WinsZone

Republicans Lavish Alaska With Benefits in Policy Bill, Grasping for a Key Vote

New provisions that benefit whaling captains and rural hospitals appear to be aimed at winning over Senator Lisa Murkowski, the Alaska Republican who had said the bill would hurt her state.

Jacey Fortin
2025-06-27 12:03:44
United States
Endangered and Extinct Species

Orcas Use Kelp as a Possible Grooming Tool

In a new sign of toolmaking in marine mammals, orcas in the Pacific Northwest were recorded rubbing stalks of kelp against each other’s bodies, a study shows.

Elizabeth Anne Brown
2025-05-21 00:04:04
United States
Your-feed-science

Humpback Whales May Not See Their Most Dangerous Threats

These gentle giants have poor eyesight and may not be able to see fishnets and boats with which they have fatal encounters.

Johnny Diaz
2025-04-13 21:01:05
Australia
Endangered and Extinct Species

Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Sperm Whale Teeth and Bones

Lauren H. DeLoach of South Carolina admitted to importing more than $18,000 worth of sperm whale parts from Australia, Latvia, Norway and Ukraine, prosecutors said.

Julia Jacobs
2025-03-30 12:00:32
Canada
Museums

After 120 Years Stored in a Museum, an Indigenous Shrine Returns Home

Taken from a First Nation community in Canada, the shrine recently began a more than 3,000-mile journey back from the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

Neil Vigdor
2025-03-04 03:01:08
United States
Endangered and Extinct Species

Maine Lobster Industry Can Sue Seafood Watchdog for Defamation, Judge Rules

A group of fishermen says that it lost business after Seafood Watch, a program run by the Monterey Bay Aquarium, advised consumers not to buy lobster from the state.

John Bartlett And Alan Yuhas
2025-02-14 18:00:13
United States
Wilderness Areas

Man Is Briefly ‘Swallowed’ by Whale in Chile

Paddling in the Strait of Magellan, Adrián Simancas was caught in a humpback’s lunge. “I realized that I was in something’s mouth and I had been eaten,” he said.