The deadly seal virus which has killed 700 animals so far is stretching Norfolk’s wildlife hospital to the limit. Full Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2250583.stm

Scientists studying the movements of fish around the northeast Atlantic said yesterday they had made an amazing discovery, shattering for ever the 50-year-old myth that the giant Basking Shark hibernates.

Shark experts from round the world have converged on Cardiff for a special conference to develop ideas for eco-tourism Full Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2242164.stm

The experts would like Keiko to meet other killer whales, and are therefore considering moving the former movie star to another fjord on the north west coast of Norway.

Keiko, the killer whale whose title role in the film “Free Willy” inspired campaigners to battle successfully for his release, is to receive antibiotics, scientists monitoring the whale said Monday.

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.

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=