Sentences with phrase «endangered blue whale»

The largest animal on the planet, the endangered blue whale, often shares its habitat with busy shipping lanes.

Marine life ranges from microscopic plankton to the endangered blue whale, the largest animal ever to live on earth.

In the latest study, scientists analyzed an earplug from an endangered blue whale killed by a ship near California.

Each winter endangered blue whales more than five times as long as your sea kayak migrate to these waters looking for tasty crustaceans.

Not exact matches

Japan claims that the current population of around 761,000 Antarctic minkes (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) is so abnormally abundant that it is hindering the recovery of other large endangered species, such as the blue whale.

Scientists know a great deal about blue whales off California, where the endangered species has been studied for decades.

«Understanding the context under which blue whales make calls is a critical step in developing non-invasive, non-lethal acoustic methods to study population trends and recovery status of this endangered species,» Širovi?

Researchers are using underwater microphones to interpret and characterize the calls of blue whales swimming through Southern California's oceans, revealing new insights into the behavior of these endangered marine mammals, according to new research being presented at the Ocean Sciences Meeting here on Tuesday.

Baker and Palumbi have found five endangered baleen whale species, including the enormous blue whale, in the markets of Japan.

Come face to face with grey whales in San Ignacio Lagoon, see highly endangered Guadalupe fur seals and observe blue, sperm, Bryde's and humpback whales on this trip of a lifetime on board the Sear...

These sightings are quite rare as Blue Whales are considered an endangered species.

It provides breeding and feeding grounds for at least twenty - five endangered or threatened species; thirty - six marine mammal species, including blue, gray, and humpback whales, harbor seals, elephant seals, Pacific white - sided dolphins, and one of the southernmost U.S. populations of threatened Steller sea lions; over a quarter - million breeding seabirds; and one of the most significant white shark populations on the planet.

NOAA officials said they are still studying whether the collisions significantly threaten West Coast populations of endangered species like the blue whale.

In the 61 - page document, the Environmental Defense Center, Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth and Pacific Environment say a speed limit would help protect endangered blue, humpback and fin whales from being run over by big ships.

Hundreds of whales — even endangered finback, gray and blue whales — travel from the Arctic to the peninsula to mate and feast on plankton.

These areas contain populations of endangered blue, humpback and fin whales that are federally protected under the Federal Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1538 et seq.), the Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1431endangered blue, humpback and fin whales that are federally protected under the Federal Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1538 et seq.), the Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1431Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1538 et seq.), the Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.).

Endangered humpback, blue, and fin whales are present in their greatest numbers from June through November.

Today, there are between 8,000 - 9,000 blue whales in the oceans, and they are considered an endangered species.

The Sea of Cortez has more consistently large populations of many different whale species, including the endangered blue and fin whales.

I am probably the only photographer in the world whose catalog includes underwater images of all of the following: blue whales (the largest animal ever to have lived), rare endangered Guadalupe fur seals, Pacific white - sided dolphins, socializing groups of sperm whales, a newborn gray whale calf in the wild, humpback whale competitive («fighting») groups, the odd ocean sunfish (Mola mola), distant and pristine Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, and Olympic champion swimmers accompanied by wild dolphins.

Blue whales are currently listed as endangered animals with only about 2,500 left in the North Pacific population.

It accompanies the museum's unveiling this summer of a blue whale skeleton in its majestic central hall to replace Dippy the dinosaur, a shift in emphasis from extinct marvels to endangered wonders.

While the International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the giant — second in size behind blue whales — as endangered, regional populations, including the fin population off Iceland, are healthy.

The paper --» Do ship strikes threaten the recovery of endangered eastern North Pacific blue whales?»

The blue whale, the largest creature ever to have lived on earth, remained «endangered» along with the fin whale and sei whale.

A. Several whale populations are indisputably endangered, including western gray whales (eastern gray whales, which are the population of gray whales found on the Pacific coast of North America, are no longer considered endangered), eastern bowhead whales, North Atlantic and Pacific right whales, blue whales, and most humpback whales.

The system, called WhaleWatch, produces monthly maps of blue whale «hotspots» to alert ships where there may be an increased risk of encountering these endangered whales.