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The Supreme Court today began hearing a case that questions who (or what creatures) get dibs on the ocean waters off the coast of California.

The case is this: Last March 2007 conservationists brought a lawsuit against the Navy over its use of MFA sonar in training missions off the coast of southern California. They said that the sonar is too loud and disruptive for the ocean environment, and in some cases causes mass strandings of the animals, which include blue whales, pygmy sperm whales and bottlenose dolphins.

Russian environmentalists sue american oil company for endangering whales. oh yes!

Ex Greenpeace Cofounder and wildlife defender Paul Watson, otherwise known as the “Sea Shepherd”, has dedicated his life to environmental activism and animal rights. Read the article to learn more about Paul, and watch the video to see Paul and his crew in action.

Question: Why would next week’s meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) be closed to the press, the public, and scientists not associated with the commission?

Two Greenpeace activist are being held for 23 days without charges for exposing a scandal at the heart of the whaling industry.

Famous marine artist can't agree with state over money.

Starting things off with a bang, Chile declared a permanent ban on whaling on the opening day of the International Whaling Commission’s annual meeting. The Pacific Ocean-bordering country is playing host to the conference, where tensions are running high.

Junichi Sato is not only a whale activist in Japan (and there ain't many people who can put THAT on their business card), he's also a blogger. And he's been arrested for the crime of exposing the truth.AFP reported "Sato, writing on his blog shortly before his arrest, appealed for a continued probe into the alleged whale meat embezzlement. "I just want to appeal to the hearts of people involved in the whale embezzlement case: 'Do you think it's alright to remain silent?'" Sato wrote.

After five months at sea, the Nisshin Maru arrives back in Japan having taken 551 whales from the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, around half the original target but still 551 whales too many.

Most days, Moko the bottlenosed dolphin swims playfully with humans at a New Zealand beach. But thi ...

How to Boil a Frog's FrogBlog gives you 11 funny suggestions on how to avoid any blame for the fall of civilization (with pictures!)

An article from GreenPeace with a call to action to send a letter to the head of Canon to get him to support the non-lethal testing of Whales for science.

Check it out, do you agree? 

Eco-warrior Paul Watson is engaged in a furious fight with both Japanese whalers and Greenpeace

Rare recordings of humpback whales feeding in the Southern Ocean have been captured by Greenpeace, providing scientists with valuable information on whale behaviour near Antarctica.

The Japanese government has confirmed that they have abandoned plans to kill humpback whales in the Southern Ocean this season.

Japan's first ‘scientific’ whaling program, called JARPA, spent 18 years and killed 6,778 minke whales attempting to determine the natural mortality rate, M. In 2006 an expert workshop of scientists from the International Whaling Commission, meeting in Tokyo, agreed (including the Japanese scientists) that the natural mortality rate was not determined - the confidence limits around estimates of M from JARPA data were so wide that M remains effectively unknown. These were so wide that even a value of M=0 was not excluded.

The Nisshin Maru, the 8,000-tonne flagship of Japan’s whaling fleet, left Shimonoseki port for the Antarctic along with catcher boats around midday on Sunday, environmental group Greenpeace said, adding that others in the fleet were expected to follow soon.

Greenpeace have launched the Great Whale Trail, following the migration of humpback whales from the warm tropical waters of the South Pacific, where they breed, to the icy Southern Ocean around Antarctica, where they feed. And they're doing it via satellite tracking and Google Maps. Nifty.

The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society has warned of the sonic threat to whales from giant offshore wind turbines. Greenpeace used to protect whales, too, but now they promote offshore wind turbines instead.

Greenpeace, once considered a savior of whales and dolphins, has launched a $40,000 ad campaign that may prove to cause permanent and irreparable harm to these endangered marine mammals.

According to The Whale and Dolphin Society new studies show off shore wind farms pose potentially devastating threats to whales and dolphins during and after construction.

Whaling has been banned in this country but threats to their survival continue to exist. Whale watching, happily, has replaced hunting and this not only affords people a chance to see these magnificent animals in the wild but helps in their protection as well.