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WHALES_org

  1. DNA Evidence Shows That Marine Reserves Help to Sustain Fisheries ow.ly/b8Djs
  2. Takara, an orca living in SeaWorld, not really pregnant-false or failed pregnancy? SeaWorld will try again mid-summer. ow.ly/b8CBz
  3. A small, dead minke whale greeted students at Chinese college when they arrived at school cafeteria. ow.ly/b8B9H
  4. Dolphin Export From Solomon Islands Unsustainable ow.ly/b8B9g
  5. NOAA's celebrates 40th Anniversary of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. One way is by highlighting joint program w WDCS ow.ly/b7miQ
  6. @whalesong2 AGREED!
  7. The newborn beluga at Georgia Aquarium that was announced as in critical condition this morning has died. ow.ly/b72HD
  8. Dolphin Export From Solomon Islands Unsustainable ow.ly/b6Isf
  9. A beluga whale calf born last week at the world's largest aquarium is still in critical — but stable — condition. ow.ly/b6hYy
  10. NA right whale possibly spotted off Cornwall. No photos, but description: barnacles on head, no dorsal fin, & wide tail ow.ly/b6280
  11. The Meaning Of A Dead Orca - killed with a harpoon off St. Vincent and The Grenadines wp.me/pAr4K-Q1 via @Wetass
  12. The Sea We’ve Hardly Seen & the importance of microbateria. @TED_TALKS by Biologist Melissa Garren bit.ly/Mkxnps via @fishconserve
  13. Scientists know endangered orca L112 died from massive head trauma, but are no closer to find the cause awe.sm/5s6dw RT @WhaleLikeMe
  14. Scientist seeing fewer Orcas in Antarctica & think it's due to fishing vessels targeting the same fish bit.ly/Llgtrj via @NaWhaRe