Marine Mammals

Dead & Entangled Gray Whale Stories: 2012

By Charmaine Coimbra on May 3, 2012 • ( 0 )

Whale found dead in Wash. had swallowed golf ball Read more here: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/04/25/2042347/whale-found-dead-in-wash-had-swallowed.html#storylink=cpy Dead gray whale washes ashore near San Simeon Read more here: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/04/23/2040436/dead-gray-whale-washes-ashore.html#storylink=cpy Lost whale spotted, rescuers wait for opportunity Read more here: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/04/24/2041883/lost-whale-spotted-rescuers-wait.html#storylink=cpy California Gray Whale Entangled:… Read More ›

Seismic Testing Proposed for California’s Central Coast

By Charmaine Coimbra on April 20, 2012 • ( 0 )

Editor’s Note: Seismic Testing is known to harm marine mammals. Is it another trashing of the ocean’s or an essential tool to learn more about earthquake faulting and oil exploration? What is Seismic Testing? Following the news story by David… Read More ›

Artic Marine Mammals Suffer “Mystery Disease”

By Charmaine Coimbra on April 12, 2012 • ( 0 )

From Planet Ark Symptoms of a mysterious disease that has killed scores of seals off Alaska and infected walruses are now showing up in polar bears, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said on Friday. Nine polar bears from the Beaufort… Read More ›

615 Dead Dolphins Reported on Peru Beach

By Charmaine Coimbra on March 28, 2012 • ( 0 )

Editor’s note…this post was updated 4/6/12. Scroll down for update UPDATED: 4/19/12: From BlueVoice.org: One of, perhaps the worst, die-offs of dolphins ever is occurring in Peru right now. BlueVoice Executive Director Hardy Jones joined Peruvian marine mammal specialist… Read More ›

The Diary of Whale Entanglement

By Charmaine Coimbra on February 28, 2012 • ( 0 )

From Whales Bermuda “On the afternoon of February 12, 2012 operators on the Silver Bank worked together in an attempt to help a badly entangled humpback whale that was discovered during the first afternoon of their scheduled tours. Jeff Pantukhoff… Read More ›

Gray Whale Numbers Up While Artic Ring Seals Suffer

By Charmaine Coimbra on December 29, 2011 • ( 0 )

By Charmaine Coimbra I celebrated my mid-December birthday with a hike along a Central California bluff. The day was warm and eucalyptus blended with salt air invigorated my soul. When I finally reached trail’s end on a bluff that overlooks the… Read More ›

Ocean Plastics, Trash Sabotage Young Gray Whale’s Life

By Charmaine Coimbra on December 13, 2011 • ( 0 )

Editor’s Note: The gray whale is currently in migration from their summer feeding grounds in the Artic Ocean to their birthing and breeding grounds in Mexico. To follow a gray whale’s migration route and for more about the dangers these… Read More ›

More Plastic Debris than Plankton in the Gyres?

By Charmaine Coimbra on October 11, 2011 • ( 1 )

By Charmaine Coimbra There’s a worldwide movement to ban the one use plastic bag. It’s up for vote in my neck of the woods. I’ve read some wild letters to the editor about why the plastic bag is good for… Read More ›

Getting to Know Mama–The California Gray Whale in Klamath River

By Charmaine Coimbra on September 4, 2011 • ( 1 )

Editor’s Note: December 29, 2011: Scroll to bottom for story update From the San Luis Tribune http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2011/09/03/1742473/mama-whale-klamath-river.html By Julia Hickey | jhickey@thetribunenews.com Julia Hickey The Tribune Morro Bay resident Ashala Tylor’s intimate photographs of “Mama” — the gray whale that… Read More ›

Walruses Running Out of Ice

By Charmaine Coimbra on August 20, 2011 • ( 1 )

Melting Arctic Sea Ice Drives Walruses Onto Land Date: 18-Aug-11 Country: USA Author: Deborah Zabarenko Fast-melting Arctic sea ice appears to be pushing walruses to haul themselves out onto land, and many are moving around the area where oil leases… Read More ›

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