Well-known marine animals, such as whales or dolphins represent a tiny fraction of marine biodiversity.
If we can make homes for whales and dolphins, the ocean may just have a chance.
Whales and dolphins have complex cultures, too, which vary from group to group within a species.
To help advance the creation of MPAs, we devised the idea of "homes for whales and dolphins".
Surrounded by whales and dolphins, Quest soon succumbs to Earle's infectious enthusiasm and insatiable thirst for knowledge through exploration.
Non-fish groups include whales, dolphins, seabirds, squid, echinoderms, benthic crustaceans and small worms.
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Scientists believe the current heatwave may be contributing to unusually large numbers of whales and dolphins off the UK coastline.
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To date, most research has focused on the impact sound might have on marine mammals, such as whales and dolphins.
There is evidence that other apes, such as gorillas and orang-utans, show cultural differences, as well as creatures such as whales and dolphins.
Whales, dolphins, sharks and turtles are among species found there.
Studies of what happens to dead whales, dolphins and porpoises have been done in the UK, but only in shallow water where the worms have not yet been found.
Individuals within the various species of whales and dolphins can be distinguished by nicks or other markings on their fins and tails, or by pigmentation differences revealed by sharp photographs.
It says there is evidence that noise is causing hearing loss in cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises), injuring them and causing them to strand themselves, and is sometimes killing them.
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"It could either be reports of whales and dolphins people see by chance but preferably we would like people to commit to boat-based watches or two-hour land-based watches, " said Ms Gibas.
But apart from finding ways of removing the bodies of whales, dolphins and porpoises from the coastline around the UK, Ms Exelby is also responsible for dealing with reports of recovered salvage.
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Many cetaceans are among the apex predator species first to go from an area if things are not right, so if we can protect whales and dolphins, we know we are on the right road.
The waves conceal whales, dolphins and sea turtles, and the western beaches are covered with armies of blue-backed soldier crabs that rear up on their hind legs and flee in panic at the approach of a human foot.
The Guardian is estimated to have damaged about 4, 000 square meters (about 43, 000 square feet) of the reef, a UNESCO World Heritage site that is home to about 500 species of fish and 350 species of coral, as well as whales, dolphins, sharks, turtles and breeding seabirds.
Killer whales can grow up to 28 feet long and eat seals, dolphins and other whales.
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Tracking south, the blustery sandstone cliffs and grinding Pacific Ocean could not be more spectacular: keep an eye out for passing dolphins, whales and rubber-clad surfers.
In total, 28 species of dolphins, whales and porpoises have been recorded in UK and Irish waters, 12 of these during a National Whale and Dolphin Watch.
Other must-dos on Catalina include snorkeling, kayaking (the region is home to colonies of sea lions, dolphins and whales) and a visit to Casino Point Underwater Park.
One pertinent observation is that dolphins, whales and their kind have brains as anatomically complex as those of humans, and that these brains contain a particular type of nerve cell, known as a spindle cell, that in humans is associated with higher cognitive functions such as abstract reasoning.
Pilot whales, which are actually dolphins by classification, can grow to over seven metres, weigh up to 3.5 tonnes and generally prefer deep waters.
With the massive whales come other giants of the sea, like whale sharks and sperm whales and occasionally hammerheads, sea lions and dolphins.
In the 17th century the waters around southwest England were home to blue whales, as well as large numbers of porpoise, dolphins, and blue and thresher sharks.
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