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Military patrol dogs with your keen sense of smell, step aside. The U.S. Navy has enlisted the biological sonar and other abilities of bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions to protect harbors from enemy swimmers, detect explosives on the seafloor and perform other tasks. An article in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) focuses on the Navy's health program for marine mammals and how it may also help keep people healthy. C&EN Associate Editor Lauren...
PLYMOUTH, Mass., May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Intelsius, a DGP company, a designer, manufacturer and distributor of temperature-controlled packaging solutions, announces the launch of its new ORCA(TM) range of products. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120509/DE02535) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120215/DE53620LOGO) "We are delighted to add these extremely high performing products to our solutions," said Andrew J. Mills, CEO Intelsius - Americas. "Not only...
Brett Smith for RedOrbit.com The grisly deaths of two dolphins at a Swiss theme park is shrouded in mystery and accusations as investigators attempt to determine what exactly killed Shadow and Chelmers, two of the park’s biggest aquatic attractions. According to various media reports, the dolphins died five days apart in November of last year while swimming in their tank at Connyland Marine Park in Switzerland. Their deaths occurred shortly after the space next to their tanks was...
YARMOUTH PORT, Mass., April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new nationwide survey shows that 77 percent of Americans across the political spectrum agree that Congress and the Administration should adopt a broad whale conservation program, and 89 percent believe that the U.S. should help enforce the global ban on commercial whaling. To help inform how to better protect the planet's whales, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW; www.ifaw.org) today released Blueprint for...
Jason Farmer for RedOrbit.com Scientists believe they have made the very first sighting of an adult white killer whale, according to various media reports. The adult male was spotted off the coast of Kamchatka in eastern Russia. Scientists have nicknamed the whale Iceberg. The whale appears to be in good health and is living with a normal pod. Occasionally, white whales of other species are seen, but prior to this sighting, the only known white orcas have been young. The...
Environmentalists and local authorities are working together to discover why nearly 900 dead dolphins have washed up on the northern coast of Peru so far this year. Gabriel Quijandria, Deputy Environment Minister of Peru told the Associated Press (AP) in an interview that their investigation is still underway but their hope is to complete research by the end of this week. About 90% of these 877 washed up dolphins were the common, long-nosed varieties, while the rest were Burmeister...
Scientists have long understood the way dolphins and toothed whales have been able to hear underwater. These animals have a special type of fat surrounding their jaws which can relay sounds from the ocean to their ears. Now, thanks to a new study, scientists are able to understand how their toothless grazing cousins, the baleen whales are able to hear without these sound-enhancing jaws. Toothed whales and dolphins are able to use their jaws in conjecture with echolocation in order to...
Piloting a ship and trying to avoid colliding with a group of endangered whales? There's an app for that. According to Reuters reporter Ros Krasny, the iOS app is known as "Whale Alert" and is available as a free download to all iPhone 3 and iPad users. It was created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), along with the National Park Service (NPS), the Coast Guard, and other government organizations, educational institutions, and conservation groups. Designed in...
HOUSTON, April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Dolphin Energy Company ("Blue Dolphin") today announced financial results for the three and twelve month periods ended December 31, 2011. Fourth Quarter 2011 Compared to Fourth Quarter 2010For the three months ended December 31, 2011, Blue Dolphin reported a net loss of $1,059,577 compared to a net loss of $58,122 for the three months ended December 31, 2010. Total revenue for the same comparative period was $441,059 compared to...
YARMOUTH PORT, Mass., April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new app for iPad and iPhone combines science and technology to help save critically endangered North Atlantic right whales by reducing threats of collisions with large ships along the East Coast of North America. The free Whale Alert App is the result of a multi-organization effort that brings together government, academia, private sector industries and IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare, www.ifaw.org)....
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Image Caption: Fossil of Feresa Attenuata, Shimonoseki Marine Science Museum KAIKYOUKAN, Japan. Credit: OpenCage/Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 2.5) The pygmy killer whale is widely distributed in tropical and sub-tropical waters worldwide. Regular sightings of this species occur off the coast of Hawaii and Japan, and also in the Indian Ocean near Sri Lanka and Lesser Antilles. In the Atlantic the pygmy killer whale has been seen off the coast of South Carolina and Senegal. This species swims in...
The crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus) is a true seal that can be found around the whole of Antarctica. Its range also includes small areas in South America, New Zealand, Africa, and Australia. It resides on the pack ice zone for the entire year, even as it shifts seasonally, and prefers to stay in the continental shelf area in water with a depth of less than 1,968 feet. Because the populations are so wide spread and are sufficiently mixed, there have been no subspecies found. Because...
The Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) is the largest of all toothed whales and is believed to be the largest toothed animal to ever inhabit Earth, measuring up to 60 ft (18 m) long. (The baleen blue whale is larger, and invertebrates such as the Lion's Mane Jellyfish or the Portuguese Man of War may be longer.) The whale was named after the milky-white substance spermaceti found in its head and originally mistaken for sperm. The Sperm Whale's enormous head and distinctive shape, as well as...
The False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens) is a cetacean and one of the larger members of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae). It lives in temperate and tropical waters throughout the world. As its name implies the False Killer Whale shares characteristics with the more widely known orca ("killer whale"). The two species look somewhat similar and, like the orca, the False Killer Whale attacks and kills other cetaceans. Scientists have not extensively studied the False Killer Whale...
The Melon-headed Whale (Peponocephala electra; other names are many-toothed blackfish and electra dolphin) is a cetacean of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae). It is closely related to the Pygmy Killer Whale and the Pilot Whales, and collectively these dolphin species are known by the common name blackfish. The Melon-headed Whale is widespread throughout the world's tropical waters, although not often seen by humans on account of its preference for deep water. Taxonomy On account...
