A large number of North Atlantic right whales have been seen in the Gulf of Maine, leading right whale researchers at NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center to believe they have identified a wintering ground and potentially a breeding ground for this e
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President George W. Bush has announced strong new protections for a vast area of the central Pacific Ocean that includes nine distinct tropical coral islands and their surrounding waters.
Large whale update 8 Jan 2009 Lt. Rónán Mc Laughlin of the Irish Naval Service vessel, LE Aishling has just reported sightings of c10 fin whales and 1 breaching humpback whale 9-10 miles South of Toe Head, West Cork at around 14:15 today 8th Jan. This sighting compliments the sightings from the aerial arm of
We are delighted to report that there is still large whale activity off West Cork as well as the Waterford coast.
A striped dolphin live stranded in Lahinch this morning and was euthanased. It was first reported to the Lahinch Coastguard at 9:30am after being found by locals taking their dog for a walk. The IWDG were informed at around 10:30am and Simon Berrow immediately travelled to the site to determine its prognosis. Local Coastguard Ciaran
One of the world’s highest concentrations of dolphins and whales — many of them protected species — has been discovered off the coast of East Timor, local and Australian researchers said on Wednesday.
In December 2008 Don Conroy, Alan McGuire and Chris Wilson set out to record a radio programme for their new series ‘Wildside’ on Newstalk 106FM. They enjoyed some of the best whalewatching in the world…
A hard line environmentalist group chasing Japanese whalers near Antarctica said on Saturday it would do its utmost to disrupt the hunt although bad weather had thwarted a stink bomb attack on one vessel.
On behalf of all the IWDG committee and directors we’d like to take this opportunity to extend seasons greeting to all our visitors to this site and to our members, supporters and core funders. It has been another busy year of tremendous growth for our wildlife charity, which has been made possible with support from
World Wildlife Fund has released its annual list of some of the most threatened species around the world, saying that the long-term survival of many iconic animals is increasingly in doubt due to a wide of threats.