Mammals - Whales
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Topics: marine-biology, animal-science, mammals---whales, bremer-bay-6338
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Noise logger image
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Topics: marine-biology, mammals---whales, animal-science, bremer-bay-6338
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Plankton tow image
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Topics: marine-biology, animal-science, mammals---whales, bremer-bay-6338
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RV Whale Song image
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Topics: marine-biology, animal-science, mammals---whales, bremer-bay-6338
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Annual feeding frenzy captivates scientists at Bremer Canyon
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Whale researchers return from their fifth expedition to Bremer Canyon, with new findings, theories and a mystery sound.
Topics: marine-biology, animal-science, mammals---whales, bremer-bay-6338
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Queensland Museum marks 155 years of weird and wonderful specimens
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The Queensland Museum celebrates its 155th anniversary by highlighting the most interesting objects that make up its vast collection.
Topics: library-museum-and-gallery, animals, mammals---whales, art-history, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, brisbane-4000
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Kuta swimming with dolphins from underwater image
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Topics: dog, oceans-and-reefs, mammals---whales, surfing, esperance-6450
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Kuta swimming with dolphins image
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Topics: dog, oceans-and-reefs, mammals---whales, surfing, esperance-6450
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Kuta and her owner Erin. image
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Topics: dog, oceans-and-reefs, mammals---whales, surfing, esperance-6450
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Esperance dog swims with pods of local dolphins
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From living rough on the streets to daily swims with local dolphins, a former stray dog is now enjoying life on land and in the water.
Topics: dog, oceans-and-reefs, swimming, animals, human-interest, lifestyle-and-leisure, mammals---whales, esperance-6450
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Mermaid Reef whales image
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Topics: mammals---whales, broome-6725
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Fears for whale mother and calf inside reef
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There are fears a humpback whale and her calf, which have stayed inside a reef at the Rowley Shoals rather than migrate to Antarctica, are starving to death.
Topics: mammals---whales, environment, oceans-and-reefs, human-interest, animals, lifestyle-and-leisure, travel-and-tourism, broome-6725, antarctica, murdoch-university-6150
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Rare whale spotted in Barrier Reef Marine Park for first time
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Sightings of an extremely rare omura whale, which was only identified as a species in 2003, are making waves among experts and tour operators inside the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Topics: mammals---whales, great-barrier-reef, cairns-4870, townsville-4810
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Killer whales spotted preying on rare beaked whale off WA coast
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They are two of the rarest sights in Australian waters — a pod of killer whales and a rare beaked whale — so to see the first actively preying on the second is a special sight.
Topics: marine-biology, mammals---whales, marine-parks, bremer-bay-6338, esperance-6450
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Trained volunteers make a real difference to saving stranded whales, rescuers say Feature
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The Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia recommends a coordinated approach to rescuing whales, dolphins, seals and dugongs.
Topics: volunteers, mammals---whales, mammals, environment, conservation, busselton-6280
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Brydes whale in False Bay, South Africa image
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Topics: mammals---whales, south-africa
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Tiny fish released to help establish sustainable seafood
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Tens of thousands of tiny fish are released off Port Stephens as part of a commercial-scale research project.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, fish, mammals---whales, hawks-nest-2324
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Whale helps calf caught in Gold Coast shark net
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Video captures the moment a juvenile humpback whale is released from a shark net off the Gold Coast, as its mother calmly tries to help.
Topics: mammals---whales, emergency-incidents, coolangatta-4225, mermaid-beach-4218
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Juvenile humpback whale freed from shark nets off Gold Coast Video
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Authorities say a juvenile humpback whale has been successfully released from shark nets off the Gold Coast this morning.
Topics: animal-science, mammals---whales, southport-4215
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Stumpy and Zorro's historic whale shark pilgrimage
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Two whale sharks known as Stumpy and Zorro, believed to be world's longest-studied wild sharks, are tracked making a pilgrimage to Ningaloo Reef every year for more than two decades.
Topics: mammals---whales, broome-6725, wa
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Fishermen lucky to be alive after whale collision sinks boat
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Two fishermen are lucky to be alive after their boat collided with a whale and sank off northern New South Wales.
Topics: mammals---whales, accidents---other, evans-head-2473
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Whale collision survivor Michael Williams talks about his experience Audio
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Michael Williams speaks about the collision between his fishing boat and a whale off Evans Head in northern New South Wales.
Topics: oceans-and-reefs, mammals---whales, evans-head-2473
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When the whale lifts its head out of the water to have a look around is known as a 'spy hop'. image
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Topics: whaling, mammals---whales
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A playful calf off Coolum on the Sunshine Coast. image
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Topics: whaling, mammals---whales
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Humpback whale population increasing 'like crazy'
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Queensland researchers say the current population of humpback whales is the highest ever recorded and they are concerned at the rapid rate at which the species is increasing.
Topics: mammals---whales, coolum-beach-4573
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