Jul. 29: Humpback possibly killed by cruise ship in Alaska. Read story at The Anchorage Daily News

Jul. 29: Hydrophones listen for whales threatened by Gulf oil spill. Read story at The Christian Science Monitor

Jul. 28: NOAA releases report on status of Hawaiian humpback whales. Read story at Hawaii 24/7

Jul. 28: Transient orca sightings replaced residents off Vancouver Island. Read story at the Nanaimo Daily News

Jul. 26: Created by the Navy for dolphin transport, a new bed is helping the sick. Read story at ABC

Jul. 28: Robots might replace marine mammals in some military jobs. Read story at Space Daily

Jul. 28: Two dead gray whales stranded in Alaska. Read story at the Homer Tribune

Jul. 27: Risso's dolphins spotted off Isle of Man. Read story at the BBC

Jul. 27: Dead humpback found near Farallon Islands. Read story at the San Francisco Chronicle and blog at the San Francisco Weekly

Jul. 26: Two dolphins found dead at Monkey Mia. Read story at The Sydney Morning Herald

Jul. 25: Elephant seal molts at Carmel River State Beach. Read story at KSBW

Jul. 26: Sperm whale skeleton for Ripley's caught in red tape. Read story at the Journal Pioneer

Jul. 22: Video of right whale jumping on sail boat off South Africa. Read story and watch video at CBC

Jul. 24: Can virtual marine mammals replace captive ones? Read story at The Vancouver Observer

Jul. 26: Animal Planet premieres 'Blood Dolphins' August 27. Read story at Monsters and Critics

Jul. 23: Follow up on article about Tilikum and captivity. Read story at WBUR, read original article at Outside

Jul. 23: New study examines humpback bone structure in relation to lunge feeding. Read story at Live Science

Jul. 22: Why do whales hit boats? Read story at New Scientist

Jul. 26: Australian researchers request humpback photos. Read story at The Sydney Morning Herald

Jul. 25: Makah assist with whale rescue. Read story at Indian Country Today

Jul. 22: Researchers discover that baleen whales possess a sense of smell. Read story at New Scientist and BBC

Jul. 22: Alaska man charged with intentionally ramming humpback whales. Read story at UPI

Jul. 20: Penguin predation by orcas observed in Southern Ocean. Read story at the BBC

Jul. 18: Pacific Northwest gray whales genetically distinct, according to new study. Read story at the Peninsula Daily News

Aug.: Right whale research in the Bay of Fundy. Read story at Down East

Jul. 18: Letter to the editor on Japanese whaling. Read letter at The Japan Times

Jul. 17: Ailing Everett gray whale hanging in there. Read story at The Daily Herald

Jul. 17: True's beaked whale strands in New Jersey. Read story at the Press of Atlantic City

Jul. 13: Mating manatees stuck in Miami canal. Read story at the Miami Herald

Jul. 15: Annual bottlenose dolphin count in Delaware. Read story at The Daily Times

Jul. 14: Watching 'The Cove' gives a traveler second thoughts. Read blog at The Baltimore Sun

Jul. 14: Vancouver to hold referendum on captive marine mammals. Read story at The Vancouver Sun and comments at The Province

Jul. 14: Russia urged to halt oil survey during critically endangered Eastern gray whale's breeding season. Read story at the Guardian

Jul. 14: Baby sperm whale strands in Australia. Read story at the Illawarra Mercury

Jul. 13: Necropsy reveals that right whale found off New Jersey died of fishing gear entanglement. Read story at the Press of Atlantic City

Jul, 13: Ailing gray whale attacked by orcas in Everett, Washington. Read story at The Daily Herald

Jul. 12: The "Odissey" is heading to the gulf to look at the effect of the oil spill on sperm whales. Read story at The Daily News Tribune

Jun. 10: Amazon river dolphins being slaughtered for bait. Read story at the Associated Press

Jul. 9: Pigmy killer whale strands in South Carolina. Read story at The Island Packet

Jul. 10: Emaciated gray whale continues to struggle in Everett, Washington. Read story at The (Everett) Daily Herald

Jul. 8: Gray whale stranded in Everett, Washington. Read story at The (Everett) Daily Herald

Jul. 7: Update on the dead right whale found floating off New Jersey. Read story at The Daily Times

Jul. 4: A pragmatic look at the Taiji dolphin hunt. Read blog at The Japan Times

Jul. 7: Right whales increase vocalization level to overcome ambient noise, study finds. Read story at New Scientist and Discovery

Jul. 7: Sea Shepherd captain sentenced for Antarctic whaler assault. Read story at the Guardian and CNN

Jun. 6: What is killing Argentina's right whales. Read op-ed piece at Discovery

Jul. 6: Lots of blue whales feeding in Monterey Bay. Read story at KSBW and The Monterey County Herald

Jul. 6: Japanese official replies to news about Japan's vote buying at the IWC. Read op-ed piece in The Star

Jul. 5: Obama administration not standing up for the whales. Read blog at The Huffington Post

Jul. 5: Humpback whales balance dolphins on their snouts. Read story at the Honolulu Star Advertiser

Jul. 5: Count confirms critical status of endangered Eastern North Pacific right whale. Read story at MinnPost

Jul. 4: It's the law: Boaters need to give orcas wide berth. Read story at The (Tacoma) News Tribune

Jun. 25: Researchers learn to distinguish individual whales by vocalization. Read story at Wired Science

Jul. 3: Whale watching boat runs aground in Boston. Read story at the Boston Globe

Jul. 4: The Cove opens in six theaters in Japan. Read story at Japan Times and CBC

Jul. 1: The Cove director Louie Psihoyos documents Gulf oil spill. Read story at the Topanga Messenger

July: The killer in the pool. Read story at Outside and follow up at WBUR

Jul. 2: Japanese movie theater to show whaling movie with "The Cove." Read story at The Mainichi Daily News

Jul. 1: NOAA and University Scientists Launch Research Cruise to Determine Effects of Oil Spill on Endangered Whales. Read press release at NOAA

Jul. 1: Rehabbed harbor porpoise released in Maine. Read story at the Morning Sentinel

Jun. 29: Yangtze River finless porpoise genetically distinct and highly endangered. Read story at the BBC

Jul. 2: Humpbacks migrating north along Australia's east coast. Read story at The Sunshine Coast Daily

Jun. 29: Sea lion trapping at Bonneville Dam ends for the season. Read story at the Chinook Observer

Jul 1: Ambergris served at historic banquet in England. Read story at Sky News

Jul. 1: Dead right whale found off New Jersey. Read story at The News Journal and WGMD

Jun. 30: Bill Maher denounces Canadian seal hunt. Read op-ed piece a the New York Daily News

Jun. 30: Judge denies request to errect barrier immediately to protect La Jolla seals. Read story at The San Diego Union-Tribune and La Jolla Light

Jul. 1: The Cove to open in Japan Saturday. Read story at The Miami Herald