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Endangered Antarctic fur seals on South Georgia Island. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

China and Norway push to increase krill harvests around Antarctica

Francesco De Augustinis 14 May 2026

A baby boom for North Atlantic right whales, but extinction still a threat

Bobby Bascomb 6 May 2026

Iceland plans to resume whale hunting this summer

Bobby Bascomb 4 May 2026

Endangered whale protections may be delayed to 2035 under Trump-backed plan

Associated Press 4 May 2026

World’s largest shark conference is set to begin in Sri Lanka next week

Malaka Rodrigo 1 May 2026

Singapore to halt sourcing and breeding dolphins

Mongabay.com 23 Apr 2026

Chile’s plan to protect another 10% of its ocean is stalled by the new government

Shanna Hanbury 23 Apr 2026
Southern resident orcas, an endangered subspecies, are threatened by a decline in their food sources, noise pollution and vessel traffic.

AI tool listens for endangered orcas in real time to reduce human disturbance

Abhishyant Kidangoor 22 Apr 2026
A dugong munches seagrass near Marsa Alam, Egypt. Image by Julien Willem via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Drones aid dugong conservation as threats mount across their range

Mark Hillsdon 16 Apr 2026

San Francisco Bay emerges as high-risk area for migrating gray whales

David Brown 15 Apr 2026
Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella). Image courtesy of Kit Kovacs & Christian Lydersen/Norwegian Polar Institute.

Antarctic fur seals now endangered as climate change reduces krill for pups

Shanna Hanbury 9 Apr 2026

Orcas never seen before in Seattle delight whale watchers with a visit

Associated Press 3 Apr 2026
Visitors are silhouetted against a dolphin exhibit on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at the Marine Life Park at Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore.

Singapore resort said to halt controversial dolphin sourcing, breeding

Robin Hicks 31 Mar 2026

A stranded whale in Germany’s Baltic Sea weakens as hopes of its return to the Atlantic fade

Associated Press 30 Mar 2026

Family and friends help sperm whale mother and newborn during birth

Bobby Bascomb 26 Mar 2026
Manatees image courtesy of Jorge Zamora.

On Manatee Appreciation Day, remember these gentle giants who protect aquatic ecosystems (commentary)

Omar Vidal 24 Mar 2026

Mass pilot whale stranding in Indonesia raises questions about ocean health

Mongabay.com 14 Mar 2026
Visitors interact with belugas at Marineland of Canada, in 2001. At one point, the facility had nearly 60 belugas, the most of any such facility in the world, and ran a successful breeding operation before Canada enacted a law banning cetaceans in captivity in 2019. Image by rdoroshenko via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Belugas facing euthanasia at shuttered Canada theme park may find new homes in US

Spoorthy Raman 11 Mar 2026

Antarctic krill sustainability label questioned

Bobby Bascomb 5 Mar 2026

PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ are falling in North Atlantic whales after phaseout

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Feb 2026

US ocean regulator faces criticism over changes to right whale protection rule

Associated Press 16 Feb 2026

A 410-pound manatee rescued from a Florida storm drain is recovering at SeaWorld Orlando

Associated Press 12 Feb 2026

Global moratorium on whaling, a ‘defining moment,’ turns 40

Edward Carver 5 Feb 2026
Division in April 2023/04/09. Photo credit: New England Aquarium

Division’s final journey

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Feb 2026
A crew prepares the ground for electric poles near homes destroyed by the Pacific Palisades Fire in Malibu, California, U.S., in January 2025. Image by AP Photo/Richard Vogel.

Ocean set ‘alarming’ new temperature record in 2025

Edward Carver 16 Jan 2026

North Atlantic right whale birth rate is up but extinction still looms

Associated Press 7 Jan 2026
A southern sea otter.

Zombie urchins & the Blob: California sea otters face new threats & ecosystem shifts

Christine Heinrichs 19 Dec 2025

A rare right whale spotted off Ireland resurfaces near Boston

Bobby Bascomb 17 Dec 2025

Elephant seals can recognize the voices of their rivals

Bobby Bascomb 11 Dec 2025
A diver swimming close to a female sperm whale pod.

Unregulated tourism risks disrupting Timor-Leste’s whale migration

Robin Hicks 11 Dec 2025

The last of the Vaquita Porpoise (cartoon)

Rohan Chakravarty 9 Dec 2025
A breaching northern bottlenose soars out of the water. Image by Sanna Isojunno via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

A rare bright spot for whales: Decades of conservation pay off for endangered population in Canada

Stella Mayerhoff 5 Dec 2025

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