Animals

30 Whales Have Died Off the Coast of Alaska and No One Knows Why

30 Whales Have Died Off the Coast of Alaska and No One Knows Why

Whales are dying off the coast of Alaska and no one knows why. Yesterday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) officially declared the recent deaths of 30 large whales in the western Gulf of Alaska an “unusual mortality event,” triggering an investigation into the cause of the mass die off. NOAA defines an unusual mortality […]

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    Thousands of Sea Lion Pups Are Washing Ashore and Dying Along the California Coast

    Thousands of Sea Lion Pups Are Washing Ashore and Dying Along the California Coast

    In the new VICE News documentary, Starving and Stranded: California’s Sea Lions, journalist Kaj Larsen is trying to answer one big question. What is causing thousands of sea lion pups to wash ashore along the California coast? Colleen Weiler, a marine mammal biologist volunteering for the California Wildlife Center, and Kaj Larsen, a correspondent for VICE […]

    Every 20 Minutes an Elephant Is Killed for Its Tusks

    Every 20 Minutes an Elephant Is Killed for Its Tusks

    African elephants may be gone in as little as 10 years as a result of organized crime syndicates, rebel groups, militias and insurgents. That’s the findings from a new program, Illicit Ivory, from the critically acclaimed series Earth Focus. The program, which will air on May 28 on Link TV, investigates this insatiable demand for ivory. […]

    Undersea Superheroes Save Imperiled Marine Life

    Undersea Superheroes Save Imperiled Marine Life

    Marine life is threatened on so many fronts, including ocean acidification, warming temperatures, plastic pollution, overfishing and bycatch. Another major problem is fishing nets. When fishing nets are lost in the sea, either by careless fishing companies or when ships sink, sea animals, including dolphins, sea lions and seals, get tangled in these nets and die. Ocean Defenders Alliance divers cut the […]

    Jared Leto Named WWF Global Ambassador to Highlight Wildlife Poaching Crisis

    Jared Leto Named WWF Global Ambassador to Highlight Wildlife Poaching Crisis

    The World Wide Fund (WWF) has announced that actor/director/musician Jared Leto, a dedicated human and animal rights activist, will serve as global ambassador for the group, helping to bring attention to crucial issues facing the Earth. Actor Jared Leto works with a rhino protection team to tag a rhino for relocation from a heavy poaching […]

    Report Exposes Products Driving International Killing and Trade of Whales

    Report Exposes Products Driving International Killing and Trade of Whales

    Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) announced yesterday the release of a new report which highlights the global scale of killing and trade in whales in the twenty-first century. WDC demonstrates that consumption or utilization of whale and dolphin meat and by-products is not confined to just a few nations, as many people believe. Rather, killing and trade is […]