U.S. intervention on behalf of endangered or threatened marine mammals and sea turtles caused marked population surges in more than three-quarters of listed species, a study unveiled Wednesday shows.
Read moreJapan announced Wednesday that it is leaving the International Whaling Commission to resume commercial hunts for the animals for the first time in 30 years, but said it would no longer go to the Antarctic for its much-criticized annual killings.
Read moreThe 28-nation EU bloc moved closer Wednesday to banning single-use straws, plates, cutlery and cotton buds after officials from member states and the European Parliament said they’re following recommendations by its executive branch designed to marine pollution.
Read moreFifty-one pilot whales died Friday in a mass stranding in New Zealand, less than a week after 145 pilot whales and nine pygmy killer whales perished in two other unrelated strandings.
Read moreAnimal rights activists are suing to force a federal agency to compel Sea World to release necropsy reports for three whales that died in captivity.
Read moreThree dozen potential actions intended to prevent the extinction of Southern Resident killer whales have hit the desk of Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, but a key member of the group behind the plan says the one action strong enough to give the whales a good chance at survival was too politically charged to make the list.
Read moreUpholding submissions Tuesday related to the conservation of Antarctic resources, the European Court of Justice resolved a power struggle between two of the EU’s decision-making bodies.
Read moreMale humpback whales react to human-generated shipping noise by reducing or ceasing their songs, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal PLOS ONE.
Read moreExperts called on Mexico’s government Wednesday to use floating barriers to enclose a small area of the Gulf of California where a half dozen critically endangered vaquita porpoises were spotted in September.
Read moreA California antiques dealer who sold narwhal tusks to an undercover agent has been sentenced to probation and was ordered to perform community service and pay fines, the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office said Tuesday.
Read moreA federal judge opened the door Thursday for environmentalists to bolster claims over a lobster fishery they blame for the declining population of an endangered whale.
Read moreA seafood industry challenge to a $42.5 million lease for a wind farm off the coast of New York was filed prematurely, a federal judge has ruled.
Read moreBritish officials say the beluga whale spotted in the River Thames seems to be feeding properly and swimming strongly.
Read moreMembers of the International Whaling Commission defeated a Japanese proposal to reinstate commercial whaling at a meeting in Brazil on Friday.
Read moreThousands of Pacific walruses have again gathered on the northwest shore of Alaska as the Chukchi Sea approaches its annual sea ice minimum.
Read moreDecades of politics and foot-dragging have stymied the recovery of threatened and endangered Chinook salmon, while an iconic population of killer whales that depends on them veered toward extinction. Now, a last-ditch effort to save the whales may also be what thwarts the recovery of Chinook.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal Wednesday of a class action accusing SeaWorld of failing to disclose how it treats orcas.The unpublished opinion says SeaWorld had no duty to reveal information that did not “relate to the central functionality of the product.”
Read more“A beautiful and rare sight to see,” Massachusetts officials tweeted Tuesday, captioning a 10-second video of a humpback whale soaring up from the calm waters of Boston Harbor.
Read moreIn a victory for humpback whales and environmentalists, the federal government agreed Friday to establish critical habitat protection for endangered or threatened whales by 2020.
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