet excellent time at The Squid and the Whale. ...

Skeleton of whale taken in '99 hunt on view at Makah museum
San Diego Daily Transcript (subscription) - San Diego,CA,USA
NEAH BAY, Wash. (AP) -- Six years after the Makah Indians renewed their ancient whaling tradition with the first kill in more than ...

Whale thanks divers who rescued it

Whale thanks divers who rescued it
United Press International - USA
14 (UPI) -- Divers near the Farallon Islands off California who rescued a humpback whale entangled in rope got a surprise when the freed mammal began playing ...

Daniels gets Globe nomination for 'Squid and the Whale' role
Ann Arbor News - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
BY BOB NEEDHAM. Actor Jeff Daniels, a Chelsea-area resident, earned a Golden Globe nomination Tuesday for his acclaimed work in "The Squid and the Whale.''. ...

Whale sheds tracking device
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
The entangled right whale swimming off the NC coast has frustrated its would-be rescuers by breaking free of trailing buoys and a tracking device. ...

A welcoming whale in Dana Point
OCRegister - Orange County,CA,USA
A 48-foot gray mother whale and 13-foot calf -- with a $1.45 million price tag -- may greet passersby at this harbor town's entrance if the city moves ...

Whale rescue halted

Whale rescue halted
Savannah Morning News - Savannah,GA,USA
Wildlife experts halted efforts to disentangle a juvenile right whale from heavy fishing line when a tracking device fell off the animal earlier this week. ...

The Squid and the Whale
Cincinnati.com - Cincinnati,OH,USA
Writer-director Noah Baumbach's "The Squid and the Whale" is far more calamitous than a smackdown between undersea behemoths. It's ...

Diver lends a hand in whale rescue
Contra Costa Times - CA,USA
... Although it's a stretch to attribute human thoughts and feelings to an animal, for the people who rescued a 45- to 50-ton humpback whale off the Farallon ...

Sperm whale dies on Cape beach

Sperm whale dies on Cape beach
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
A female sperm whale beached and died on Woodstock beach in Cape Town on Friday morning. Police divers at the scene said the whale ...

Ga. marinas to boost boat traffic in waters of endangered whales
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus,GA,USA
ST. MARYS, Ga. - The whale thrashed the water with its wounded tail, bleeding into the ocean from a long gash ... Nine months later, northern right whale No. ...

8-Foot-Long Tusk Lets Narwhal Test the Waters
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The whale's 8-foot-long tusk has 10 million nerve connections to the outer surface that can detect changes in water temperature, pressure and salinity, said ...