Behemoth Of The Air Spying On Behemoths Of The Sea

PM: Scientists Track Whales From A Fuji Blimp:

"The blimp is roughly the size of a Boeing 747, but 500 mph slower and, without ballast, lighter than air. This makes it the perfect vehicle for studying another behemoth: whales. Several species of this marine mammal are swimming dangerously close to extinction, but without knowing more about their behavior it's difficult for scientists to help them recover. It has never been easy to observe whales. They don't fit in a lab, and in the wild they spend only about 3 percent of their time at the surface."

A fascinating 3 article series of how several scientists around Cape Cod Bay are learning about whale behavior and studying the whales by tracking them and other things to better help protect the whales and determine how the populations of whales are doing overall.

Gary