While most city commuters braved the usual routine of traffic or trains yesterday morning, those heading to work on the Manly ferry enjoyed two giant, lumbering surprises, when a pair of southern right whales surfaced in Manly Cove.

A juvenile gray whale has been sighted several miles up the Skagit River – just south of the Samish River, where there was a similar adventure late last week.

La Société Guernesiaise has welcomed news from the European Commission that it is to issue a legislative proposal based on scientific recommendations in the coming months.

On Wednesday, scientists will meet at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution to study and discuss a deadly heart disease affecting pygmy and dwarf sperm whale populations. The workshop will bring together human and marine mammal researchers in an effort

An international tribunal has delivered a setback to Irish efforts to stop nuclear fuel manufacturing at the Sellafield nuclear plant in the UK. It has emerged that Ireland could face legal action from the European Commission for having brought the case i

Canada’s birthday this year will bring an unusual gift to one of the world’s most critically endangered whales: a long-sought change in international shipping lanes in the Bay of Fundy.

Beached whales in Japan may soon be shore lunch under a new government proposal that could allow local communities to euthanise and butcher the high-and-dry animals for food and use their bones in traditional craft work.

Hopes are rising that Europe’s marine life may soon start enjoying the better protection it was promised years ago. Full Story

Dolphins are being killed in fishing nets because they are “bad drivers” with poor navigational skills, marine biologists have claimed. Full Story<

Some of over 200 dolphins and turtles recently found washed up on the beaches of Mauritania were killed after getting tangled in fishing nets, according to the World Conservation Union (IUCN).