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Environment 6 years ago

Whaling ships set sail as Japan resumes commercial hunts

Whaling ships set sail on Monday from Japan as the country resumed commercial hunts for the first time in decades after withdrawing from the International Whaling Commission.

Food 6 years ago

Raw, fried or on a bun: The many ways Japan eats whale

Whale cutlets, sliced raw whale, deep-fried whale nuggets, whale bacon and whale jerky feature on the menu at the restaurant Yoko Ichihara runs - and that’s just a small sample of the ways Japan eats whale.

Environment 6 years ago

Outlook uncertain for Japan's whaling industry despite commercial restart

Though Japan's post-Christmas announcement sparked widespread condemnation and fears for the world's whales, the prospect of growth in whaling is far from certain, both environmentalists and whaling advocates say.

Environment 6 years ago

First 'song' recorded from rare, lovelorn, right whale off Alaska

For the first time, scientists have recorded singing by one of the rarest whales on Earth, and it just might be looking for a date.

Environment 6 years ago

Ancient four-legged whale from Peru walked on land, swam in sea

Scientists have unearthed fossils in a coastal desert of southern Peru of a four-legged whale that thrived both in the sea and on land.

SE Asia 6 years ago

Dead whale in Philippines had 40 kg of plastic in stomach

Environmental groups have tagged the Philippines as one of the world's biggest ocean polluters due to its reliance on single-use plastic.

Environment 7 years ago

Chilean Patagonia: An open-air lab to study climate change

In the southernmost part of Chile's Patagonia region, scientists are studying whales, dolphins and algae in order to help predict how climate change will affect the world's oceans.

Environment 7 years ago

Plastic-filled whale a wake-up call to reduce waste

What if it were my name or your name that appeared on the plastic garbage inside the whale's stomach?

World 7 years ago

Fin whale, mountain gorilla populations rise amid conservation action

The fin whale and mountain gorilla populations grew significantly due to efforts by conservationists to halt their descent towards extinction, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said Wednesday.

Environment 7 years ago

Recovery of endangered whales hampered by humans long after hunting

When an endangered female North Atlantic right whale spends months, even years, disentangling itself from cast-off fishing nets, there's not much energy left over for mating and nursing calves.

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Whaling ships set sail as Japan resumes commercial hunts

Raw, fried or on a bun: The many ways Japan eats whale

Outlook uncertain for Japan's whaling industry despite commercial restart

First 'song' recorded from rare, lovelorn, right whale off Alaska

Ancient four-legged whale from Peru walked on land, swam in sea

Dead whale in Philippines had 40 kg of plastic in stomach

Chilean Patagonia: An open-air lab to study climate change

Plastic-filled whale a wake-up call to reduce waste

Fin whale, mountain gorilla populations rise amid conservation action

Recovery of endangered whales hampered by humans long after hunting

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