IP/03/1109 Brussels, 24 July 2003 Wild Birds and Habitats Directives: Commission pursues legal action against eight Member States. The European Commission is taking action to conserve nature in Europe by pursuing infringement procedures against eight Member States. Luxembourg has been requested to take measures to comply with a 2003 ruling of the Court of Justice

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Mobile phone users worldwide will soon be able to dial-a-dolphin if an Irish scheme to record their underwater conversations proves a success. Full Story

Iceland plans to resume whaling this month, hunting 38 minke whales in August and September, its Ministry of Fisheries said yesterday, sparking angry protests from the country’s tourism industry.

Up to a dozen dead whales discovered about 200 miles off Cape Cod had no obvious signs of trauma and may have been killed by food poisoning from a naturally occurring toxic algae, researchers said yesterday.

Mexico’s federal environmental agency confirmed Tuesday that one of 28 dolphins imported from the Solomon Islands to a Cancun aquatic park has died. Full

Australia unveiled plans yesterday to boost protection of its marine turtles following a dramatic decline in breeding. Full Story

Dozens of dead Black Sea dolphins have been found on a beach south of Romania’s Danube Delta port of Sulina, the border police said on Saturday. Full St

A genetic study of whales suggests many more have been slaughtered than believed in the whaling frenzy that began in the 18th century, and shows populations have not recovered enough to allow hunting to resume, U.S. researchers said yesterday.

Villagers in the Solomon Islands have complained that large areas of coral reef are being destroyed by dynamite fishing to feed dolphins caught for export to overseas entertainment venues.

A marine biologist at the British Antarctic Survey has been killed by a seal, the first death of a BAS scientist on the icebound continent in 21 years, the organization said yesterday.