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Unlikely Friendships in the Animal Kingdom: 5 Best Videos
The book, Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom, is a beautiful collection of heartwarming animal tales that features cross-species bonding. A...
Boaters Detangle Humpback Whale Saving its Life (Video)
Michael Fishbach and his colleagues were recently on a small boat when they encountered a humpback whale entangled in a fishing net and on...
Sedatives Used to Free Whale from Fishing Line
Researchers have a new tactic to save endangered whales tangled in fishing line: Get them to calm down with sedatives shot from a dart...
1st Grey Whale in 100 Years Spotted in Vancouver’s Howe Sound
A gray whale spotted feeding in Howe Sound north of Vancouver in recent days is a sign that efforts to restore the area's natural...
40 Victories Since the First Earth Day: 40th Anniversary Timeline
Since the first Earth Day 40 years ago, America has become a cleaner, safer, more beautiful place with less pollution, more pristine rivers, fewer...
Whale Escorts Paddler in Fundraiser for Breast Cancer
Jodie Nelson was disappointed that she only raised $6,000 in advance of her 40-mile paddle for breast cancer -- until a whale joined the...
Top Ten Good News Stories of 2009
Despite what may be your immediate impression of 2009, overall it was a great year. Looking back, one can be grateful that the economy...
Lower-pitched Whale Wails May be Good News
The great, echoing moans of blue whales have gradually grown lower in pitch over the last few decades, and scientists say that could...
Blue Whale Sightings Encouraging for BC Scientists
After avoiding B.C.'s coast for decades, blue whales are returning to the region to feed in the same areas where they were once...
Vast Reserve to Protect Prince Edward Islands and its Penguins
South Africa’s declaration to establish one of the world’s largest Marine Protected Area’s around its Prince Edward Islands, is a marine conservation achievement of...
6000 Rare River Dolphins Found Off Bangladesh
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has discovered a huge population of rare dolphins in South Asia. Nearly 6,000 Irrawaddy dolphins, which are related to...
Bush Creates Largest Marine Protection Zone in the World
With the stroke of a pen today, President Bush will designate three new areas in the Pacific as Marine National Monuments to create the...
Diving Into a New Smithsonian Era
The new Ocean Hall at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History opened Saturday, the largest renovation in the museum’s century-long history and a transformation...
Humpback and Two Other Whale Species on Road to Recovery
Three whale species, the humpback, minke and southern right, are recovering from the threat of extinction according to a new study released by the...
Humpback Whale Population Rebounding
From the brink of extinction, humpback whales have made a dramatic comeback over the past four decades, according to an extensive study. The new...
Japan Drops Humpback Whale Hunt Under Pressure
Succumbing to international protest, Japan said Friday it was dropping plans to hunt humpback whales for the first time in four decades, marking the...
Free Endangered Wildlife Ringtones
Ring in the new year on your cell phone with the exotic calls of the Blue-throated Macaw, Beluga Whale, Boreal Owl, the Yosemite Toad,...
Stunning Finds of Fish and Coral
Scientists have discovered hugely diverse fish and coral populations thriving off Indonesia's Papua coastlines including dozens of new species like the "walking" shark that...
Free Plastic Bags To Be Banned in Australia
The state government of Victoria will be first in Australia to charge for every plastic grocery bag used. Environment Minister John Thwaites said a...
The Whale Rescuer, Hero of Southern Calif. Coast
“I couldn’t have gotten a clearer sign that this is my calling,” explained Peter Wallerstein. “Saving such magnificent, once almost-extinct creatures is a...