How could anyone shoot a dolphin? A dolphin that washed up dead in Manhattan Beach, California died from a bullet wound, according to local animal rescue workers. Earlier this month, Peter Wallerstein, the founder of Marine Animal Rescue, responded to a call about a stranded dolphin on the surf, according to NBC News. By the […]
By Jason Bittel On a sunny Saturday in mid-September, 26-year-old Arthur Medici was boogie-boarding in the waves off Wellfleet, Massachusetts, when a great white shark bit his leg. Despite the efforts of a friend who pulled him ashore and the paramedics who rushed him to the hospital, Medici died from his injuries. It’s about as […]
By Marlene Cimons Much of the deep sea has never been explored close-up by humans. Some submarines have plumbed its depths, but reaching the ocean bottom is a complicated and expensive journey, challenging because the seabed lies under more than three miles of water, which exerts huge amounts of pressure. “We know more about space […]
Marine scientists discovered a very rare shark nursery about 200 miles west of Ireland and shared a mesmerizing video of the find. Back in July, the government-supported Marine Institute‘s SeaRover survey found a large school of blackmouth catsharks and what appears to be thousands of their egg cases, also known a “mermaids purses,” at depths […]
Ninety belugas and 11 orcas are being held in tiny enclosures described by media reports as “whale jails” off Russia’s Pacific east coast. An investigation has been launched at the site near city of Nakhodka, where some of the whales have been contained since July, CBS News reported. ‘Whale prison’ discovered by drone in Far […]
If you follow environmental news, every day it seems like the world is getting worse. One landmark study found that animals are going extinct 1,000 times faster than their natural rate because of human influence and habitat loss. To help fight back against these worrying trends, Swiss billionaire and conservationist Hansjörg Wyss will be donating […]
The Western Pacific nation of Palau will become the first country in the world to impose a ban on sunscreens toxic to coral reefs, NPR reported Friday. Hawaii passed a reef-harming sunscreen ban this summer, but the state law does not go into effect until 2021. Palau’s law, passed this week, will go into effect […]
By Meredith Rosenberg Disposable items have become so ingrained in our daily habits that we may not realize all of the small, everyday actions that are adding to the amount of disposable waste that ends up in oceans and landfills. Here are five lifestyle changes you can make today to ditch the disposables and reduce […]
With only 74 remaining in the wild, time is running out to save southern resident killer whales, especially after two died this summer. This week, the Canadian government announced a slew of measures to save the critically endangered species. The $61.5 million (US$50 million) initiative will address three key threats to the orcas: a lack […]
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