Marine life
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Turtle concern: Australian businessman denies threatening to sell Conflict Islands to China
Ian Gowrie-Smith says he was frustrated the Australian government did not respond to urgent funding request fo…
- Animals, Antarctica, Asia Pacific, Environment, Marine life, New Zealand, Oceans, Wildlife, World news
Antarctic researchers gain insights from on high as they count seals from space
Scientists used satellite images and more than 300,000 volunteers to count Weddell seals, a key Southern Ocean…
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Scientists investigate rise in great white shark sightings at popular New Zealand holiday spot
Researchers and local iwi looking into whether increased reports of great whites around Bay of Plenty could be…
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Dolphin calf being nursed back to health after almost drowning in Thailand
Dozens of vets and volunteers are caring for Irrawaddy dolphin calf that was too weak to swim after suffering …
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Chinese influencer who ate great white shark investigated by police
Outrage after clip showing the vlogger Tizi roasting and eating threatened species went viralA Chinese influen…
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Keep starfish off the barbecue: New Zealanders call for rockpool protections
As over-harvesting of edible creatures adds to pressures on shoreline ecosystems, local groups and iwi urge te…
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New Zealand records largest ever bleaching of sea sponges
Researchers say tens of millions of sponges may have been affected by protracted marine heatwaveNew Zealand is…
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Bleached sea sponges found in New Zealand waters for first time
Extreme ocean temperatures blamed for turning sea sponges white in more than a dozen sites on southern coastli…
- Biodiversity, Biology, Coastlines, Conservation, Coral, Environment, India, Marine life, Mumbai, Oceans, Photography, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
‘Every time the tide recedes, it’s a new world’: Mumbai’s marine life revealed
A group of sea life enthusiasts is documenting a wealth of species thriving in the shadow of India’s most popu…
- Business, Environment, Health, Marine life, Oceans, Plastics, Pollution, Shipping industry, Society, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Wildlife, World news
‘Oil spills of our time’: experts sound alarm about plastic lost in cargo ship disasters
Sri Lankan beaches buried in pellets only ‘tip of the iceberg’ of environmental harm after analysis of nurdles…
- Business, Cetaceans, Conservation, Environment, Marine life, Shipping industry, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Whales, Wildlife, World news
Change lane, whales ahead: Sri Lanka urged to reroute shipping traffic
Unique colony of blue whales increasingly at risk from tankers and container ships, say marine campaignersScie…
- Animals, Business, Conservation, Environment, Fishing, Fishing industry, Marine life, Oceans, Plastics, Pollution, Shipping industry, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Wildlife, World news
‘Nurdles are everywhere’: how plastic pellets ravaged a Sri Lankan paradise
The country’s golden beaches have turned black as debris released from a sunken ship continues to wreak enviro…
- Animals, Asia Pacific, Cetaceans, Conservation, Environment, Japan, Marine life, Oceans, Whales, Whaling, Wildlife, World news
Japan’s whaling town struggles to keep 400 years of tradition alive
The resumption of killing whales for profit for the first time in over 30 years is offering little cause for c…
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Nurdles: the worst toxic waste you’ve probably never heard of
Billions of these tiny plastic pellets are floating in the ocean, causing as much damage as oil spills, yet th…
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Smuggling Australian rock lobsters into China a national security threat, Hong Kong customs chief says
Louise Ho says activity undermines China’s trade restrictions against Australia and she will ‘pursue it dilige…