Sperm whales
Safety net launched for marine fauna
A six-year program to record and protect nine emblematic, but also vulnerable species of the Greek marine fauna was launched a few days ago with the participation of educational and research institutions and environmental organizations.
The European program called "LIFE MareNatura - conservation of marine megafauna species in Greece and Italy" has a budget of 11 million euros.
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Greenpeace Greece urges scrapping of offshore gas drilling project because of impact on whales, dolphins
Greenpeace has urged the government to abandon a deep-sea gas exploration project in the Mediterranean, citing newly published research to argue that its impact on endangered whales and dolphins would be greater than previously believed.
Scientists discover heaviest animal ever
A newly discovered whale that lived nearly 40 million years ago could be the heaviest animal to have ever lived, based on a partial skeleton found in Peru, scientists said on Aug. 2.
The modern blue whale has long been considered the largest and heaviest animal ever, beating out all the giant dinosaurs of the distant past.
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‘Whale vomit’ worth 10 mln liras seized in Turkey’s south
A man in the southern province of Mersin has been detained for trying to sell some 43 kilos of ambergris, roughly called "whale vomit," with a price of 10 million Turkish Liras ($736,000).
Ambergris, a solid, waxy and flammable substance of a dull grey or black color produced in the digestive system of sperm whales, is used extensively by the perfume industry.
The harrowing story of the whaleship “Essex” that inspired “Moby Dick”
After the whaleship “Essex” was sunk by a vengeful sperm whale, its crew was left on the high seas for 90 days causing them to resort to cannibalism
Fossil of previously unknown four-legged whale found in Egypt
Scientists said on Aug. 26 they had discovered the 43 million-year-old fossil of a previously unknown amphibious four-legged whale species in Egypt that helps trace the transition of whales from land to sea.
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Nearly 11 million lira worth of whale vomit seized in Turkey’s south
Security forces in the Mediterranean province of Mersin have seized 145 kilograms of whale vomit with a market value of 11 million Turkish Liras ($1.6 million).
Toroslar district police department teams took action upon notice that there was a whale vomit substance used in perfume production at a facility in the Çilek neighborhood.
Lethal plastic trash now common in Greece's whales
Scientists say a study of whales and dolphins that have washed up dead in Greece over a 20-year period has found alarmingly high levels of plastic trash in the animals' stomachs, which can condemn them to a slow and painful death.
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Dozens of plastic bags found in dead whale's belly, expert says
Experts with Greece's Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute removed up to 100 plastic bags from the belly of a whale that was found dead off the coast of the holiday island of Myconos, the body's director, Alexandros Frantzis, told Skai TV on Thursday.
Diving into the world of Greece's native sperm whales
The underground space of the Hub venue in the central Athenian neighborhood of Kato Petralona was packed with people. But they werent there for a fancy charity event or some conference about entrepreneurship popular events these days.