Thousands of species living on the Antarctic seabed will become extinct if computer models predicting warmer waters in the region in the coming century are correct.
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In recent days, folowing the confirmation of Phocine Distemper in the seal colonies on the Norfolk Coast, the Scottish Executive has annouced two actions to help address the issue: Full Story: http://www.wdcs.org/dan/news.nsf/webnews/46D0CB1635DE9CC3
Conservationists working to save India’s endangered blind river dolphins say there are encouraging signs that the population is starting to stabilise in some areas. Full Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2241273.stm
Australia is opening a new front in the war over whales, seeking protection of seven species, including the heavily hunted minke, under a global migratory conservation treaty.
Whale experts in Norway have started feeding Keiko the killer whale seven weeks after he was set free in Iceland. Full Story: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_667011.html?menu=
Combating Japan’s effort to resume commercial whaling in the South Seas, island nations and territories across the South Pacific have begun creating a patchwork of whale sanctuaries to protect the giant mammals. Full Story: http://www.capecodonline.c
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced Wednesday that the Atlantic white marlin, a billfish that lives in the tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic Ocean, does not warrant listing as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Sp
Story: http://ens-news.com/ Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont introduced a bill this week aimed at helping preserve the nesting habitats of marine turtles in foreign countries. “This legislation will help to preserve this ancient and distinctive part of the world’s biological diversity,” the Vermont senator said in submitting the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2002 (S
Story: www.ananova.com Wildlife experts have warned the public to stay away from a boisterous dolphin because they fear someone could be injured. Georges the dolphin has entertained crowds along the south coast but he has hurt several people with his tail after they entered the sea to play with him. The friendly 800lbs mammal has
They keep getting washed up on Australian beaches: giant squid up to 12 metres long that seem to have died of old age.