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World biodiversity has declined by almost one third in the past 35 years due mainly to habitat loss and the wildlife trade, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said on Friday

World biodiversity has declined by almost one third in the past 35 years due mainly to habitat loss and the wildlife trade, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said on Friday

IWDG received some amazing images from photographer Michael Herrmann of around 10 basking sharks seen in St. Finan’s Bay, Co. Kerry on 15th May including images of a basking shark breaching! The easterly winds recently have led to some great sea conditions on the south west coast for whale watching and indeed shark watching, as

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When Pete Wallace, owner of Fish Tales charter service (a small fleet of inshore charter boats), heard that one of his working captains had received a citation for feeding bottlenose dolphin, he was amazed.

When Pete Wallace, owner of Fish Tales charter service (a small fleet of inshore charter boats), heard that one of his working captains had received a citation for feeding bottlenose dolphin, he was amazed.

The IWDG workshop on what to do with stranded marine mammals, turtles and oiled seabirds held at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway was a great success. The workshop sought to bring together people working in the field with those often contacted about such incidents to review procedures, best practice and start creating a better

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While dissecting a pygmy right whale at The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa, scientists there discovered that the creature possessed ribs unlike those of any other whale.