The seal population off Canada’s Atlantic Coast is suffering because Ottawa continues to allow hunters to kill hundreds of thousands of the animals each year despite clear evidence the ice cover is rapidly thinning, activists said.

Biologists have been collecting the strange, scratchy calls of North Pacific right whales from the Bering Sea, eavesdropping on life among the rarest large cetaceans on the planet.

Liberal Democrat Matthew Taylor is urging the Government and the EU to investigate the escalating death toll of dolphins and porpoises in UK waters. Full Story

An autopsy on the baby dolphin found dead last week in the Port River, Adelaide, has revealed that the most likely cause of death was a severe strike to the head by a boat propeller.

A small dolphin known for assisting fishermen by driving fish into their nets may soon disappear from the great Asian river for which the animal is named.

This winter has been a bonanza for Puget Sound and Hood Canal residents who thrill at the sight of orcas, including one who was captured in Budd Inlet 27 years ago and eventually set free.

Integrated networks of marine reserves offer the best formula for protecting and preserving marine resources, according to a new report released today by the Pew Oceans Commission.

Small oil patches left from the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill are still releasing toxins that harm sea life, government scientists said. Full Story

The Bush administration undermined America’s landmark environmental laws on almost a daily basis in 2001, two new reports suggest. Full Story

Overfishing has driven several species of shark to near extinction in the North Atlantic, researchers in Canada reported. Full Story