A toxic “red tide” has killed at least 60 endangered manatees along the southwest Florida coast in the last two months, the second-largest mass death of sea cows blamed on the deadly algae bloom, state biologists said last week.
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When on April 15th the big swell settled enough for us to get out again, we were able to get down to some serious whale-watching at last. The whales never put on such a spectacular display again as they had done on those first magic couple of days, but nonetheless showed up everyday sooner or
Nobody said it was going to be easy. They did say however that the Cape Verde Islands are a remote and harsh environment… Dr. Simon Berrow looks back on a Cape Verde adventure.
A South West MP has criticised a government report on protecting dolphins as “too little, too late”. Full Story
A whaling fleet of six Japanese ships are expected to leave port by the end of this week, as part of the first phase of their plan to hunt 260 whales, the Japanese Fisheries Agency has announced.
A dwindling group of killer whales, or orcas, that pass through Prince William Sound Alaska may receive additional protection under federal law. Full Story
The research yacht “Anna M” finally left Sal Rei harbour yesterday (Tuesday), in it’s search for humpback whales, after being pinned down for two days by a huge Atlantic swell. The swell originated from a hurricane in the Azores 1500km to the northwest of the Cape Verde Islands and reached 4-5m as they rolled into
The first gray whales of the season appeared off the Kenai Peninsula and Kodiak Island last week. Full Story
Mexico said last week it would likely seek to overturn an injunction by a U.S. judge that effectively revived a ban of more than a decade on Mexican tuna exports to the United States.
A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday blocked the Bush Administration’s bid to loosen standards under which tuna sold in U.S. stores can be labeled “dolphin safe” until the issue is resolved at trial.