Whale Watch
Japanese whalers claim vindication
Japanese scientists are claiming vindication for their hotly opposed, and lethal, whaling research with a discovery that Antarctic minke whales are fast growing thinner.
Authorities defend whale calf's death
Wildlife authorities have defended the way an orphaned whale calf was put down yesterday.
Community anger over death of whale
Decision by wildlife authorities to euthanase abandoned humpback whale calf in Sydney waterway prompts angry community reaction.
Humpback whale calf faces grim fate
Vets were last night preparing to test the health of a baby humpback whale abandoned off Sydney's northern beaches, to help determine if and when the ail- ing creature needed to be put down.
Dispute saps bid for whale truce
New whaling dispute saps confidence that US-led attempts at reconciliation between nations on the issue will gain ground.
Australia signs on to truce on whaling
The Federal Government, under fire for weakening its opposition to Japanese whaling, buys into a deal set to muzzle it, at least through the coming Antarctic season.
South Atlantic whale sanctuary new test for IWC
A bid to make the South Atlantic a whale sanctuary is emerging as a test of hopes for compromise in the deeply split International Whaling Commission.
Blues sing lower and deeper
The haunting song of the blue whale is getting deeper, underwater recordings of the endangered mammals reveal.
Whaling policy appears high and dry
Nothing has changed, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd repeatedly says, calming doubters over his Government's whaling policy.
When a longtime friendship heads into stormy waters
The synoptic chart of Antarctica this week showed cold fronts hurling themselves onto its coastline like giant hammers, day after day.
Whaling chief no longer a Garrett fan
Japan's whaling chief has accused Australian Environment Minister Peter Garrett of being aggressive and undiplomatic. And he says he no longer likes his music.
Activists sail circles around whale ship
Protesters aboard the Steve Irwin anti-whaling ship are sailing circles around a Japanese whaling vessel in Australia's Antarctic waters despite diplomatic pressure on the Federal Government to rein them in.
Oceanic Viking returning to port
The Australian Customs ship that monitored Japanese whaling activity in the Southern Ocean and helped resolve a stand-off between whalers and protesters returns to port tomorrow.
hOpinions
New crops could help Murray
When will the Government wake up? The water buyback won't work - there is no water to buy.
