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Lindblad Expeditions | Posted 05.02.2012

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Lindblad Expeditions

The same week news broke that Facebook would acquire Instagram, two travelers used the app to shoot their Baja California expedition, capturing a $1 billion memory of a gorgeous wilderness.

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Why Is Sperm Whale Poop So Valuable?

Posted 02.16.2012

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From Mother Nature Network's Bryan Nelson: If you were asked to picture a treasure-hunting beachcomber, you'd probably imagine an old man wielding ...

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Japan Hunts Hundreds Of Whales Under Controversial Program

AP | Posted 11.15.2011

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TOKYO -- Japan says it has caught 195 whales in the Pacific Ocean this season under a research program opposed by activists who call it commercial wha...

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Sperm Whales Cleared Out After Gulf Oil Spill

Discovery News | Larry O'Hanlon | Posted 05.25.2011

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A lucky placement of acoustic survey equipment has allowed scientists to get some rare insight into what sperm whales did in response to the Deepwater...

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What Are Whales Telling Us About the Earth?

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Reese Halter

It's time to end the whale hunt and grant amnesty to these magnificent creatures that are helping us survive on our planet -- by determining how quickly global warming is occurring.

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Gulf of Mexico's Battle of the Titans: Giant Squid vs. Sperm Whale

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nikolas Kozloff

The crude which is destroying the Gulf of Mexico contains about 40 percent methane which may create vast "dead zones" where oxygen becomes so depleted that nothing is allowed to live.

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Study Will Look At Oil Spill's Effect On Whales

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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PASCAGOULA, Miss. — Tags, tissue samples and sound are among methods being used on a scientific cruise to study the Gulf of Mexico oil spill's e...

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Eight Ways to Save the Gulf's Endangered Species

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sarah Newman

The Deepwater Horizon rig continues to spew 200,000 gallons of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico. The fish, birds, marine mammals in the Gulf region -- many of whom are endangered species -- are now struggling to survive.

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Curious about 'The Whale?' Read the Book

Peter Christian Hall | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Christian Hall

Philip Hoare pays eloquent tribute to the beauty, power, and history of the sea's mightiest creatures. Can readers who have discovered the elegance and mystery of whales ever again enjoy a seaquarium?

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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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Feds Crack Down On Sperm Whale Teeth Traffickers

New York | By Camille Dodero (1:16PM 05/27) | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sperm whales are an endangered species, and therefore protected by the Endangered Species Act. That doesn't mean you can't import them -- you just nee...

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