Whales are aquatic mammals of the order Cetacea. The term is now applied to about 80 species of baleen whales and "toothed" whales, which include dolphins, porpoises, and non-baleen whales, as well as extinct whales. Cetaceans range...

A Humpback Whale. The term whale can refer to all cetaceans, to just the larger ones, or only to members of particular families within the order Cetacea. The last definition is the one followed here. Whales are those cetaceans which are neither...

WHALE. Joe Roman. Reaktion Books, 2006. ISBN 1-86189-246-2, 240 pp. Whale is a small paperback that undertakes the large task of being a concise primer on the evolving relationship between man and leviathan. It fares well in that the material is digestible, wellwritten,...

WHALES, WHALING AND ECOSYSTEMS. Editors: James A. Estes, Douglas P. DeMaster, Daniel F. Doak, Terrie M. Williams, and Robert Brownell. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London. 2007. ISBN-13: 978-0- 520-24884-7, ISBN-10: 0-520-24884-8 Are Whales Really Greedy Monsters? Certain parties...

National Security: A judge has told the Navy that it cannot use high-powered sonar in its training exercises off the California coast. Saving marine animals, it seems, is more important than protecting American lives.The Navy has 11 training exercises scheduled for Southern California waters over...

Japan opened an international whaling conference Tuesday by blasting a boycott by dozens of anti-whaling nations, saying their absence would block much-needed reforms of the commission that sets regulations. The conference, which Japan called as part of its push to resume commercial whaling, was attended...