A new and controversial theory on the origin of life on Earth is causing a stir among scientists. And one of the implications is that life could be more likely on planets where it was previously thought unlikely to flourish. Full Story: http://ne
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About 3,000 dolphins are still being killed each year by tuna fishing fleets in the Pacific Ocean west of Mexico and Central America, a government report says.
Federal officials say they have been unable to locate the distressed humpback whale seen off south Maui earlier this week. Full Story
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries (AA), NOAA, announces temporary restrictions consistent with the requirements of the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan’s (ALWTRP) implementing regulations. These restrictions apply to lobster trap and anchored gillnet fishermen in an area totaling approximately 1,600 square nautical miles (nm2) (2,965 km2), east of Portsmouth, NH, called Jeffreys Ledge, for
Story: www.liverpool.com Standing aboard the control room of the world’s largest car ferry, the Ulysses, gazing out through huge, panoramic windows at the thrashing Irish Sea ahead, it is difficult to imagine what lurks beneath the waves. Few people ever see the brains of such a ship, with its rows of complicated computers and radar
A $10,000 reward is being offered to South Australians who have information which helps to convict any person accused of killing a dolphin. Full Story
Say goodbye to the North Island Hector’s dolphin — the critically endangered, pint sized marine mammals are now to be known as Maui’s dolphin. Full Story: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/latestnewsstory.cfm?storyID=3006472&thesection=news&thesubsection=g
A sperm whale that drifted ashore on Mahia Peninsula in northern Hawke’s Bay died overnight, despite efforts to shepherd it back out to sea. Full Story: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/latestnewsstory.cfm?storyID=3006919&thesection=news&thesubsection=gene
Large amounts of oil have been washed up on beaches along the south coast of Cornwall prompting fears that it could have come from the sunken tanker, Prestige. Full Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2524687.stm
Story: www.canada.com The friendly Northern Bottlenose whale has been upgraded to endangered because of the noisy world it lives in. Some 130 of the beaked whales live in an Atlantic canyon off the Nova Scotia coast. While their habitat is off-limits to oil and gas exploration, it is surrounded by areas where the oil industry