A post-mortem found the animal had been heavily pregnant with a near-term calf. Mr Barnett said the porpoise displayed "clear signs of entanglement" in monofilament fishing net, a ...

We are proud to work in partnership with many agencies to protect our wildlife along the coastline and inland.” To report stranded wildlife, call the RSPCA on 03001 234999 for live strandings, and the ...

Bottlenose dolphins are marine mammals that belong to the order Cetacea, which also includes porpoises and whales. Cetaceans spend their lives in the water, but as mammals, they have lungs.

In each attack, between 50 and 75 orcas took part. “This is the biggest predation event on the planet,” Robert Pitman, cetacean ecologist at Oregon State University Marine Mammal Institute ...

The Appendices of the Convention provide the lists of wild species that are protected by the Convention. In the introductory text here we should add : Appendix I includes wild flora species and ...

A rare juvenile minke whale that had repeatedly been seen stranded in the San Francisco Bay was euthanized Tuesday after officials determined the mammal had little chance for survival. The ...

The Unalaska Police Department in the US state of Alaska confirmed Saturday (April 5) that it found the remains of Jacob Riley Veeser, a crew member from the fishing vessel Lady Alaska, who was ...

director of cetacean conservation biology at the center. "With the bay serving as a shared space for commerce and increasing whale activity, it's vital that all boaters, from large commercial ...

Florida has already made it mandatory to install bycatch reduction devices (BRDs) on all recreational crab traps in Florida to reduce terrapin drowning. “We are still pushing for this to be mandatory ...

The company, founded by Toronto-based Josh Wong, was spun out of GE with a $5-million seed investment. Bottom trawling, a technique used for centuries, damages reefs and ocean habitats and contributes ...

An 11-foot, 2-inch great white shark named Dold was tagged by OCEARCH scientists off the coast of Georgia in February 2025. Dold has traveled nearly 1,000 miles and was recently detected off the ...

Director of Cetacean Conservation Biology at The Marine Mammal Center. "There continues to be a significant number of gray whale sightings in San Francisco Bay as this species continues their ...