カテゴリー: Marine life
Ian Gowrie-Smith says he was frustrated the Australian government did not respond to urgent funding request for turtle conservationGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastThe owner of 21 tropical islands off the coast of Papu…
Scientists used satellite images and more than 300,000 volunteers to count Weddell seals, a key Southern Ocean indicator speciesResearchers believe they have accurately estimated Antarctica’s Weddell seal population for the first time – using images fr…
Researchers and local iwi looking into whether increased reports of great whites around Bay of Plenty could be linked to warming oceansGreat white shark sightings are increasing in one of New Zealand’s most popular coastal holiday spots, with a team of…
Dozens of vets and volunteers are caring for Irrawaddy dolphin calf that was too weak to swim after suffering lung infectionA dolphin calf found drowning in a tidal pool on Thailand’s shore is being cared for by dozens of veterinarians and volunteers.T…
As over-harvesting of edible creatures adds to pressures on shoreline ecosystems, local groups and iwi urge temporary bans New Zealanders are calling for authorities to restrict the pillaging of the country’s rockpools and shorelines, amid fears that a…
Researchers say tens of millions of sponges may have been affected by protracted marine heatwaveNew Zealand is experiencing the largest bleaching of sea sponges ever recorded, scientists say, after extreme ocean temperatures turned millions of the aqua…
Extreme ocean temperatures blamed for turning sea sponges white in more than a dozen sites on southern coastlineSea sponges off New Zealand’s southern coastline have been found bleached bone-white for the first time, following extreme ocean temperature…
A group of sea life enthusiasts is documenting a wealth of species thriving in the shadow of India’s most populous city, from glowing coral to octopusesA hidden forest of algae sponges and hydroids photographed at low tide; a stunning night image of gr…
Sri Lankan beaches buried in pellets only ‘tip of the iceberg’ of environmental harm after analysis of nurdles from burning shipContainer ship accidents at sea should be considered the “oil spills of our time”, warned environmental organisations that f…
Unique colony of blue whales increasingly at risk from tankers and container ships, say marine campaignersScientists and conservation groups are calling for one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes to be rerouted in an effort to protect the world’s la…
The country’s golden beaches have turned black as debris released from a sunken ship continues to wreak environmental and economic havocWhen Adnan Sheikh took his family on holiday to Sri Lanka last October, he booked them into a hotel for two weeks in…
The resumption of killing whales for profit for the first time in over 30 years is offering little cause for celebrationYou don’t have to look far to find evidence of Wada’s centuries-old connection to whaling. Visitors to the town on Japan’s Pacific c…
Billions of these tiny plastic pellets are floating in the ocean, causing as much damage as oil spills, yet they are still not classified as hazardousWhen the X-Press Pearl container ship caught fire and sank in the Indian Ocean in May, Sri Lanka was t…
Louise Ho says activity undermines China’s trade restrictions against Australia and she will ‘pursue it diligently’Get our free news app; get our morning email briefingRampant smuggling of Australian rock lobsters into mainland China is a national secu…