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Pygmy Sperm WhaleArchive of news articles on external web sites. For mongabay-specific articles, please see http://www.mongabay.com/xml-list.htmlBoston GlobeThe dwarf sperm whale is the smallest whale in the world and is often confused with its slightly larger cousin, the pygmy sperm whale. Emaciated whale washes ashore - Jul 30, 2009 Florida TodayFLORIDANA BEACH — An emaciated 10-foot-long pygmy sperm whale washed ashore here Thursday just as the sun Wildlife officials euthanize whale in Myrtle Beach - Jul 24, 2009 South Carolina NowCity crews and wildlife officials were called to 9th Avenue South after an injured pygmy sperm whale came ashore overnight. By Rusty Ray MYRTLE BEACH Vacationers save a whale - Jul 30, 2009 Zanesville Times RecorderOnline feedback and a little research revealed that the creature he and McDonald helped save was not a dolphin, but a 3 1/2-foot pygmy sperm whale. STORY/PHOTOS: Stranded, injured pygmy sperm whales put down after ... - Jul 11, 2009 MarconewsThe pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps, is among the smallest of all whales. It isn't much larger than many dolphins, growing to about 10 feet. Whale washed up, has to be euthanized - Jul 24, 2009 WPDEAP Video By Joel Allen The female Pygmy Sperm Whale was discovered on the beach near 9th Avenue South early Friday morning. The whale was euthanized after a Photo by Rob Benchley - Jul 29, 2009 Nantucket IndependentNantucket (July 29, 2009) – Marine Mammal Stranding Team member Edie Ray takes a tissue sample from a six-foot ten-inch female pygmy sperm whale that washed A few things worth mentioning - Aug 1, 2009 Zanesville Times RecorderThis year, while vacationing with Keeshia McDonald, Rapol helped a police officer return a beached pygmy sperm whale to the ocean. Soldier in Focus – Sgt. 1st Class Glenn Sierra - Mar 10, 2009 SystemsI remember once we rescued a pygmy sperm whale that had beached herself. We brought her back to the aquarium and placed her in the tank, It's Not Easy Being Green, but Being Environmentally Friendly Can ... - Feb 19, 2009 PR Web (press release),In 2000, a snack-sized potato chip bag was found lodged in the gastrointestinal tract of a 15-foot, stranded pygmy sperm whale. The small bag blocked the Seal Guardians - Feb 18, 2009 Nantucket Independent,Last week's beaching of a dead pygmy sperm whale on Low Beach was a random occurrence that posed little or no danger to anyone lucky enough to get out and Sneem Co. Kerry: Luxurious island retreat - Feb 6, 2009 Irish Independent,..."Just last week, a small white Pygmy Sperm Whale, which looked exactly like a mini Moby Dick, washed into Mermaid Isle. It was only the seventh ever Pamilacan Island offers dolphins, whale watching - Oct 22, 2008 Balita.org,Seldomly seen are the pygmy-sperm whale and the Blainville's baked whale. Other non-marine mammals encountered in the area are manta rays and whale sharks. Pygmy Sperm Whale found - Aug 28, 2008 San Pedro Sun,In a rare occurrence, a seldom seen Pygmy Sperm Whale was discovered several miles at sea in the Ambergris Caye area. The nine foot, 600 pound adult whale Whale had lung problems, parasites, scientist says - Sep 16, 2008 Charleston Post Courier,By Prentiss Findlay (Contact) The pygmy sperm whale that washed up on the beach at the Isle of Palms on Aug. 31 had several ailments, a marine scientist Dead whale washes ashore - Aug 31, 2008 Charleston Post Courier,By Andy Paras (Contact) ISLE OF PALMS â€� A dead 11 1/2-foot pygmy sperm whale washed ashore early Sunday, the second to do so on a Charleston County beach New test name to be revealed - Sep 1, 2008 The State,Authorities tell The Post and Courier of Charleston that an Isle of Palms employee saw the nearly 12-foot pygmy sperm whale rolling in the surf Sunday Dead whale found in SC had parasites, congestion - Sep 17, 2008 Myrtle Beach Sun News,AP A scientist says a dead pygmy sperm whale that washed up on a South Carolina beach last month suffered from parasites, lung congestion and was Another Whale Washes Up on a Lowcountry Beach - Aug 31, 2008 WCIV,On August 22, a dead pygmy sperm whale was found on Folly Beach . Scientists are still