Update 9 Analysis of all available images end the debate on the identification of the Larne balaenopterid. It was clear from the post mortem that this was not a fin whale, and all indicators, including the jet black baleen on both sides, were that it was a sei whale. But there was an outside chance
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Newly discovered gardens of colorful corals, which bloom about 1,000 feet (305 meters) underwater off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands and in the Gulf of Alaska, will get special protection starting Friday.
South African conservationists are to burn the carcass of a 15-metre (47-foot) whale that washed ashore near Cape Town, officials said on Tuesday. Planet A
The European Union and Mauritania reached agreement on Saturday on a new fisheries partnership that will give EU vessels access to the African nation’s fish stocks for another six years.
A baby seal has been found near a beach south of Lisbon on Friday, after it swam thousands of miles from the north-Atlantic in search for food. Planet Ark<
The dead whale was reported washed up at Baile na hAbhainn, Inverin in Galway Bay by Rory Thynne. After an email to IWDG Galway members, Joanne O’Brien, visited the site to confirm it was a male humpback whale calf. The whale was in good condition with most of its skin intact. At 6.0m long the
On Friday 14 July, a juvenile humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) was spotted breaching in Dingle Bay by Jonathan Smith, a researcher/cameraman with the BBC natural history unit. Jonathan had been watching bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) near Inch strand when he spotted a larger animal further out in the bay. A number of IWDG members went
In glorious sunshine, the 1st of the IWDG Cape Clear weekend courses produced some really lovely encounters for the 17 participants of harbour porpoises and minke whales.
Member governments must hit fishing vessels that persistently break European Union rules with much higher fines if financial penalties are to be any deterrent, the European Commission said on Friday.
The IWDG have just published a new book entitled A Guide to the Identification of the Whales and Dolphin of Ireland. The guide was officially launched by Dr Ciaran O’Keeffe, Director of the National Parks and Wildlife Service.