Sentences with phrase «mammals living in the sea»

And when they answered that these massive mammals living in the sea blow water upwards, the sailors were startled that the oars fell from their hands.

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Our position relied on the evaluation of our own scientists and the expertise of other organizations in assessing any potential threats from this project to the seafloor, fisheries, marine mammals, and other sea life.

The islands are occupied mainly by plants, reptiles, and birds, with only sea lions and a few thousand human residents — currently living in the 3 percent of the region that isn't protected national parkland — to represent the mammals.

Puzzled by the appearance of the disease in a sea mammal, a team led by wildlife veterinarian Melissa Miller of the University of California, Davis, tested blood samples collected from 223 live and dead otters.

Background Mammals that have evolved to live in cold waters, such as whales, seals, sea lions and polar bears, commonly have a layer of blubber.

But there are many unknowns about the current status of 11 species of marine mammals who depend on Arctic sea ice to live, feed and breed, and about how their fragile habitat will evolve in a warming world.

In a rare assessment of a training exercise, researchers found in 2010 that fish and sea mammals living near the USS Oriskany — an aircraft carrier sunk for training in 2006 — had raised levels of PCBIn a rare assessment of a training exercise, researchers found in 2010 that fish and sea mammals living near the USS Oriskany — an aircraft carrier sunk for training in 2006 — had raised levels of PCBin 2010 that fish and sea mammals living near the USS Oriskany — an aircraft carrier sunk for training in 2006 — had raised levels of PCBin 2006 — had raised levels of PCBs.

Some groups of Chukchi people live settled lives in coastal villages, where they hunt sea mammals.

Heartworm disease affects dogs, cats and ferrets, but heartworms also live in other mammal species, including wolves, coyotes, foxes, sea lions and — in rare instances — humans.

«Heartworm disease is a serious and potentially fatal condition caused by parasitic worms living in the arteries of the lungs and occasionally in the right side of the heart of dogs, cats and other species of mammals, including wolves, foxes, ferrets, sea lions and (in rare instances) humans.

Kathy spent five years training marine mammals at Sea Life Park in Hawaii, and started her first dog obedience company, Clever Canines, in 1996.

Artists Cast a Net for Safer Oceans - Bay Nature Magazine This weekend, The Marine Mammal Center in Marin launches a new art exhibit and website aimed at a problem most of us barely know exists: Ghost nets that drift in the oceans snagging sea life and wreaking havoc, maybe for years.

Reports that large sea mammals were largely unaffected by the spill were flatly contradicted by a story in Life magazine, published on June 9, 1969.

Mark has been living in the San Juan Islands for three decades, while conducting research on birds and marine mammals, teaching natural history classes, and guiding sea kayak tours.

In the Santa Barbara Channel, you can find over 30 marine mammal species including whales, dolphins, and elephant seals, as well as marine life ranging from tiny sea stars and anemones to blue whales (the largest animals in the worldIn the Santa Barbara Channel, you can find over 30 marine mammal species including whales, dolphins, and elephant seals, as well as marine life ranging from tiny sea stars and anemones to blue whales (the largest animals in the worldin the world).

For the next hour and a half your life will take on that of a Marine Mammal, joining the Harbour Seals, Sea stars, algaes and Shorebirds in this incredibly rich and diverse habitat.

We pride ourselves in sharing visitors to Maui (and locals too) of all ages and ability levels to a different side of Maui; stunning coastlines, pristine tropical waters teeming with sea - life, marine mammals and colorful coral reefs in an up close and personal, environmentally friendly, small group setting.

Native groups have lived in the extreme north since the last ice age by praying primarily on sea mammals and building protection from the elements by adapting to the local conditions.

