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Summer Animals - Antarctica

Penguins are seen on Petermann Island in Antarctica, on December 12, 2025. The Antarctic ice and snow melt in large quantities during the height of summer, when the weather is relatively mild and the days are long. It is not only the high season for penguins to mate and hatch their chicks, but also the best time for whale watching. Photo by Yang Shu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Summer Animals - Antarctica

Penguins are seen with a cruise ship in the background in Antarctica, on December 14, 2025. The Antarctic ice and snow melt in large quantities during the height of summer, when the weather is relatively mild and the days are long. It is not only the high season for penguins to mate and hatch their chicks, but also the best time for whale watching. Photo by Yang Shu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Summer Animals - Antarctica

Penguins are seen on Petermann Island in Antarctica, on December 12, 2025. The Antarctic ice and snow melt in large quantities during the height of summer, when the weather is relatively mild and the days are long. It is not only the high season for penguins to mate and hatch their chicks, but also the best time for whale watching. Photo by Yang Shu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Summer Animals - Antarctica

This photo taken on on December 12, 2025 shows the Lemaire Channel in Antarctica. The Antarctic ice and snow melt in large quantities during the height of summer, when the weather is relatively mild and the days are long. It is not only the high season for penguins to mate and hatch their chicks, but also the best time for whale watching. Photo by Yang Shu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Summer Animals - Antarctica

Penguins are seen on Petermann Island in Antarctica, on December 12, 2025. The Antarctic ice and snow melt in large quantities during the height of summer, when the weather is relatively mild and the days are long. It is not only the high season for penguins to mate and hatch their chicks, but also the best time for whale watching. Photo by Yang Shu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Summer Animals - Antarctica

Penguins are seen on Petermann Island in Antarctica, on December 12, 2025. The Antarctic ice and snow melt in large quantities during the height of summer, when the weather is relatively mild and the days are long. It is not only the high season for penguins to mate and hatch their chicks, but also the best time for whale watching. Photo by Yang Shu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Summer Animals - Antarctica

Whales are seen in Penola Strait in Antarctica, on December 12, 2025. The Antarctic ice and snow melt in large quantities during the height of summer, when the weather is relatively mild and the days are long. It is not only the high season for penguins to mate and hatch their chicks, but also the best time for whale watching. Photo by Yang Shu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Marine Tourism Market

A child is watching jellyfish at Haichang Whale Shark Ocean Park in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Marine Tourism Market

Children are watching the holographic film "Deep Sea Crossing" at Haichang Whale Shark Ocean Park in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Marine Tourism Market

Tourists are watching Marine life at Haichang Whale Shark Ocean Park in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Sightings Across The World 7

Comet C/2023A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), a comet visible only once every 80,000 years has been spotted streaking across skies around the world.

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[Breaking News] Whale watching tour off southwestern Japan

AMAMI, Japan Kyodo - Video taken Jan. 9, 2024, shows a whale watching tour in the sea off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Whale watching tour off southwestern Japan

A humpback whale is seen during a whale watching tour in the sea off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 9, 2024.

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Whale watching tour off southwestern Japan

Photo taken Jan. 9, 2024, shows a whale watching tour in the sea off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Whale watching tour off southwestern Japan

Photo taken Jan. 9, 2024, shows a whale watching tour in the sea off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Whale watching tour off southwestern Japan

Photo taken Jan. 4, 2023, shows a whale watching tour in the sea off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Whale watching tour off southwestern Japan

Photo taken Jan. 4, 2023, shows a whale watching tour in the sea off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Whale watching off Rausu, Hokkaido

RAUSU, Japan - A sperm whale swims in waters off Rausu on the Shiretoko Peninsula on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on July 25, 2014. Whale watching in the area is gaining popularity.

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Whale watching off Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia - People observe a whale in waters off Sydney, Australia, on June 3, 2014.

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Whale watching off Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia - People participate in a whale watching tour in waters off Sydney, Australia, on June 3, 2014.

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Humpback whale near Okinawa's Kerama Islands

NAHA, Japan - A humpback whale reveals its tailfin before diving deep off Tokashiki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 24, 2012. Humpback whales, migrating from waters near Alaska to warmer waters, are often sighted off the Kerama Islands between around January and March, becoming a major attraction for whale-watching tours in the area.

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Killer whales delight tourists

SAPPORO, Japan - Sightseers aboard a whale watching boat photograph a killer whale in the waters off the Rausu area of the Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Heritage site in Hokkaido on May 15, 2010. May is peak season for watching the sea mammal in the area with about a 50-percent chance of spotting one during a tour.

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Killer whales delight tourists

SAPPORO, Japan - A killer whale breaches while another swims in waters off the Rausu area of the Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Heritage site in Hokkaido, in a photo taken from a boat on May 15, 2010. May is peak season for watching the sea mammal in the area, with about a 50-percent chance of spotting one during a tour.

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Int'l meeting held in Japan to promote whale watching

CHIBA, Japan - Researchers and tourism industry representatives from around the world hold a meeting Nov. 20 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, to promote whale watching, particularly in Japan.

