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PHOTOS: The View From Alaska's Remote Wilderness

Lindblad Expeditions | Posted 04.06.2012

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Lindblad Expeditions

All of these amazing photos were shot by naturalists and Lindblad-National Geographic certified photo instructors last year during spring and summer in Alaska.

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Humpback Whale Dies In Fort Pierce Inlet

Posted 01.25.2012

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Florida marine scientists say it was too late to save a juvenile humpback whale that died after beaching itself in the Fort Pierce inlet. The 25-f...

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Marine Biologist Accused Of Feeding Whales, Indicted For Violating Laws (Video)

AP | By JASON DEAREN | Posted 01.06.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO -- A marine biologist who runs popular whale-watching tours on California's Monterey Bay has been indicted for violating federal laws th...

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Paul Winter on The 32nd Annual Winter Solstice Concert

Joseph Vella | Posted 02.11.2012

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Joseph Vella

This annual celebration is one of the most popular events in New York City during the holiday season. In my interview with Paul Winter, he tells us about what he has in store for this year's performance.

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WATCH: Whales Shock Bikini-Clad Surfer; Officials Fear Sightseers Threaten Mammals

Posted 01.04.2012

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Humpback whales shocked a bikini-clad surfer and two kayakers this past week when they leapt out of the water and lunged disturbingly close to the gro...

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PHOTOS: Swimming With Humpbacks Off Tonga

Tony Wu | Posted 11.13.2011

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Tony Wu

If a picture is worth a thousand words, what follows is a five thousand word essay about Megaptera Novaeangliae, one of my favorite animals.

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Tangled BC Whale Prompts Major Rescue Effort

CBC | CBC | Posted 10.17.2011

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Attempts are underway off Vancouver Island to rescue a whale that has become tangled in ropes attached to fishing nets. An ad...

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WATCH: Humpback Whale Puts On Show For Men Who Saved Her

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 09.13.2011

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When Michael Fishbach set out for his day of boating around the beautiful waters of the Sea of Cortez, he probably didn't think that it would be the d...

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Humpback Whale's Tail Smacks Boy

newser.com | Posted 08.27.2011

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When a humpback whale's tail swung over a small boat in Australia, it knocked a 13-year-old boy unconscious--but he survived the onslaught, the Daily ...

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Message in a Bottle

Chris Genovali | Posted 05.25.2011

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As part of an effort to understand ocean currents, and how they would influence the movement of a potential oil spill, scientists recently dropped 'drift bottles' into the Pacific Ocean.

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"Go Diego Go" Takes on an Oil Spill

Levi Novey | Posted 05.25.2011

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Levi Novey

I was happy to see the show bring up the issue of how animals are threatened by oil spills. But I also thought it was odd how the show made cleaning up a spill seem so easy.

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Eco-Getaways: Whale Watching In Laguna San Ignacio

NRDC | Posted 05.25.2011

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(Text and Photos courtesy of the NRDC) Laguna San Ignacio, on the west coast of the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico is a World Heritage Site, a...

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Young Humpback Whale Tangled In Rope Off Hawaii

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LAHAINA, Hawaii — A juvenile humpback whale entangled in hundreds of feet of heavy rope off the Hawaii coast was being tracked by marine experts...

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Bryant Austin's Stunning Whale Photography (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Eve Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marine Mammal Conservation Through The Arts is producing a documentary about Bryant Austin, a photographer whose life-size photographs of endangered w...

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Fall Migration: Animal Migration Photos

Huffington Post | ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 05.25.2011

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With Fall upon us and temperatures starting to drop, animals are starting to migrate to warmer places to spend their winters. From snow geese to whal...

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Whale Hunting Sought By Denmark

The Copenhagen Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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At the annual International Whaling Commission meeting this week, Denmark has applied to include humpback whales in the hunting quota for Greenland D...

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Humpback Whale In New York Harbor

nytimes.com | Jennifer 8. Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

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The whale, which was first reported by a phone call from a resident around 8 a.m., does not appear to be injured or entangled (unlike another recent w...

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