This story at The Today Show’s Animal Tracks is just great, knitters banding together to create adorable pullovers to keep penguins warm after their feathers were cleaned from the devastating recent oil spill ion New Zealand. But nothing is as adorable as the pictures published with the article! Here is sneak peak, go there more. . . . → Read More: Friday Penguin KEWTNISSS!1!!
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By Kevin Zelnio, on  October 21st, 2011  Leave a comment  Gadgets & Gear, Megavertebrate, Oil Spills  knitting, New Zealand, penguin By Kevin Zelnio, on August 15th, 2011 5 comments Fishing, Industry & Government Asia, fisheries, fishermen, fishing, Human Rights Abuses, New Zealand, Worker's Rights While some think that being a marine scientist is somehow more elitist than being a fisherman, they can’t be further from the truth. As a marine scientist I feel closer to men of the sea than to anyone. This is why I choose to live in a small coastal Carolinian fishing village. We are kindred . . . → Read More: Sweeping Fishermen’s Human Rights Under the Rug
You may remember Moko, the playful, pygmy sperm whale-saving, lovable dolphin from New Zealand? I’ve just learned from a commenter that he was found dead July 8, 2010. While an autopsy is being done (because of the special nature this dolphin held with the local people), officials say there is no reason to suspect any . . . → Read More: Moko Has Died
By Dr. M, on September 17th, 2009 3 comments Archaeology, History, and Art, Deep Sea Music, Scientist!, TGIF: Pictures & Movies Dance, Danish, Expedition, Galathea, Galway, haka, Iceland, Maori, New Zealand, Torbin Wolff, tradition, war dance The haka is the traditional dance form of the Maori of New Zealand. Dances may contain stamping of the feet, slapping of the thighs, pounding of the fists, smacking of the elbows. This is accompanied with rhythmic shouted accompaniment sometimes taking the form of yells or battle cries. Maori War Dances are special forms of . . . → Read More: TGIF: Maori War Dance
By Kevin Zelnio, on September 14th, 2009 One comment Conservation & Environment, Megavertebrate Blue Whale, Debris, New Zealand, pollution, ropes I recently came across an article by Andrew Baxter of the Nelson/Marlborough Conservancy of New Zealand’s Department of Conservation published in the Bycatch Communication Network Newsletter. He kindly allowed me to reprint the article here for our readers with permission from BCNN’s publisher. —————————————————————————————————- Blue whale reveals a sobering reminder about the threats of marine . . . → Read More: Rope found in Blue Whale’s Stomach
By Peter Etnoyer, on July 27th, 2009 11 comments Conservation & Environment, Megavertebrate Dolphin, dolphin behavior, Moko, New Zealand Image from Otago Daily Times Have you heard about Moko the dolphin? Moko is a three-year-old bottlenose dolphin from New Zealand that gained fame in March last year, when he rescued two pygmy sperm whales. Moko guided them though a narrow channel to safety. Now, Moko is a local resident at Mahia Beach in . . . → Read More: Bad Moko. Bad dolphin. Go home now.
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