Terri Irwin launching whale research
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The widow of TV "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin announced Thursday she will launch non-lethal research of whales in Antarctic waters next year in hopes of showing that Japan's scientific whale kill is a sham.
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In the search for a missing  evolutionary link to modern whales, scientists have come up  with an unlikely land cousin -- a raccoon-sized creature with  the body of a small deer.
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Hubble space technology and the global networking power of the Internet is being put to good use in wildlife conservation by giving researchers a clearer understanding of the status of the endangered whale shark.
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Florida marine biologists are working on a new tail for a baby
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Australian scientists Monday worked to determine why more than 100 whales and dolphins beached themselves and died off Tasmania, the BBC reported.
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In the search for a missing evolutionary link to modern whales, scientists have come up with an unlikely land cousin -- a raccoon-sized creature with the body of a small deer.
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In a modern update of "fish and chips," researchers are planning a worldwide effort to track the movement of sea creatures tagged with tiny electronic devices.
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with two newborns in tow -- are heading south for the fall &quot;chum festival,&quot; says a whale researcher in the San Juan Islands.
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Activists intent on disrupting Japan's whale hunt offer a $25,000 reward for details leading them to the fleet.
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Training her binoculars on a dark patch of floating seaweed, Gena Bentall gasped. After searching for sea otters all day, the research biologist had spotted one: a mother with a pup on her belly, but the otter's face was mauled and dripping blood and a male was hot on her tail.
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Scientists hope recordings of orcas attacking a mother whale and her calf will persuade a pair of ailing humpbacks meandering in a freshwater river to head back toward the ocean.
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Marine researchers are hoping to prevent tides of destructive algae from killing fish and fouling beaches through early detection of the microscopic organisms.
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Robin Baird's research team members stare at the horizon for hours, searching for rarely seen beaked whales.
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Scientists working to help an Atlantic right whale that is entangled in fishing gear were able to keep track of it overnight and expected good conditions to continue, a spokeswoman said Friday.
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The latest tracking research from UK scientists may prove vital in protecting the endangered albatross.
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AUSTRALIA&#39;S first national action plan on breast cancer research was launched in Sydney today, advocating changes to research on the disease.
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SYDNEY - Humane Society International opened legal proceedings in Australian Federal Courts on Tuesday against a Japanese whaling fleet that it charges has killed more than 400 minke whales within Australia&#39;s whale sanctuary over the past four years.