PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Georgia congressman has proposed a yearslong delay in changes to federal rules meant to protect vanishing whales, prompting a rebuke from environmental groups who say the animals need protection now. The delay proposed by Republican Rep. Buddy Carter concern new vessel speed rules issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service […]
Bitcoin Whales Realize Unprecedented $1.2B in Profits Amid Market Turmoil Over the past two weeks, long-term Bitcoin (BTC) whales have cashed out $1.2 billion in profits. According to CryptoQuant, these “old whales” have taken advantage of soaring prices to sell coins they acquired at much lower values, marking an unprecedented profit-taking period in USD terms. […]
Two beluga whales have been rescued from the besieged city of Kharkiv in Ukraine and taken to an aquarium in Valencia, Spain, in a complex operation. A multinational team involving marine mammal care experts from Oceanogràfic de Valencia, the largest oceanarium in Europe; Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta; and SeaWorld were involved in the high-risk journey. […]
KHARKIV, Ukraine (WJW) – Two beluga whales are settling into their new homes after being rescued from their aquarium in war-torn Ukraine. According to a press release, bombs have been dropping within a few hundred meters of the NEMO Dolphinarium in Ukraine. Local police address rumors after deadly shooting An international team of marine mammal […]
Long-term bitcoin holders and miners have been significant sellers of the cryptocurrency in the past two weeks with little indication of renewed buying interest. This trend has been observed through a decrease in UTXO age bands, indicating increased selling activity. Some opine miners are shifting their focus to the booming AI sector due to the […]
A group of gray whales that spends its summer on the Oregon coast is shrinking, with young whales on track to be around 5 feet shorter than their elders, a new study finds. In total, more than 14,000 gray whales roam the northeastern Pacific, which extends from Mexico to Alaska, and most spend their summers […]
Amiee Dean and her family were fishing Wednesday at the Point on Cape Hatteras when they — and everyone else on the beach — had what’s likely a once-in-a-lifetime experience. “We were just sitting there fishing and they started jumping out of the water,” said Dean, whose 10-year-old son captured images of what appeared to […]
For Māori conservationist Mere Takoko, “losing one whale is like losing an ancestor.” The animals “taught our people about navigation across the Pacific, particularly across the Milky Way… And this is information that was given to our ancestors.” The environmental activist from the small town of Rangitukia, on New Zealand’s east coast, is spearheading a […]
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) – After a decades-long struggle, a Native American tribe won the right to resume its hunting traditions off Washington state’s coast when federal regulators granted a waiver on Thursday allowing the Makah people to hunt up to 25 gray whales over a decade. As part of its 1855 treaty with the […]
‘Dazzling’: 161 whales, including orca with tuna in its mouth, spotted off Mass. on the same day An aerial survey team recently spotted a whopping 161 whales in the water off Massachusetts on the same day. The NOAA Fisheries New England/Mid-Atlantic says one of its whale teams saw “a dazzling array of sightings” comprising seven […]
A large number of whales is visiting the waters off New England, and the group includes an unusually high number of an endangered species, said scientists who study the animals. A research flight made 161 sightings of seven different species of whale on May 25 south of Martha’s Vineyard and southeast of Nantucket, officials with […]
RI should restore COLAs to retired state employees Rhode Island’s Independent Man standing atop the beautiful Rhode Island State House in all its golden glory has been weeping for the public employees of the Rhode Island Pension System since 2011-2012. Many former Rhode Island public school teachers, state workers, and municipal employees were led to believe they could count on […]