Story: www.newsday.com Surprising new lessons in dolphin anatomy and polymer chemistry may be teaching researchers a thing or two about how to keep ship hulls free of tubeworms, barnacles and other aquatic freeloaders. Dolphins are well known among anatomists for the extraordinary hydrodynamic properties that allow them to reach sustained swimming speeds of 20 mph

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The federal agency best known for taming Mother Nature has embarked on the most ambitious effort ever to rehabilitate the web of tideflats, marshes, bluffs and deltas that serves as nursery and buffet table for life in Puget Sound. Full Story: http:/

Harbour seals in British Columbia have learnt to trust the local killer whales, new research reveals. The calls of unfamiliar killer whales sent the seals diving for safety, but they were unperturbed by the songs of their friendly fish-eating neighbours.

Fearing that industrial contaminants from across the sea have combined with other factors to drive a small, unique family of Prince William Sound killer whales toward extinction, conservation groups are asking government to list the animals as depleted un

The UK Government is fighting to get international agreement to restrict the trade in basking shark products. Full Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2464851.stm

As humpback whales begin their annual return to Hawaiian waters, agencies charged with protecting them are reminding boaters to respect the big mammals. Full Story: http://starbulletin.com/2002/11/11/news/index9.html

A panel of European Union scientific experts has backed calls for a virtual shutdown of key fishing grounds. Full Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2441113.stm

Low-frequency device was banned by US courts but is now being used by UK off Kyle of Lochalsh Full Story: http://www.sundayherald.com/29112

A rare whale has been discovered on a beach north of the Town of 1770 in central Queensland. Full Story