A federal plan to protect right whales by slowing down ships at Jacksonville and other ports is inching forward while advocates and critics vent their frustration.
TOKYO, Japan (26 Aug 2008) — Over two decades, Japanese ships have butchered thousands of whales taken from the icy waters around the Antarctic in the name of research.
The US government has proposed a new speed limit for large ships off certain coasts to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales from fatal collisions, though the zone is smaller than originally planned.
HOUSTON (AP) - In the first paragraph of an Aug. 21 story about how sperm whales may be affected by seismic testing for hydrocarbons in the Gulf of Mexico, The Associated Press overstated the conclusions of a federally funded study.
HOUSTON -- In the first paragraph of an Aug. 21 story about how sperm whales may be affected by seismic testing for hydrocarbons in the Gulf of Mexico, The Associated Press overstated...