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Climate change in New Zealand to cause sperm, blue whales to seek higher latitudes

STORY: Climate change in New Zealand to cause sperm, blue whales to seek higher latitudes DATELINE: August 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:08 LOCATION: Wellington CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: various of people observing sea animalsvarious of whales STORYLINE: Many areas around New Zealand will become unsuitable for blue and sperm whales as global sea-surface temperatures continue to rise, and new modelling predicts they'll be seeking refuge further south, a new study shows. Areas around New Zealand's southern and eastern offshore islands will likely become more suitable for these species, but the move will have a destabilizing effect on marine ecosystems. These changes will likely have a negative effect on tourism in areas such as New Zealand's Kaikoura, known for whale watching, as sightings become less frequent and less reliable, according to the research recently published in the international journal Ecological Indicators. Most of the tourists going on a whale watching tour in Kaikoura can spot whales fro

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Cape Town whale enthusiasts contribute to scientific research

STORY: Cape Town whale enthusiasts contribute to scientific research DATELINE: July 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:45 LOCATION: CAPE TOWN, South Africa CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALEX VOGEL, Commercial pilot 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ALEX VOGEL, Commercial pilot 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SIMON ELWEN, Director of sea search research 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): DAVID HURWITZ, Owner of Simon's Town Boat Company 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): DAVID HURWITZ, Owner of Simon's Town Boat Company 6. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): ALEX VOGEL, Commercial pilot 7. SOUNDBITE 7 (English): Simon Elwen, Director of sea search research STORYLINE: In South Africa's Cape Town, there is a group of local whale lovers who not only enjoy watching whales but also have been contributing to scientific research in a different way. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALEX VOGEL, Commercial pilot "They will spend time underwater, so humpback whales for instance we see here, mostly humpback whale will stay underwater for 45 minutes, so if y

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SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-WHALE WATCHING-CITIZEN SCIENCE

(220725) -- CAPE TOWN, July 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A humpback whale is seen in Cape Town, South Africa, on June 15, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Passion for whales takes Cape Town residents to citizen science" (Xinhua/Lyu Tianran)

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SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-WHALE WATCHING-CITIZEN SCIENCE

(220725) -- CAPE TOWN, July 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Bryde's whale is seen in Cape Town, South Africa, on June 15, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Passion for whales takes Cape Town residents to citizen science" (Xinhua/Lyu Tianran)

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SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-WHALE WATCHING-CITIZEN SCIENCE

(220725) -- CAPE TOWN, July 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Bryde's whale is seen in Cape Town, South Africa, on June 15, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Passion for whales takes Cape Town residents to citizen science" (Xinhua/Lyu Tianran)

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SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-WHALE WATCHING-CITIZEN SCIENCE

(220725) -- CAPE TOWN, July 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- South African commercial pilot Alex Vogel looks for whales on the shore in Cape Town, South Africa on July 18, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Passion for whales takes Cape Town residents to citizen science" (Xinhua/Lyu Tianran)

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SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-WHALE WATCHING-CITIZEN SCIENCE

(220725) -- CAPE TOWN, July 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Humpback whales are seen in Cape Town, South Africa, on June 15, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Passion for whales takes Cape Town residents to citizen science" (Xinhua/Lyu Tianran)

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SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-WHALE WATCHING-CITIZEN SCIENCE

(220725) -- CAPE TOWN, July 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People watch whales in Cape Town, South Africa on July 13, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Passion for whales takes Cape Town residents to citizen science" (Xinhua/Lyu Tianran)

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Whale off southwestern Japan

A whale watching tour is held in waters off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 4, 2022.

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Int'l meeting held in Japan to promote whale watching

CHIBA, Japan - Researchers and tourism industry representatives from around the world hold a meeting Nov. 20 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, to promote whale watching, particularly in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Humpback whale near Okinawa's Kerama Islands

NAHA, Japan - A humpback whale reveals its tailfin before diving deep off Tokashiki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 24, 2012. Humpback whales, migrating from waters near Alaska to warmer waters, are often sighted off the Kerama Islands between around January and March, becoming a major attraction for whale-watching tours in the area. (Kyodo)

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Killer whales delight tourists

SAPPORO, Japan - A killer whale breaches while another swims in waters off the Rausu area of the Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Heritage site in Hokkaido, in a photo taken from a boat on May 15, 2010. May is peak season for watching the sea mammal in the area, with about a 50-percent chance of spotting one during a tour. (Kyodo)

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Killer whales delight tourists

SAPPORO, Japan - Sightseers aboard a whale watching boat photograph a killer whale in the waters off the Rausu area of the Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Heritage site in Hokkaido on May 15, 2010. May is peak season for watching the sea mammal in the area with about a 50-percent chance of spotting one during a tour. (Kyodo)

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Whale watching off Rausu, Hokkaido

RAUSU, Japan - A sperm whale swims in waters off Rausu on the Shiretoko Peninsula on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on July 25, 2014. Whale watching in the area is gaining popularity. (Kyodo)

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Whale watching off Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia - People observe a whale in waters off Sydney, Australia, on June 3, 2014. (Kyodo)