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ON MOTHER'S DAY, I WORRY ABOUT THE WORLD WE'RE LEAVING OUR KIDS
Every book he picks up paints a dismal picture of ocean health, with acidification and overfishing described in graphic detail... READ MORE›
TOSS BACK BIG FISH, ESPECIALLY FEMALES
They consulted publications in Google Scholar about wild fish, combined with data on egg-quality of a range of species collected by Robertson... READ MORE›
SCIENTISTS TEST PLASTIC-EATING ENZYME IN BID TO FIGHT POLLUTION
A bacteria discovered recently in a Japanese recycling plant feeds on the world's most common plastic known as PET... READ MORE›
UNDERWATER WITH SRI LANKA'S SPERM WHALES IN PICTURES
Last year Andrew and I dove with a super-pod of 150 sperm whales here, many in mating mode... READ MORE›
BOWHEAD WHALES NOT ONLY SINGERS BUT ALSO AVID COMPOSERS
The diversity and interannual variability in songs of bowhead whales in this study are rivaled only by a few species of songbirds, the study found... READ MORE›
ARCTIC JAZZ: BOWHEAD WHALES ARE THE COOLEST CATS
The diversity and inter-annual variability in songs of bowhead whales in this study are rivalled only by a few species of songbirds, the study found... READ MORE›
ISLAND OF PLASTIC DEBRIS IN PACIFIC FAR BIGGER THAN THOUGHT, STUDY SAYS
It's shocking, said Joost Dubois, a spokesman for the Netherlands-based Ocean Cleanup Foundation, which led the team of researchers from seven countries... READ MORE›
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VANCOUVER AQUARIUM WILL NO LONGER KEEP WHALES, DOLPHINS IN CAPTIVITY
The decision to end the cetacean program won't affect the aquarium's work in rescuing stranded and distressed whales and dolphins, he added... READ MORE›
MEXICO CREATES VAST NEW OCEAN RESERVE TO PROTECT 'GALAPAGOS OF NORTH AMERICA'
Mexico's government has created the largest ocean reserve in North America around a Pacific archipelago regarded as its crown jewel... READ MORE›
SEVEN RIGHT WHALES FOUND DEAD IN 'DEVASTATING' BLOW TO ENDANGERED ANIMAL
Earlier this week, reports came in of a right whale in the area that was tangled in fishing gear... READ MORE›
VOYAGE TO THE SEA FLOOR: EXPEDITION RETURNS WITH FASCINATING FINDS
Museum Victoria collects gelatinous fish, spiny crabs, scarlet sea-spiders, nightmarish cookie cutter sharks and plenty of rubbish... READ MORE›
TUNA AND MACKEREL POPULATIONS SUFFER CATASTROPHIC 74 DECLINE RESEARCH SHOWS
WWF says we risk losing species critical to human food security unless action is taken to halt overfishing and other threats to marine life... READ MORE›
WHALING NATIONS BLOCK SOUTH ATLANTIC SANCTUARY PLANS
Japan and other pro-whaling nations have defeated a proposal to create an sanctuary for whales in the South Atlantic... READ MORE›
POOL SHARK: BEACHED GREAT WHITE GIVEN TEMPORARY REFUGE IN SYDNEY ROCK POOL
The shark, which washed ashore on Manly beach in Sydney's north about midday, appeared to be injured and onlookers alerted marine rescue and lifeguards... READ MORE›
BABY WHALES 'WHISPER' TO MOTHERS TO AVOID PREDATORS, STUDY FINDS
Newborn humpback whales and their mothers whisper to each other to escape potential predators, scientists reported Wednesday, revealing the existence of a previously unknown survival technique... READ MORE›
MILLIONS OF TROPICAL SEA CREATURES 'BLOOMING' OFF B.C. COAST
Vancouver Island-based fisherman Matt Stabler took this photo northwest of Nootka Sound in May... READ MORE›
'FACELESS' FISH MISSING FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY REDISCOVERED BY AUSTRALIAN SCIENTISTS
On board the Investigator research vessel for the month-long voyage are 27 scientists, 13 technicians and 20 crew... READ MORE›
