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Climate Change Alters Gray Whale Migration

Posted on Feb 04, 2010 by Jennifer Lance.

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It’s the peak of gray whale southern migration off the central and southern coast of California. Between 20 to 30 whales an hour are being spotted in Monterey, but gray whales are also being spotted up north in Washington state months ahead of their typical migration schedule. According to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, these Washington gray whales may not actually be migrators but “residents”.
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Vanuatu Squat Lobster Discovered to Eat Wood

Posted on Jan 06, 2010 by Jennifer Lance.

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Related to hermit crabs and resembling lobsters, there are over 850 species of squat lobsters. One of them, Munidopsis andamanica, has been recently discovered to eat wood! Scavengers by nature, squat lobsters have made wood debris their primary food source as other food supplies dwindle.
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Blue Whale Song Pitch Decreases Worldwide Due to Growing Populations

Posted on Dec 16, 2009 by Jennifer Lance.

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Marine biologists have long been fascinated by whale songs, as scientists still don’t understand their function fully. Blue whales, in particular, have a “lonely song” that travels across entire oceans. Recently, scientists at the University of California, San Diego have noticed blue whale songs are changing as this endangered species population rebounds. Specifically, the pitch of blue whale songs is decreasing.
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Seafood Slavery: Americans Eat Thai Shrimp Caught by Forced Labor

Posted on Dec 07, 2009 by Jennifer Lance.

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It’s hard to imagine slavery still exists in the twenty-first century, but human trafficking is a modern problem called the “fastest-growing criminal industry in the world”. For example, the fishing industry in Thailand is supported by slaves, mostly Burmese migrants. Some of this slave-based catch ends up in US markets.
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Is Electrocuting Lobsters More Humane than Boiling Alive?

Posted on Nov 28, 2009 by Jennifer Lance.

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I have to admit, I’ve never tasted lobster. I’ve been a vegetarian since I was 16-years-old, and I grew up in the Midwest. I do remember my dad bringing home live lobsters from Maine and watching them be boiled alive in our kitchen. As a child, I wondered if this was humane and thus would not even taste the cooked lobster. Now, a British entrepreneur has invented a new machine to kill lobsters via electrocution in an effort to be more humane.
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