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First High Seas Marine Protected Area in Antarctica

First High Seas Marine Protected Area in Antarctica

The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) approved the new high seas marine protected area south of the South Orkney Islands in the Antarctic Peninsula Region. The Commission further agreed to a work plan to create networks of high seas MPAs across 11 other high priority areas in the Southern Ocean by 2012.

Right Whale Mothers Teach Babies Where to Eat

Right Whale Mothers Teach Babies Where to Eat

Although it might sound obvious to a human reader of this news — after all our mothers, and our fathers teach us where to get our food — the teaching of such a specific behavior in the natural world is not universal.  Often, if involves instinctive behavior and in any case, documenting the mechanics of how [...]