Humpback whale populations are climbing by 11 per cent a year, despite a huge growth in the whale-watching business. Full Story

The first Russian national marine wildlife reserve is to be established on the Sakhalin Shelf in 2004. The Sakhalin Shelf area is inhabited by grey whales, which are on the brink of extinction.

A BBC Spotlight report on dolphin deaths last month has prompted a major fish supplier to stop selling wild sea bass. Full Story

A twisted intestine led a sperm whale to beach itself Wednesday on a sand bar off Clam Pass, biologists said Thursday. Full Story

A young, pregnant pygmy sperm whale was found stranded in shallow water off Trout Point at NAS Pensacola last Thursday (Feb. 13). Full

The whale found dead in the Elizabeth River this week was probably killed by a collision with a ship, scientists said Thursday after conducting a necropsy. Full Story

Some of the most productive marine fishing methods are also the most damaging, and should be restricted or banned, scientists argued at a scientific meeting this week. Ful

New findings about the dynamics of coastal ocean ecosystems are prompting marine scientists to abandon long held assumptions about life in the sea and how best to protect it.

Marine experts are turning to an American university in the hope of identifying a humpback whale that has taken up residence in the Firth of Forth. Full Story<

Immediate international cooperation is necessary to save leatherback sea turtles from extinction, a Duke University scientist told the his colleagues at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting (AAAS) meeting in Denver this morning.