studying that whale to find out what happened to it. Interns study 'rare' sperm whale specimen - Jul 17, 2008 Red and Black,Four student interns with the Georgia Museum of Natural History are reconstructing the skeletal remains of a pygmy sperm whale as part of an upper level "It is - still - the best zoological blog out there, period" - Jul 28, 2008 ScienceBlogsAnd we begin with a whale that does, indeed, have a frickin' weird skull: it's the Pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps... The rostrum of Kogia is Alaska Newsreader - 25 Apr 2008 Anchorage Daily News (subscription),For the record, the Alaska marmot was the 100000th specimen, followed by the pygmy sperm whale as the 100001st. Museum officials say the university museum Pygmies whales strand on beach - Apr 3, 2008 Stuff.co.nz,The biggest one was about 3m long, which was fairly typical for an adult pygmy sperm whale. The rescuers were seeking to herd it to safety rather than drag 1001 and counting - Apr 20, 2008 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner,The museum added specimens 100000 and 100001 by cataloging skeleton, skin and tissue from an Alaskan marmot and a pygmy sperm whale Saturday. Spring welcomes many of God’s creatures who are all connected - Apr 9, 2008 PonokaNews,A mother, and baby, pygmy sperm whale were beaching themselves. Repeatedly a conservation officer (and others) would push them back into the water and just Conservationists kill whale with 'mercy bullet' - Apr 3, 2008 The Dominion Post,McGlynn said the whales were possibly a mother and calf. The biggest one was about 3m long, which was fairly typical for an adult pygmy sperm whale. Whale bones turn up at Matagorda Island - Feb 20, 2008 Houston Chronicle,Pygmy sperm whale — A handful of the 8-10-foot whales reported found stranded along the Texas coast over the past three decades. Plastic bags an environmental threat - Jan 25, 2008 Charleston Post Courier,A team of her scientists had just returned from a Rhode Island beach, where they investigated the death of a stranded pygmy sperm whale. Harbor Branch necropsy lab one of handful in nation tracking ... - Nov 9, 2007 TCPalm,Last week, Bossart’s team discovered another pygmy sperm whale died from congestive heart failure, the same type that kills people. Whale Found On Shore Of Vero Beach Died From Heart Failure - Nov 1, 2007 WFtv.com,Officials said preliminary findings from a necropsy performed on a pygmy sperm whale show it died from heart failure. The creature came ashore in Vero Beach Pygmy sperm whale beaches itself, dies in Vero Beach - Oct 31, 2007 TCPalm,VERO BEACH — Scientists from Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution collected a 10-foot-long, 705-lb. pygmy sperm whale Tuesday after beachgoers found it Keep Banning Those Bags - Oct 16, 2007 Miami New Times,According to NOAA data, between 1990 and October 1998 there were 194 strandings of pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) between North Carolina and the FL Whale died of virus - Jul 27, 2007 Bridgeton News,The pygmy sperm whale that washed ashore at Fortescue on July 12 was a female and died as a result of viral encephalitis, according to stranding technician How come helium balloons float? - Jul 30, 2007 Newsday,In the fall of 1993, a starving pygmy sperm whale was rescued on the New Jersey coastline. Doctors found part of a garbage bag, cellophane and a Mylar Four decades of war protests - Aug 1, 2007 Urbanite Baltimore,Many stories have inspired him: There was Inky the Whale, a female pygmy sperm whale that had been found beached on a New Jersey shore and brought to the Whale of a time with stomach contents Mar 12, 2006 The pygmy sperm whale is the most frequently stranded whale species in New Zealand, and locally nothing was known of its biology, diet or behaviour, so any ... Scoop.co.nz (press release), Dead whale washes up on beach in front of Crowne Plaza Resort Mar 12, 2006 A pygmy sperm whale washed up on the shore of a Hilton Head Island beach Saturday. Lt. Joe Woodward of the Beaufort County Sheriff's ... Hilton Head Island Packet, [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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