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Whale entanglements have been on the rise. Large animals including whales, porpoise, sharks and tuna, have been feeding ...

Ecologists are increasingly tapping into artificial intelligence to help aid conservation, but many are grappling with how to ...

Source: Facebook/EV Photo The upsetting reality of Australia's annual humpback whale migration season has been laid bare after a calf became stranded and died at a popular east coast beach, attracting ...

Brazil’s top environment council cited a recent Mongabay investigation as it weighed a ban on shark fin exports and the use of wire leaders, a type of industrial fishing gear, within marine protected ...

A humpback whale has been spotted tangled in fishing gear near the Ballenas Islands in the Strait of Georgia, sparking an ...

Soaring orcas, curious grey whales, and a toothy alligator—the 2025 Ocean Photographer of the Year awards showcase the ...

A California photographer captured a whale breaching in San Francisco Bay Friday afternoon between the Golden Gate Bridge and ...

Researchers documented 95 large whales entangled in fishing gear in the United States in 2024. That’s an increase from 2023 ...

The 6.3m-long carcass is likely to have been swept into Singapore’s waters. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

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A stranded humpback whale has died on a Dunedin beach despite efforts from rescue teams to save it. The Department of ...