Fossil fuel companies denied seismic blasting permit renewals
On October 1, a status conference on seismic litigation ruled in favor of the environment by prohibiting fossil...
Record number of pilot whales get stranded, die in Tasmania
Over 380 long-finned pilot whales have been confirmed dead after nearly 500 were stranded on Tasmania's west coast....
Orcas threatened by highly contagious respiratory virus, CeMV
Marine mammal conservationists warn of a contagious respiratory pathogen, cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV), that...
Federal agencies propose designated marine habitat to help protect Pacific humpback whales
Earlier this week, three federal government agencies — the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the National...
New app could save Puget Sound whales from boat strikes
Boat strikes are a major cause of injury and death for whales. This week, Washington State Ferries implemented...
Japan relaunches its whaling industry
Japan has officially relaunched its commercial whaling industry, sending the first vessels out to sea this month...
Iceland approves killing of more than 2,000 whales
Iceland has just approved the killing of 2,000 whales over the course of the next five years. The country's government...
Arctic shipping routes could threaten "unicorns of the sea"
Narwhals, or the "unicorns of the sea," could be at risk from additional Arctic shipping routes as polar ice continues...
World's first beluga whale sanctuary will welcome new arrivals
In 2019, two beluga whales, named Little Grey and Little White, will be transported from the Changfeng Ocean World...
Pilot whale dies in Thailand with more than 17 pounds of plastic in its stomach
A small male pilot whale, found unable to breath or move in a canal in Thailand last week, has died from large...
Hunters killed 122 pregnant minke whales
Japanese hunters recently killed 122 pregnant minke whales as part of a so-called field survey, the BBC reported....
A spike in tailless whale sightings worries scientists
People have occasionally glimpsed tailless whales in western North America, but a recent spike in sightings has...
Plastic-fishing group in Amsterdam turns trash into contemporary furniture
If we remove plastic from the world's waterways, what happens to it next? Amsterdam-based Plastic Whale - the "first...
Microplastic pollution poses particular threat to filter-feeding rays, sharks and whales
Microplastics pose a huge threat to aquatic life - particularly large filter feeders such as whale sharks, manta...
Whale mother can't let go of dead calf likely poisoned by plastic
The impact of humanity's pollution on nature became all too real in a heartbreaking clip from Blue Planet II. A...