The Makah tribe in Washington state in northwestern USA has received federal approval to hunt a limited number of Eastern North Pacific gray whales off the state’s coast, according to reports on science news website phys.org and news portal dnyuz.com. The tribe, with only about 3,000 members, will be allowed to harvest up to 25 whales over the next decade, the reports said. The decision by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to allow a...
The Aquarium of the Pacific, Southern California’s largest aquarium located in Long Beach, last week released a rehabilitated green sea turtle back into the ocean. The turtle was initially rescued near Avila Beach, California, and brought to the facility for surgery and recovery. The surgery, performed on an injured front flipper, was successful, and the turtle responded well, eating and healing effectively, as reported on the website of the Aquarium of the Pacific. Found in...
Move over humans; marine mammals, too, it seems, are not averse to an unabashed roll in the foam with their same-sex lovers. In what may be the very first time, humpback whales were photographed making love near the Hawaii Islands in the Pacific Ocean. And both happened to be male. For several years, research has been conducted on this species of whale, but the male’s sexual organ has not been sighted often. In fact, male...
