The
clymene dolphin (Stenella clymene) became the first confirmed naturally occurring hybrid marine mammal species when DNA analysis showed it to be descended from the
spinner dolphin and the
striped dolphin. [1]
2009
February
10 February -
Filipino fishermen have rescued around 200
melon-headed whales which were stranded in shallow waters off the coast of
Bataan. Only three dolphins were reported to have died.
more
22 January - A group of nearly 50
Sperm Whales beached on the northwest coast of the island of
Tasmania in
Australia. Only five were still alive by Friday afternoon.
more
2008
September
23 September - Speculation is raised over whether an object washed up near
Wellington, New Zealand could be
ambergris; City Council spokesman Richard MacLean says this is unlikely.
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26 August - Findings from the controversial
Japanese whaling research program suggest that a loss of Antarctic sea ice due to increased temperatures has lowered whales' food supply, causing an overall decline in
blubber.
Read more...
16 February - Anti-whaling protester Sophie Wyness and her father Martin speak against the decision to drop charges against them in court for their trespass at the Japanese Embassy in London.
Read more...
7 February - Photographs portraying
slaughter of whales, including that of an alleged mother and calf, are released in
Australian media;
Japanese authorities claim that the whales in the picture are not related.
Read more...
24 January - Fourteen-year-old Sophie Wyness, along with her father Martin, is arrested for an act of protest outside of a Japanese whaling embassy in
London.
Read more...
2007
December
18 December - Environmental activists express their unhappiness toward
Belugas wearing
Santa hats in a Japanese aquarium, while the same country's whalers launch an expedition to kill whales in Antarctica.
Read more...
June
14 June - A
Bowhead Whale is found with a nineteenth century weapon fragment lodged in its shoulder, suggesting it was over 100 years old.
Read more...
27 November -
Humpback Whales have been found to have a type of brain cell that only humans, the great apes, and other cetaceans have, suggesting that they are more intelligent than previously thought.
Read more...
22 November - Viewing the practice as inhumane, many marine biologists and zoo and aquarium administrators join together to protest
dolphin drive hunting in
Japan.
Read more...
26 September - Police urge people not to approach "Dave", a dolphin in the
English Channel, after kayakers are seen harassing him.
Read more...
25 September - Minister of Conservation
Chris Carter is to open a whale and dolphin training workshop.
Read more...
20 September - U.S. District Judge Ralph Beistline issues a stay to
ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. over government requirements that effects of seismic oil exploration on
Bowhead Whales over a large part of the
Chukchi Sea be monitored by the company.
Read more...
7 September - Money is being raised for an operation to give an artificial tail to a Bottlenose Dolphin who lost hers near
Cape Canaveral.
Read more...
6 September -
Iceland is to begin exporting whalemeat from its "scientific research" catch to the
Faroe Islands against
CITES regulations.
Read more...
25 August -
Cape Cod environmentalists search for a severely wounded
Humpback Whale that swam away after a rescue in what specialists are calling the worst incident of entanglement they have seen in 20 years.
Read more...
18 August - Norwegian whalers harpooned only half their quota of 1,052
Minke Whales in 2006, prompting reports that the demand for the food had decreased.
Read more...
12 August - 20ft
Minke Whale and another smaller sea mammal (possibly a
Harbour Porpoise) have been washed up dead on the shore at St. Bees beach,
Cumbria,
UK.
Read more...
The
clymene dolphin (Stenella clymene) became the first confirmed naturally occurring hybrid marine mammal species when DNA analysis showed it to be descended from the
spinner dolphin and the
striped dolphin. [1]
2009
February
10 February -
Filipino fishermen have rescued around 200
melon-headed whales which were stranded in shallow waters off the coast of
Bataan. Only three dolphins were reported to have died.
more
22 January - A group of nearly 50
Sperm Whales beached on the northwest coast of the island of
Tasmania in
Australia. Only five were still alive by Friday afternoon.
more
2008
September
23 September - Speculation is raised over whether an object washed up near
Wellington, New Zealand could be
ambergris; City Council spokesman Richard MacLean says this is unlikely.
Read more...
26 August - Findings from the controversial
Japanese whaling research program suggest that a loss of Antarctic sea ice due to increased temperatures has lowered whales' food supply, causing an overall decline in
blubber.
Read more...
16 February - Anti-whaling protester Sophie Wyness and her father Martin speak against the decision to drop charges against them in court for their trespass at the Japanese Embassy in London.
Read more...
7 February - Photographs portraying
slaughter of whales, including that of an alleged mother and calf, are released in
Australian media;
Japanese authorities claim that the whales in the picture are not related.
Read more...
24 January - Fourteen-year-old Sophie Wyness, along with her father Martin, is arrested for an act of protest outside of a Japanese whaling embassy in
London.
Read more...
2007
December
18 December - Environmental activists express their unhappiness toward
Belugas wearing
Santa hats in a Japanese aquarium, while the same country's whalers launch an expedition to kill whales in Antarctica.
Read more...
June
14 June - A
Bowhead Whale is found with a nineteenth century weapon fragment lodged in its shoulder, suggesting it was over 100 years old.
Read more...
27 November -
Humpback Whales have been found to have a type of brain cell that only humans, the great apes, and other cetaceans have, suggesting that they are more intelligent than previously thought.
Read more...
22 November - Viewing the practice as inhumane, many marine biologists and zoo and aquarium administrators join together to protest
dolphin drive hunting in
Japan.
Read more...
26 September - Police urge people not to approach "Dave", a dolphin in the
English Channel, after kayakers are seen harassing him.
Read more...
25 September - Minister of Conservation
Chris Carter is to open a whale and dolphin training workshop.
Read more...
20 September - U.S. District Judge Ralph Beistline issues a stay to
ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. over government requirements that effects of seismic oil exploration on
Bowhead Whales over a large part of the
Chukchi Sea be monitored by the company.
Read more...
7 September - Money is being raised for an operation to give an artificial tail to a Bottlenose Dolphin who lost hers near
Cape Canaveral.
Read more...
6 September -
Iceland is to begin exporting whalemeat from its "scientific research" catch to the
Faroe Islands against
CITES regulations.
Read more...
25 August -
Cape Cod environmentalists search for a severely wounded
Humpback Whale that swam away after a rescue in what specialists are calling the worst incident of entanglement they have seen in 20 years.
Read more...
18 August - Norwegian whalers harpooned only half their quota of 1,052
Minke Whales in 2006, prompting reports that the demand for the food had decreased.
Read more...
12 August - 20ft
Minke Whale and another smaller sea mammal (possibly a
Harbour Porpoise) have been washed up dead on the shore at St. Bees beach,
Cumbria,
UK.
Read more...