Polar bears are one of the most sensitive Arctic marine mammals to climate warming because they spend most of their lives on sea ice.35 Declining sea ice in northern Alaska is associated with smaller bears, probably because of less successful hunting of seals, which are themselves ice - dependent and so are projected to decline with diminishing ice and snow cover.36, 37,38,39 Although bears can give birth to cubs on sea ice, increasing numbers of female bears now come ashore in Alaska in the summer and fall40 and den on land.41 In Hudson Bay, Canada, the most studied population in the Arctic, sea ice is now absent for three weeks longer than just a few decades ago, resulting in less body fat, reduced survival of both the youngest and oldest bears, 42 and a population now estimated to be in decline43 and projected to be in jeopardy.44 Similar polar bear population declines are projected for the Beaufort Sea regionsea ice.35 Declining sea ice in northern Alaska is associated with smaller bears, probably because of less successful hunting of seals, which are themselves ice - dependent and so are projected to decline with diminishing ice and snow cover.36, 37,38,39 Although bears can give birth to cubs on sea ice, increasing numbers of female bears now come ashore in Alaska in the summer and fall40 and den on land.41 In Hudson Bay, Canada, the most studied population in the Arctic, sea ice is now absent for three weeks longer than just a few decades ago, resulting in less body fat, reduced survival of both the youngest and oldest bears, 42 and a population now estimated to be in decline43 and projected to be in jeopardy.44 Similar polar bear population declines are projected for the Beaufort Sea regionsea ice in northern Alaska is associated with smaller bears, probably because of less successful hunting of seals, which are themselves ice - dependent and so are projected to decline with diminishing ice and snow cover.36, 37,38,39 Although bears can give birth to cubs on sea ice, increasing numbers of female bears now come ashore in Alaska in the summer and fall40 and den on land.41 In Hudson Bay, Canada, the most studied population in the Arctic, sea ice is now absent for three weeks longer than just a few decades ago, resulting in less body fat, reduced survival of both the youngest and oldest bears, 42 and a population now estimated to be in decline43 and projected to be in jeopardy.44 Similar polar bear population declines are projected for the Beaufort Sea region.in northern Alaska is associated with smaller bears, probably because of less successful hunting of seals, which are themselves ice - dependent and so are projected to decline with diminishing ice and snow cover.36, 37,38,39 Although bears can give birth to cubs on sea ice, increasing numbers of female bears now come ashore in Alaska in the summer and fall40 and den on land.41 In Hudson Bay, Canada, the most studied population in the Arctic, sea ice is now absent for three weeks longer than just a few decades ago, resulting in less body fat, reduced survival of both the youngest and oldest bears, 42 and a population now estimated to be in decline43 and projected to be in jeopardy.44 Similar polar bear population declines are projected for the Beaufort Sea regionsea ice, increasing numbers of female bears now come ashore in Alaska in the summer and fall40 and den on land.41 In Hudson Bay, Canada, the most studied population in the Arctic, sea ice is now absent for three weeks longer than just a few decades ago, resulting in less body fat, reduced survival of both the youngest and oldest bears, 42 and a population now estimated to be in decline43 and projected to be in jeopardy.44 Similar polar bear population declines are projected for the Beaufort Sea region.in Alaska in the summer and fall40 and den on land.41 In Hudson Bay, Canada, the most studied population in the Arctic, sea ice is now absent for three weeks longer than just a few decades ago, resulting in less body fat, reduced survival of both the youngest and oldest bears, 42 and a population now estimated to be in decline43 and projected to be in jeopardy.44 Similar polar bear population declines are projected for the Beaufort Sea region.in the summer and fall40 and den on land.41 In Hudson Bay, Canada, the most studied population in the Arctic, sea ice is now absent for three weeks longer than just a few decades ago, resulting in less body fat, reduced survival of both the youngest and oldest bears, 42 and a population now estimated to be in decline43 and projected to be in jeopardy.44 Similar polar bear population declines are projected for the Beaufort Sea region.In Hudson Bay, Canada, the most studied population in the Arctic, sea ice is now absent for three weeks longer than just a few decades ago, resulting in less body fat, reduced survival of both the youngest and oldest bears, 42 and a population now estimated to be in decline43 and projected to be in jeopardy.44 Similar polar bear population declines are projected for the Beaufort Sea region.in the Arctic, sea ice is now absent for three weeks longer than just a few decades ago, resulting in less body fat, reduced survival of both the youngest and oldest bears, 42 and a population now estimated to be in decline43 and projected to be in jeopardy.44 Similar polar bear population declines are projected for the Beaufort Sea regionsea ice is now absent for three weeks longer than just a few decades ago, resulting in less body fat, reduced survival of both the youngest and oldest bears, 42 and a population now estimated to be in decline43 and projected to be in jeopardy.44 Similar polar bear population declines are projected for the Beaufort Sea region.in less body fat, reduced survival of both the youngest and oldest bears, 42 and a population now estimated to be in decline43 and projected to be in jeopardy.44 Similar polar bear population declines are projected for the Beaufort Sea region.in decline43 and projected to be in jeopardy.44 Similar polar bear population declines are projected for the Beaufort Sea region.in jeopardy.44 Similar polar bear population declines are projected for the Beaufort Sea regionSea region.45

Marine mammals living in the polar regions rely on sea ice, and continuing reductions in the amount of ice will harm populations of seals, walruses, and polar bears.