en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/science/whale/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/science/a_whale_of_a_time_capsule/ Here's an interesting twist to a sad story: In May of this year, eskimos killed a 49-foot male bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, off the coast of Alaska and unexpectedly discovered that he had survived a similar hunt more than a century ago. While butche news science 2007-06-15 13:50:57 http://www.newsique.com/science/a_whale_of_a_time_capsule/ scienceblogs.com http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2007/06/a_whale_of_a_time_capsule.php Amazing [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/a_whale_of_a_time_capsule/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/japanese_whale_request_rejected/ Japan's long-term strategy to see a re-introduction of commercial whale hunting has suffered another rebuff. Its motion asking the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to review whale stocks was defeated. Approval for the news science 2007-06-10 10:02:25 http://www.newsique.com/science/japanese_whale_request_rejected/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/6728919.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [6] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/japanese_whale_request_rejected/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/whale_beaches_itself_in_nyc_dies/ A young whale that swam aimlessly for two days in a small bay off an industrial section of Brooklyn beached itself at an oil depot dock Wednesday and died suddenly. Animal activists said the minke whale, about a year old, was too young to survive on it news science 2007-04-18 22:48:54 http://www.newsique.com/science/whale_beaches_itself_in_nyc_dies/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/110210905/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Shocking [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/whale_beaches_itself_in_nyc_dies/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/japan_to_probe_whale_meat_theft/ Officials in Tokyo are to investigate claims that shipping crews stole a tonne of meat from Japan's whale hunt. Documents seen by the BBC confirm that public prosecutors will examine corruption allegations lodged by the environmental group Greenpeace. news science 2008-05-22 08:22:16 http://www.newsique.com/science/japan_to_probe_whale_meat_theft/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7413841.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/japan_to_probe_whale_meat_theft/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/go-ahead_for_icelands_whale_hunt/ Iceland's commercial whale hunt is set to begin, after the government granted a small minke quota on Monday. Whalers had been seeking a quota of about 100, but ministers settled on 40, which they say is commercially viable. The decision came after w news science 2008-05-20 08:19:10 http://www.newsique.com/science/go-ahead_for_icelands_whale_hunt/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7409521.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/go-ahead_for_icelands_whale_hunt/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/greenpeace_heads_off_whale_ship/ Greenpeace conservation activists say they have disrupted the Japanese whale hunt near Antarctica's coast by chasing a factory ship out of the whaling zone. Crew from protest ship Esperanza said they were maintaining the chase as the whalers cannot hun news science 2008-01-14 08:20:33 http://www.newsique.com/science/greenpeace_heads_off_whale_ship/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7186747.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/greenpeace_heads_off_whale_ship/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/whale_missing_link_discovered/ The whale is descended from a deer-like animal that lived 48 million years ago, according to fossil evidence. Remains found in the Kashmir region of India suggest the fox-sized mammal is the long-sought land-based ancestor of whales, dolphins and porpo news science 2007-12-21 08:20:52 http://www.newsique.com/science/whale_missing_link_discovered/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7150627.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/whale_missing_link_discovered/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/whale_fossil_is_found_in_vineyar/ The biggest whale fossil ever discovered in Italy has been found in one of the country's finest vineyards. The five-million-year-old skeleton, 33ft (10m) in length, was dug up in the northern grape-growing area of Tuscany. The vineyards of Castello news science 2007-03-23 09:31:51 http://www.newsique.com/science/whale_fossil_is_found_in_vineyar/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/6482859.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/whale_fossil_is_found_in_vineyar/#comments