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AP - The Supreme Court is lifting restrictions on the Navy's use of sonar in training exercises off the California coast, a defeat for environmental groups who say the sonar can harm whales.

Some large whales, such as humpbacks, have seen numbers increase while others continue to decline, a survey shows.

Propelled by a servo-actuated two-link tails and flapping pectoral fins, a new breed of robofish programmed to swim in schools may soon be used to track oil spills or wildlife such as whales, according to researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle.

By mimicking a fish's natural propulsion ...

Iceland's government is likely to approve the commercial hunting of whales for this summer, the BBC learns.

A US judge reimposes curbs on sonar which aim to protect whales, overturning a waiver by President Bush.

A controversial plan to hunt endangered humpback whales has been suspended, a top Japan official says.

A controversial plan to hunt endangered humpback whales has been suspended, a top Japan official says.