Thesaurus entry: whale

Article: Observation of a Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) ...
Aquatic Mammals;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... the North Atlantic right whale remains one of the ... critically endangered whales in the world. The right whale population was depleted ... ship strikes on right whales. In addition, the EWS surveys monitor right whale distribution and calf ...

Article: WHOI Right Whale Initiative accelerates research to ...
Oceanus;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... how much--whales can hear ... funding from the Right Whale Initiative ... showed that whales have some of ... whether their right whale hearing estimates ... will not kill whales in collisions ... in critical right whale habitats would ...

Transcript: Analysis: Maritime shipping lanes change to help preserve the ...
NPR All Things Considered;  December 20, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... North Atlantic right whale. It's the rarest species of whale in the world ... more of these whales died than were ... unusual group of right whale advocates took ... killed a few whales, mostly by ... survival of the right whale. She says the ...

Transcript: SNOWE ANNOUNCES $75,000 GRANT FOR RIGHT WHALE ...
Capitol Hill Press Releases;  August 11, 1998 ;     518 words ... ... pathological factors affecting right whales; - Identify and reduce right whale collisions with ships; - Assist ... with disentanglements of right whales caught in fishing gear; and - Digitize the Northern Right Whale catalog, a collection of photographs ...

Article: Signs lend hope for the right whale's recovery ...
International Herald Tribune;  March 18, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... up for the right whale. They say ... Atlantic right whales, which can ... a center of right whale research ... collisions between whales and vessels ... aggregation of right whales in the Gulf ... month later, a right whale turned up in ...

Article: NEW SPEED REGULATION BEGINS FOR MARINERS TRANSITING SEASONAL ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 11, 2008 ;     585 words ... ... especially during Right Whale season. The coastal ... critically endangered Right Whale. Female whales with very young calves ... reduce the number of whales killed or seriously ... continue to communicate Right Whale advisories through ...

Article: Body of dead right whale examined at Campobello
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  July 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... death of a rare right whale that had been ... and 400 right whales are left in ... where right whales migrate, in ... North American right whale is listed as ... considered the "right" whale to kill. With ... hunting of right whales was banned ...