A striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba live stranded today (14 November) at Doonsheane, near Dingle, Co. Kerry.
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In the most significant environmental case of its new term and its first ruling of the term, the high court threw out a federal judge’s injunction that had required the Navy to take precautions during submarine-hunting exercises.
Tiny, remote-controlled helicopters hovering above the blowholes of whales have collected snot samples that could help scientists learn which bacteria lurk in seemingly healthy cetaceans in the wild.
Report IV: 4/11/08 We have just heard back from Richard Sears of Mingan Island Cetacean Study (MICS) Research Station in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, regarding the blue whale photographed by Ivan O' Kelly in Irish offshore southwest waters on 15th Sept 2008. The MICS co-ordinate the North Atlantic blue whale catalogue, and have a
Evidence shows that the decline of common dolphins and tuna was caused primarily by prey depletion resulting from overfishing. The impact of fishing on the local ecosystem has been tremendous, and resulted in significant ecosystem damage and loss of biodi
Report Update 28/10/08… The reports keep rolling in of large baleen whale activity from multiple locations along the Irish South coast. This morning alone we observed at least 3 fin whales southeast of Sands Cove, Ardfield area, while at the same time Neil Deasy was counting blows just west of the Old Head of Kinsale
IWDG members Ann Trimble and Andrew Malcolm carried out a first ever effort watch from Mine Head today.
One of the two humpback whales photographed off Mine Head area, Co. Waterford last Friday 17th Oct. can now be confirmed as yet another humpback match within Irish waters….. There aren’t too many advantages to long periods of poor weather, especially when they are in the middle of our large whale season. But one of
Cornwall Wildlife Trust is appealing for donations for pingers that could save hundreds of Cornwall’s dolphins and porpoises. Wildlife Extra
Survey Ended: 2008 Southwest Herring Acoustic Survey Area: Southwest and South Coast Agency: Marine Institute Ship: R.V. Celtic Explorer Observer: Dave Wall ______________________________________ 24th October 2008 Having left the Shelter of Smerwick as darkness fell last night we endured a night of heavy rolling as we made our way – beam on to the still