Like many northerners who head south to warmer climates for the winter, many Northern right whales also head south in November and stay into April. Their destination is the only known calving ground for this rare and endangered populationthe waters off F
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deadly combination of climate change, over-fishing and pollution could cause the collapse of commercial fish stocks worldwide within decades, said Achim Steiner, head of the United Nations Environment Programme.
Report II The Leatherback turtle was brought down to UCD 25/02/08 where a post mortem examination was carried out. Dr Tom Doyle, UCC reports that it was a male, measuring 152 cm (curved carapace length). ” …It had a major head wound (part of skull was missing but healed over see photo) which may have
The IWDG fin whale catalogue now contains 41 recognisable individuals and is available in the sightings page by clicking “photo-ID” option, and selecting from the drop down window.
Sperm whales literally drift off to sleep for short periods, according to researchers at St Andrews University. BBC
This weekend’s monthly ferry survey on Rosslare-Pembroke route on Irish Ferries vessel the Isle of Inishmore produced the years first Basking Shark record. IWDG members Conor Ryan & Sean Ronayne reported the sighting at 10.10 am, at a distance of c.20M from their port side, as the vessel was travelling at 21 knots….” It was
Date: Saturday 10 May 2008, 10:00 – 16:00 Venue: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Dublin Road, Galway A workshop is being organized to bring together people interested in stranded animals to review current knowledge and best practice on what to do when faced with such an event. From this workshop we will produce a practical manual
A female common dolphin live stranded at Rosdoonstown Beach, near Carnsore, Co. Wexford last Saturday (9 Feb). It was discovered by local man Tom Pearman on his daily walk on the beach. Tom alerted Mac from the IWDG, and with the aid of the Carne Coastguard volunteers, we attempted to re-float the animal at the
Norway has set a commercial whaling quota of 1,052 minke whales in 2008, unchanged from last year, drawing criticism from environmental groups pressuring Oslo to call off its hunts.
The EU repeated a call on Friday for members to adopt a unified stance on whaling, saying images released by Australia of whales being killed in Antarctica showed the reality of Japanese hunting.