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An Indus river dolphin

Pakistan expands protected habitat for Indus River dolphin as recovery offers hope

Muhammad Talal 24 Sep 2026
A sperm whale resting and releasing bubbles. Image courtesy of the University of St Andrews.

Sperm whales blow bubbles to stay afloat while resting, research shows

Shanna Hanbury 21 Sep 2026
Pilot whale - thumbnail

These dolphins are shouting

Shanna Hanbury 21 Sep 2026

H5N1 bird flu jumps to marine mammals and wildlife in Australia

Naina Rao 21 Sep 2026
Herring are unloaded from a fishing boat in Rockland, Maine, in 2015.

US move to loosen restrictions on fishing could harm vital ecosystems, experts warn

Jules Struck 18 Sep 2026
A newborn Irrawaddy dolphin calf, approximately three days old, was seen on Feb. 17, 2026

Mekong’s Irrawaddy dolphins find cautious hope amid a river in crisis

Eung Sea 17 Sep 2026

Marine heatwave likely caused sharp decline in Hawaiian humpback whales, study finds

Bobby Bascomb 15 Sep 2026
Codamozza (Italian for “Cut Tail”), a fin whale often sighted by the Italian marine conservation nonprofit Tethys Research Institute in the Pelagos Sanctuary

Can we stop ships from killing the Mediterranean’s last great whales?

Clea Skopeliti, Federica Rossi, Wouter Massink 14 Sep 2026
A Ganges river dolphin in Bangladesh.

Against the odds, endangered dolphins survive in Bangladesh’s polluted river

Md Jahidul Islam 14 Sep 2026
A striped dolphin caught in a driftnet off the Azores, North Atlantic.

World Dolphin Day: Reporting unusual behavior, threats and increased protections

Mongabay.com 11 Sep 2026

How to enhance ocean health and resilience with marine rewilding

Bobby Bascomb 9 Sep 2026

Togo cosponsors proposal to review commercial whaling ban

Victoria Schneider 1 Sep 2026
Dead sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis) in a remote fjord of Central Patagonia in 2015

Scientists use satellites to track whale strandings in remote places from space

Manuel Fonseca 31 Aug 2026

US environmental groups plan to sue to relist gray whales under Endangered Species Act

David Brown 27 Aug 2026
A gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) and chick. Penguins in Antarctica face converging threats from krill fishing and climate change. Image courtesy of Shawn Heinrichs.

Antarctic krill fishery closes months early amid increasing fishing pressure

Francesco De Augustinis 24 Aug 2026
A colony of Cape Fur seals during a euthanasia attempt of a Cape Fur seal suspected of having rabies at Seal Island in False Bay in Cape Town, South Africa on August 07, 2024. Image by Matrix Images / Nic Bothma.

A deadly cross over: In South Africa, rabies moves from land animals to seals

Nic Bothma 24 Aug 2026
Found across the Canary Islands, the scarlet sea fan (Leptogorgia ruberrima) is a soft octocoral that provides shelter and food for many fish and other marine organisms. Image by thorsten72 via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Spain proposes 23 new marine protected areas in the Canary Islands and Mediterranean

Francesco De Augustinis 21 Aug 2026

Dolphin mother and calf observed using shells to catch fish in Australia

Bobby Bascomb 19 Aug 2026
Whale slaughtering in Hvalfjörður, Iceland, July 2009. Image by Dagur Brynjólfsson via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Iceland to deport antiwhaling protest ship’s crew after they interfered with whale hunt

Alex Megerle 11 Aug 2026
One of the six belugas being transferred from Marineland in Canada to Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.

As Canada’s captive belugas arrive in the US, questions linger about their future

Spoorthy Raman 7 Aug 2026
Stranded whale calf in Mumbai. Image courtesy of Shaunak Modi.

What happens after a whale strands on a Mumbai beach?

Stephin Thomas 6 Aug 2026

Gray whales are suffering catastrophic population decline in the Pacific Ocean

David Brown 16 Jul 2026
A striped dolphin caught in a driftnet off the Azores, North Atlantic.


Seeking swordfish, catching dolphins and whales: EU pushes to rein in driftnets

Victoria Schneider 8 Jul 2026
Humpback whales in French Polynesian waters. The intensity and duration of marine heat waves could have widespread effects on marine biodiversity, increasing the likelihood of species displacement and mortality. Image by Toby Matthews / Ocean Image Bank.

Listen to whales to improve connection, care & ocean health (commentary)

David Gruber, Sylvia Earle 6 Jul 2026
A fin whale captured off the coast of Lüderitz, Namibia, in 2014. Image courtesy of Sara Golaski for the Namibian Dolphin Project.

Sightings off Southern Africa suggest blue and fin whales may be rebounding

David Brown 6 Jul 2026

Sightings of humpback whales surge in Rio de Janeiro, fueling demand for whale-watching trips

Associated Press 2 Jul 2026
Dugong in Thailand.

An island community in Thailand works to protect and revive its dugongs

Mongabay.com 24 Jun 2026

US moves to allow commercial fishing in Pacific marine protected areas

Bobby Bascomb 22 Jun 2026
Sharks in French Polynesia. Image courtesy of Hannes Klostermann, Ocean Image Bank.

French Polynesia expands ocean protections to 30% of its waters

David Brown 18 Jun 2026
A humpback whale fluke.

Protect Antarctic krill to preserve the health of Africa’s coastal communities (commentary)

Carmen dos Santos 17 Jun 2026
A mangrove-rich coastal landscape in Tanzania. Protecting and restoring mangrove ecosystems is a cornerstone of community-led marine conservation efforts across East Africa. Photo courtesy of Mwambao Coastal Community Network.

Africa’s community-led marine organizations on which 30×30 depends

David Akana 17 Jun 2026
Humpback whale family swimming

How courtrooms are deciding the fate of whales

Izzy Sasada 15 Jun 2026

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