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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: cetaceans

cetaceans stories: 2 news summaries

(Newser) - Whales and dolphins have highly evolved social structures and may deserve a “personhood” status similar to that being considered for members of the great ape family, Wired reports. The emotional and social areas of the cetacean brain are “enormously complex,” notes one researcher, “and in many... More »

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marine animal • dolphins • whales • cetaceans • social behavior

 Humpbacks
 No Longer in Danger

Spectacular success for conservation

Aug 12, 08 9:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Humpback whales, once feared to be on the verge of extinction, have made such a dramatic comeback that the International Union for Conservation of Nature has removed them from its list of vulnerable species. A ban on humpback whaling in the 1960s has allowed their numbers to grow to 55,... More »

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conservation • humpback whale • dolphin • whaling • International Union for Conservation of Nature • cetaceans • porpoise

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