UK KILLER WHALE DIED WITH EXTREME LEVELS OF TOXIC POLLUTANTS
One of the highest concentrations of toxic pollutants ever recorded in a marine mammal has been revealed in a Scottish killer whale that died in 2016... READ MORE›
ANOTHER CETACEAN DIES AT THE VANCOUVER AQUARIUM
Chester the false killer whale has died, Vancouver Aquarium says... READ MORE›
US CANCELS NEW PROTECTION FOR ENDANGERED WEST COAST WHALES
The rule would have applied to fewer than 20 fishing vessels that use mile-long fishing nets to catch swordfish off California and Oregon... READ MORE›
ENDANGERED NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE SPOTTED IN GULF OF MEXICO
Only five right whales have been reported in the Gulf since 1963... READ MORE›
VAQUITA PORPOISE FACING EXTINCTION AFTER A?3M RESCUE PLAN ABANDONED
Saving the vaquita now rests with the Mexican government, which might somehow be able to end the illegal fishing for the totoaba... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA CONSIDERS LEGAL ACTION AS JAPAN SNUBS ANTARCTIC WHALING BAN
Environment minister Greg Hunt says he hopes Japan does not undertake so-called scientific whaling in the Southern Ocean this summer... READ MORE›
ORCA POD FILMED HUNTING WHALE CALF IN 'UNPRECEDENTED' CALIFORNIA KILLING SPREE
A group of killer whales in Monterey Bay killed four gray whales in a week, a phenomenon one researcher hasn't seen in her 30-year career... READ MORE›
JAPAN PLANS UNILATERAL RESTART TO ANTARCTIC WHALING IN 2015, SAYS OFFICIAL
Japan plans unilateral restart to Antarctic whaling in 2015, says official... READ MORE›
EXPERTS PUZZLED AS 30 WHALES STRANDED IN 'UNUSUAL MORTALITY EVENT' IN ALASKA
Wynne suggested that the nine fin whales may have consumed something toxic... READ MORE›
WIKIE CAN SAY 'HELLO' AND 'BYE BYE'
World's first talking killer whale Wikie can say 'hello' and 'bye bye'... READ MORE›
A THIRD OF GLOBAL FISHING GOES UNREPORTED, UBC RESEARCHERS FIND
Nearly a third of fish caught in the world's oceans goes unreported, according to new research from UBC's The Sea Around Us project... READ MORE›
MASS WHALE STRANDING IN NEW ZEALAND KILLS 24 WITH MORE FATALITIES EXPECTED
Almost 200 pilot whales became stuck on Farewell Spit in Golden Bay, prompting nearly 100 volunteers to help refloat them... READ MORE›
JAPAN ACCUSED OF FALSIFYING WHALING DATA
A study has compared official Japanese whaling data submitted to the International Whaling Commission IWC with formerly secret internal Soviet whaling industry reports... READ MORE›
THE MAN WHO LISTENS TO THE SOUNDS OF THE DEEP SEA
Sound travels five times as fast underwater as it does in air... READ MORE›
WHALE WATCHING: IS IT SAFE?
Given the generally calm weather conditions off Vancouver Island and the number of passengers aboard, Staples suspects a hull breach swamped the Leviathan II... READ MORE›
JUST 97 OF THE 'WORLD'S CUTEST' SEA MAMMALS REMAIN
This is the last chance to save the vaquita, it's make or break time and every single day counts, said Greenpeace's cetaceans campaigner, Richard Page... READ MORE›
SWIMMING WITH WHALES: A FROLIC IN THE WILD OR AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN?
They are seeking eye-to-eye experiences with humpbacks and their calves southern right whales dwarf minke whales and Indo-Pacific and common bottlenose dolphins... READ MORE›
THREE DEAD SPERM WHALES WASH UP ON SKEGNESS BEACH
Three dead sperm whales have washed up on a beach near Skegness... READ MORE›
JAPANESE FLEET RETURNS FROM ANTARCTIC HUNT WITH 333 WHALES
Japan says the hunt was for ecological research. Opponents of the program say it's a cover for commercial whaling because the whales are sold for food... READ MORE›