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POPSMan travels 5,000 miles to check out O.C.'s whales He finally got to see his blue whale. "Roffey has already accomplished a few goals in his life's list of adventures. He'd seen an otter swimming in the wild in Scotland. And he has checked off his wish of seeing a Minki whale, which he saw in the Northern Sea."
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POPSPETITION THE JAPANESE EMBASSY TO STOP WHALING SEE THE SITE FOR THE PETITION. Altho I think Greenpeace may have gone a bit corporate, this is one area whre I totally agree with them and support--pressure the Japanese Gov't to stop the whaling in the Southern Ocean.
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POPSFour Facts About Fungi From about 4,400 species of fungi found in Europe, one third are close to extinction. The causes: contamination and overexploitation. In the western world, over 20% of the people have a fungus infection called Athlete's Foot
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POPSJapan might kill world's only white whale People who have encountered Migaloo on his epic journey of migration describe the sight as a once in a lifetime experience. "He turned the blue water around him jade-green for two or three metres," one awe-struck Australian whale-watch operator said of a sighting two years ago. Scientists are uncertain whether Migaloo is a true albino, or simply has white pigmentation.
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POPSNO RIGHT TO JOKE photo what a stupid man made this caption. its not even a blue whale! for god's sake!its a whale shark!! see the dots?omg obviously hes not good on marine biology but hes pretty good on sex educ. tsk tsk
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POPSThe Secret Language of Whales The scientists used acoustic recordings to delineate nine population regions worldwide. They found the whales weren't evenly distributed, though: Populations using a "Type 1" call, for example, live within a narrow band of ocean hugging the North American coast, while whales that use a "Type 4" call are spread over a large swath of the Northern Pacific Ocean.The scientists say the dialect findings could help guide conservation efforts for blue whales, whose numbers dwindled to dangerously low levels before whaling moratoria were enacted: There were once an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 in the Southern Hemisphere, but today that number is closer to 1,000, Scripps scientist John Hildebrand told LiveScience. "By listening to the animals," he said, "you can tell something about the areas in which they are interacting to breed and that's important to know for managing and conserving the animals."
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POPSGiant Bioluminescent Squid Captured on Video for First Time! Terrifying! The YouTube link is OK, but see the full-size, high-frame-rate Quicktime version on nature.com to see this rare animal in all its lit-up glory. Like something out of a James Cameron movie.... Remains of Taningia danae often show up in the stomachs of sperm whales. The squid's flabby flesh led experts to think that it floats in the water column like a neutrally buoyant scuba diver. But the new footage shows it can reach speeds of up to 9 kilometres per hour. When presented with bait, the squid attacked, flashing its luminescent spots, or 'photophores', which contain glowing bacteria. It produced longer glows when faced with the bait rig's lights, suggesting that it was performing some sort of mating dance.
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