Marine life
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‘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 …
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Killer whales trapped in drift ice off Japan’s Hokkaido coast escape
Pod of orcas in north Japan freed themselves as gaps between the ice grew, officials sayA pod of killer whales…
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Killer whales trapped in drift ice off Japan’s Hokkaido coast escape
Pod of orcas in north Japan freed themselves as gaps between the ice grew, officials sayA pod of killer whales…
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New Caledonia court bans shark culls amid environmental backlash
Authorities had begun hunting sharks after a series of attacks in 2023 and say they will appeal the decisionA …
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‘I’ve never seen anything like this’: Japan says reason behind 1,200 tonnes of fish washing ashore is unknown
The sardines and mackerel were found floating on the surface of the sea near the fishing port of Hakodate in H…
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The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat – a photo essay
With the rivers that feed it drying up, less rainfall and a hotter climate, the world’s largest inland body of…
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Severe plankton bloom off Thailand creates marine ‘dead zone’
Hundreds of mussel farm sites in Gulf of Thailand affected by regular blooms that scientists believe are exace…
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‘Everything is destroyed’: dynamite use sends shockwaves through fishing industries
Using explosives is illegal, wasteful and devastating to marine life and people’s livelihoods. Yet in Sri Lank…
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‘A dying art’: India’s female seaweed divers look to a brighter future for their girls
For generations, mothers in Tamil Nadu have taught their daughters the dangerous trade. But while their work h…
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Against the Tide review – old ways vs the new in a study of modern Indian fisherfolk
Seafaring friends from Mumbai cope with a changing climate and an unforgiving economy in different ways in Sar…
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Home invasions and roadblocks: New Zealand on alert as ‘seal silly season’ begins
Public notice issued to watch out for the flippered creatures as they start to leave their breeding colonies a…
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‘It’s not like chicken farming’: why manta rays are chopped up in Sri Lanka
The gill plates of the extremely intelligent fish – many species of which are already categorised as endangere…
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Philippines oil tanker spill prompts fears for protected marine areas
Authorities scramble to contain leak from sunken tanker that was carrying about 800,000 litres of oilAuthoriti…
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Shark attack kills Australian tourist at crowded beach in New Caledonia
Nouméa beaches closed after man, 59, dies at the scene after being bitten several timesFollow our Australia ne…