Scientists: Lost whales may be in ocean
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Two lost whales last spotted near the Golden Gate Bridge may have slipped back into the Pacific Ocean after a two-week sojourn that took them 90 miles inland up the Sacramento River, scientists said Wednesday.
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The number of beluga whales swimming in Cook Inlet appears to be increasing, but biologist say it's too soon to know whether the winsome white whales are finally making a comeback.
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Two humpback whales that swam from the Pacific Ocean far up into Central Californiaâs inland waterways appear to be heading back toward open ocean, wildlife officials said
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CHARLESTON, S.C. -- As autumn wanes and North Atlantic right whales again migrate to calving grounds off the Southeast coast, humans will determine the fate of the majestic creatures hunted almost to extinction in centuries past.
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PORTLAND, Maine - Scientists are studying endangered right whales this summer to learn more about their behavior and assess the risks posed by lobster gear.
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Twenty adult female sperm whales have been found washed up on a remote Australian beach but wildlife officials on Tuesday were unable to explain the third such mass stranding in the same area in a month.
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Hiroshi Kobayashi has been hunting whales for three years now. He knows just where to look, and boasts that, in season, he has a close-to-perfect record of finding them. But he's never killed one &#151; he captains a whale-watching boat for tourists. And he thinks whaling is, or should be, a thing of the past.
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By Marcus Wholsen, Associated Press  SAN FRANCISCO -- Two whales lost on the Sacramento River swam 14 miles toward the ocean on Sunday after lingering for a week near a bridge about 70 miles from the sea, officials coordinating the rescue said.
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Four endangered whales have been found dead in the past six weeks &#151; including two just this week, scientists said.
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For the last 12 years, a single solitary whale whose vocalizations match no known living species has been tracked across the Northeast Pacific. Its wanderings match no known migratory patterns of any living whale species. Its vocalizations have also subtly deepened over the years, indicating that the whale is maturing and ageing. And, during the entire 12 year span that it has been tracked, it has been calling out for contact from others of its own kind.  It has received no answer. Nor will it ever.
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A lone whale, with a voice unlike any other, has been wandering the Pacific for the past 12 years, American marine biologists said Wednesday.
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Researchers think they have found the modern whaleâs closest evolutionary ancestor.
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Scientists are tracking the oceanâs biggest whales to figure out how exactly they get enough food to build their giant bodies.
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Science & environment: Fifteen pilot whales die mass stranding on a New Zealand beach, and 15 more are still at risk
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Everyone seems to have a suggestion to get two wayward whales lingering in the Sacramento River to swim 70 miles back to the Pacific Ocean. One person suggested towing life-sized replicas of orcas behind the whales to scare the recalcitrant mother humpback and her calf. Another proposed placing a giant magnet downriver, since humpbacks are thought to navigate by an internal compass that can sense magnetic north.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. - Researchers are planning the rescue of an endangered right whale first spotted off the Georgia coast earlier this week entangled in fishing gear.
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Scientists are studying endangered right whales this summer to learn more about their behavior and assess the risks posed by lobster gear.