Without looking, would you know how many products in your home contain palm oil? Do you know which products are linked to deforestation? Palm oil is absolutely everywhere—from food like breakfast cereals to pet food and even shampoo and toothpaste. Orangutans in area recently removed from the Tanjung Puting National Park and allocated for palm […]
Tilikum, the killer whale at the center of the 2013 documentary Blackfish, is in deteriorating health. SeaWorld’s teams are treating him for what they believe is a bacterial infection in his lungs, the company announced on its Facebook page Tuesday. SeaWorld’s most famous orca Tilikum is ailing, the company announced on Tuesday. Photo credit: Milan Boers/Creative Commons “We […]
Despite a decrease in poaching, the overall African elephant population has fallen for the fourth year in a row, according to new data released by the United Nations to mark World Wildlife Day. Organized crime pushes species to brink of extinction. Get #SeriousAboutWildlifeCrime on #WorldWildlifeDay – @UNODChttps://t.co/JqplONgm9h — United Nations (@UN) March 3, 2016 Years […]
Scientists finally have an explanation for why so many starving sea lions have been stranded along Southern California’s coast in recent years. Their mothers are not getting enough nutritious food. Last year, more than 3,000 sea lions were found stranded on Southern California beaches, a number higher than the previous five years combined. As of […]
Another whale dead from plastic? A male sei whale was found beached at the mouth of the Sarang Buaya River in Johor, Malaysia earlier this month with marine debris in its stomach. According to one report, local fishermen witnessed the stranded whale shedding tears and groaning as it took its last breaths. Endangered Sei #whale found dead with plastic, […]
The crew of Sea Shepherd‘s research vessel R/V Martin Sheen spotted last week a humpback whale entangled in a gillnet in the Vaquita Refuge in the Gulf of California in Baja California, Mexico. While Captain Oona Layolle, campaign leader and captain of the M/V Farley Mowat, notified the Mexican Navy and the Federal Attorney for […]
Last week, a young Franciscana dolphin was killed after beachgoers in Santa Teresita, Argentina reportedly pulled it out of the water so people could take photos with it. These images were captured from an eye-witness named Hernan Coria, who called the situation a “pity.” This dolphin appears to have been yanked from the water so people could take […]
A turtle hospital in Marathon, Florida is treating an increasing number of green sea turtles affected by fibropapillomatosis (FP), a global sea turtle disease caused by a herpes virus. The disease leads to the formation of tumors on the turtles’ eyes, flippers and internal organs. The possible culprits? Pollution and warming waters. A juvenile green […]
On the heels of the recent release of the highly acclaimed major film Racing Extinction that dramatically exposes the hidden world of the global extinction crisis, the team behind this groundbreaking project has released a new short video highlighting the critical importance of protecting one of the world’s most high priority landscapes for conservation, the extraordinary […]
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