NOAA Designates Additional Critical Habitat for Sea Turtles off West Coast
NOAA announced the designation of additional critical habitat to provide protection for endangered leatherback sea turtles along the U.S. West Coast. NOAA is designating 41,914 square miles of marine habitat in the Pacific Ocean off the coasts of California, Oregon and Washington.
Dramatic Loss of Harp Seals Amid Warming: Study
Harp seal pups off the coast of eastern Canada are dying at alarming rates due to a loss of winter ice cover, according to US scientists from Duke University, who questioned if the declining population will be able to recover.
Oil On canvas
The oil prints featured in this video were made with birds killed by the Rena oil spill. It is hoped that Oil On Canvas exhibition can serve as a memorial to the creatures that lost their lives and as a stark reminder of the devastation an oil spill can cause, and warning against the far greater risk posed by deep sea oil drilling.
World-first Hybrid Shark Found Off Australia
Scientists discovered the world’s first hybrid sharks off Australia’s east coast, a potential sign the predators were adapting to cope with climate change.
20 Tonnes Of Dead Herrings Wash Up On Norwegian Coast
Norwegians have been left puzzled at the sight of thousands of dead herring fishes carpeting the beach of Kvaenes, in the northerly district of Nordreisa with some wondering if a predator had driven them to their death or a storm had washed them ashore.
Number of sea turtles visiting Kerala shores dwindling, India
Unpolluted Kerala beaches have always been the favourite nesting grounds for marine turtles, but their imprints may soon be washed away for ever.
Stranded Polar Bears at Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska
Possibly hundreds of bears are becoming stranded on the coastal plain of North Alaska, because they cannot reach the retreating sea ice. Will Rose and Kajsa Sjölander, captured shots of stranded polar bears as part of “70° North”, a multimedia project documenting the impact of climate change and resources exploration in the Arctic.
Whales In The Desert: A Fossil Mystery
More than 2 million years ago, scores of whales congregating off the Pacific Coast of South America mysteriously met their end, in a same corner of the Atacama Desert, Chile. Today, they have emerged again atop a desert hill more than a kilometer (half a mile) from the surf, where researchers have begun to unearth one of the world’s best-preserved graveyards of prehistoric whales.
22 Beached Whales Die, Tasmania
Twenty-four sperm whales, each weighing two tonnes and up to 12 metres (40 feet) long, washed ashore on Saturday at Ocean Beach near Strahan, Tasmania, 22 of them died, as rescuers are racing to save the last two…