Marine life
- Animals, Asia Pacific, Environment, Marine life, New Caledonia, Pacific islands, Sharks, Wildlife, World news
Shark culls brought in after fatal attack cause division and anger in New Caledonia
Authorities say capture of bull and tiger sharks necessary to protect lives as environmentalists launch urgent…
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‘Sea puppy pancakes’: what it’s like to pat a 300kg wild stingray
Visitors to a site near Gisborne in New Zealand’s North Island get to interact with the animals in their habit…
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‘A life of captivity’: Canada refuses marine park’s request to export its whales to China
Fisheries minister says rehoming Marineland’s cetaceans in China would only ‘perpetuate the treatment’ the wha…
- Animals, Coastlines, Environment, Fishing, India, International law, Law, Marine life, Plastics, Pollution, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, United Nations, Water, Wildlife, World news
Buoyant, the size of a lentil and almost impossible to recover: how nurdles are polluting the oceans
Millions of the tiny plastic pellets are being washed up on the coast of Kerala in India in the latest in a se…
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Fake dolphins and frantic digging: the army of helpers learning to rescue New Zealand’s stranded whales
A vast network of volunteers leap into action to save beached creatures in New Zealand, a global hotspot for s…
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Once named world’s ugliest animal, blobfish wins New Zealand’s fish of the year
Made up of blobby tissue and living deep in the ocean, the distinctive species beat the longfin eel and pygmy …
- Animals, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, Fishing, India, Marine life, Oceans, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
More than 1,100 dead sea turtles washed up along southern India’s coastline
The mass death of once-endangered olive ridley turtles in January has prompted an increase in wildlife patrols…
- Animals, Conservation, Denmark, Environment, Environmental activism, Europe, Greenland, Japan, Marine life, Protest, Whales, Whaling, World news
Whaling activist Paul Watson celebrates release from jail after Denmark refuses extradition to Japan
US-Canadian founder of Sea Shepherd, who was arrested in Greenland in July, will now spend Christmas with his …
- Animals, Antarctica, Australia news, China, Conservation, Environment, Fish, Fishing, Food, Marine life, Russia, Wildlife, World news
‘Very bad precedent’: China and Russia team up to undermine krill fishing restrictions in Antarctica
Conservationists warn actions and ambitions of two super powers could lead to overexploitation of vital food s…
- Business, Coal, Conservation, Energy, Environment, Environmental activism, Fishing, Fishing industry, Global development, Global economy, India, Marine life, Protest, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World Bank, World news
The Fisherman and the Banker: film charts Indian fishers’ fight with a giant
Documentary charts historic case of a community who sued arm of World Bank over a power plant’s impact on thei…
- Animals, Biodiversity, Business, Conservation, Culture, Documentary films, Environment, Film, Fishing, Food, India, Marine life, South and Central Asia, Tata, Wildlife, World news
The Fisherman and the Banker review – a coastal community’s astonishing fight for justice
Shot over 10 years, Sheena Sumaria’s documentary follows an Indian fishing village as it takes on global finan…
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‘Miracle’ penguin found two weeks after escaping captivity in Japan
Pen-chan defies expectations to be reunited with keeper safe and sound after swimming 30 miles in open seaA fu…
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The fight for iron sands: the bitter battle to protect New Zealand’s sea-floor riches
Government’s push to fast-track projects in NZ stirs fears deep-sea mining off Taranaki, long opposed by the c…
- Animals, Asia, Coastlines, Conservation, Endangered habitats, Environment, Global development, Marine life, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Travel, Travel and transport, Wildlife, World news
‘It’s nice to help a life to live’: meet Sri Lanka’s turtle guardians
Volunteers are helping save baby sea turtles as the endangered species’ favourite nesting spots come under pre…
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New Zealand man filmed trying to ‘body slam’ an orca in actions described as ‘idiotic’
Department of Conservation fines 50-year-old after seeing footage of stunt on social media, and described his …