Deep-diving whales suffer from bends
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Sperm whales routinely dive more than 3 km below the ocean surface to hunt for giant squid, but a study shows they suffer a chronic loss of bone tissue from the bends, a painful condition well-known to human divers.
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Nov. 30, 2004 - Rescuers succeeded Tuesday in saving most of the whales stranded on beaches in Australia and New Zealand in the past days as scientists pinpointed cyclical weather patterns as a likely cause of the increased beachings.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Two whales lost on the Sacramento River swam 14 miles toward the ocean Sunday after lingering for a week about 70 miles from the sea, officials coordinating the rescue said.
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Mysterious deep-sea giants that use their bioluminescent arms to dazzle and catch prey have been filmed for the first time ever in the wild. With videos
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Rescuers succeeded in saving most of the whales still stranded on beaches in Australia and New Zealand as scientists pinpointed cyclical weather patterns as a likely cause of increased beachings.
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Some days, killer whales just wake up on the wrong side of the pool. A 2 1/2-ton orca that dragged a trainer underwater during a show at SeaWorld may have been put out by a spat with another whale, grumpy because of the weather or just irritable from a stomach ache, according to marine mammal experts.
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SAN DIEGO, Nov. 30 -- Some days, killer whales just wake up on the wrong side of the pool.
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By EASTON, Paul  NEW ZEALAND scientists have met at the University of Otago to explore the threat more acidic oceans might pose to the health of marine life.
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Rescuers were encouraged by the progress two lost whales have made toward their ocean home but were concerned about encounters the two might have with large ships as they near San Francisco Bay.
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Dolphin groups, or "pods", rely on socialites to keep them from collapsing, scientists claim.
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The whale which lost its way and became stranded in the river Thames suffered from arthritis, scientists say.
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A naval exercise off the Australian coast using submarine-hunting sonar could kill whales or cause them to become stranded, the International Whaling Commission warned in a report.
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WASHINGTON - Sperm whales routinely dive more than two miles below the ocean surface to hunt for giant squid, but a study shows the huge mammals suffer a chronic loss of bone tissue from the bends, a painful condition well-known to human divers.
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Damage consistent with the bends  has been found in sperm whale bones, Science magazine reports
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Let's see David Blaine do this. Watch a slippery cephalopod show why its kind are among the great escape artists of the deep.
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Two humpback whales that swam from the Pacific Ocean far up into central California's inland waterways appear to be heading back toward open ocean, wildlife officials said on Tuesday.
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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.