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NEW KIDS BY THE DOCK   A new species of dolphin, Tursiops Australis, is seen in Victoria’s Port Phillip Bay, Australia.  The new species, which can also be found in Australia’s Gippsland Lake, have a small population of 150 and were originally thought to be one of the two existing bottlenose dolphin species.  (Photo: Monash University / EPA via the Telegraph)
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NEW KIDS BY THE DOCK   A new species of dolphin, Tursiops Australis, is seen in Victoria’s Port Phillip Bay, Australia.  The new species, which can also be found in Australia’s Gippsland Lake, have a small population of 150 and were originally thought to be one of the two existing bottlenose dolphin species.  (Photo: Monash University / EPA via the Telegraph)

New York City’s residents are again yelling “There be whales here… and seals and dolphins!”  From the Daily News: Whales, dolphins and seals have made a triumphant return to the waters just outside New York Harbor - and the comeback has even sparked whale and seal-watching tours. Tom Paladino, captain of two ferry boats from the Rockaways, says pods of aquatic mammals off the city’s coast have “increased tenfold.” “We used to see 10 whales a year - now we see 100,” he said. “We saw dolphins almost on a daily basis between June and September.” …Cornell University Prof. Chris Clark estimates that as many as 30 to 50 fin whales now live full-time in the waters just past the Verrazano Bridge. Acoustical monitors installed by Cornell in and near the harbor discovered six species of whales touring the New York-New Jersey bite - “a real menagerie of giants,” he said. Experts say anti-hunting laws and cleaner waters may have brought back whales and their cousins after being largely absent for a century. The numbers are “far, far more than expected, even for me,” Clark said. “I’ve been surprised elsewhere in the world, but off New York - yikes!” Video from the Daily News here. (Photo of a humpback whale in New York Harbor by Robert Sabo / New York Daily News)
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New York City’s residents are again yelling “There be whales here… and seals and dolphins!”  From the Daily News:

Whales, dolphins and seals have made a triumphant return to the waters just outside New York Harbor - and the comeback has even sparked whale and seal-watching tours.

Tom Paladino, captain of two ferry boats from the Rockaways, says pods of aquatic mammals off the city’s coast have “increased tenfold.”

“We used to see 10 whales a year - now we see 100,” he said. “We saw dolphins almost on a daily basis between June and September.”

…Cornell University Prof. Chris Clark estimates that as many as 30 to 50 fin whales now live full-time in the waters just past the Verrazano Bridge.

Acoustical monitors installed by Cornell in and near the harbor discovered six species of whales touring the New York-New Jersey bite - “a real menagerie of giants,” he said.

Experts say anti-hunting laws and cleaner waters may have brought back whales and their cousins after being largely absent for a century.

The numbers are “far, far more than expected, even for me,” Clark said. “I’ve been surprised elsewhere in the world, but off New York - yikes!”

Video from the Daily News here.

(Photo of a humpback whale in New York Harbor by Robert Sabo / New York Daily News)

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