Sei whales, which typically inhabit offshore, deep-water areas, are still classified as endangered on the International Union for Conservation’s Red List of Threatened species The coastal waters ...

In total, 17,072 whales, such as sei and Antarctic minke whales, have been flensed and cut up in the Antarctic Sea, the Northwest Pacific Ocean and waters around Japan. Up until the 1970s when ...

Researchers also created computer models of the sei whale’s vocalizations and matched them to recordings of similar whales taken in the wild. Whales' ancestors were land-dwellers about 50 ...

If widely adopted, this project could translate into a return of around $4,200 next year if you invest $150 today. As ...

In 2024, Japan added a new quota of 59 fin whales, in addition to the Bryde’s, minke and sei whales that it hunts each year. There are concerns that this quota may increase with the launch of ...

IWDG hosts workshop in Killarney to discuss a code of conduct for marine wildlife tour operators in Cork and Kerry.

The humpback that washed up dead in Long Beach this week has been identified as NYC0393, a playful and spirited cetacean who had become familiar to whale watchers last summer for her acrobatic ...

In June, a Pilot whale was found beached in Songkhla, Southern Thailand, choked to death by 80 pieces of plastic rubbish weighing eight kilograms in its stomach. In the same month, a Green turtle was ...

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