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By Marc Kaufman Jul 18, 2014 Harmful, unintended consequences of technological advances, such as the deadly mass strandings of whales caused by naval sonar, need to be confronted, not denied. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Whale Trashed

Steve Sack, Cagle Cartoons, The Minneapolis Star Tribune Apr 8, 2014 Dig deeper

U.N. Court Orders Japan to Stop Whaling Program

Staff / Truthdig Apr 1, 2014 Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cat Litter Killer in Whales of the North

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Feb 15, 2014 The warming of the Arctic is thought by scientists to be responsible for the emergence there of two parasites that seek out marine mammals. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Dolphins Are ‘People’ Too

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2013 In countries such as Hungary, Costa Rica and Chile, dolphins have been recognized as nonhuman persons. India's government recently followed suit and is now starting to close down dolphin parks and has prohibited catching and importing the marine mammals for entertainment purposes. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Compromise Would Legalize Commercial Whaling

Staff / Truthdig Jun 21, 2010 The international community has totally failed to convince Japan, Iceland and Norway to stop hunting whales, including those facing extinction. A new proposal would allow the rogue nations to drop the pretense of scientific research in exchange for a reduction in kills, but environmentalists are skeptical. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Yuppie Obama Edition

Staff / Truthdig Feb 5, 2010 Blue whales are changing their tune, medieval trial-by-floating-or-drowning turns out to have been shockingly accurate, and President Obama may have trouble with working people because he's so damned upwardly mobile -- all this and more on today's list. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Whale Warriors Lose Multimillion-Dollar Vessel in Clash With Japanese (Update: Video)

Staff / Truthdig Jan 7, 2010 If you've seen the TV series "Whale Wars," you know all about the Sea Shepherds, those activists who try to obstruct Japanese whalers, to the chagrin of whale eaters and Greenpeace alike. The group just lost a very expensive carbon fiber and Kevlar speedboat in the craft's maiden confrontation with a Japanese whaling vessel. (Video after the jump) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Whale of a Decision

Staff / Truthdig Nov 13, 2008 While some whales' hearts are as big as cars, the hearts on the Supreme Court that ruled Wednesday against a ban on high-powered sonar in Navy training exercises must be shrinking by the minute. The decision was a defeat to environmentalists, who argue that sonar panics whales, makes their ears bleed and pushes them to beach themselves. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Japan Hunts Humpbacks

Staff / Truthdig Nov 18, 2007 Under the pretense of scientific research, a fleet of Japanese whaling ships is hunting the humpback whale for the first time in decades. The whaling mission plans on killing roughly 1,000 animals in all, including 50 or so humpbacks. While Japanese officials claim the purpose of the mission is to study whale organs, the meat from the animals will be sold commercially. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What Whales Are Communicating

War of the Whales