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Can whales and dolphins catch COVID-19 from wastewater? It’s murky

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 3 Dec 2020

Countries fall short of U.N. pledge to protect 10% of the ocean by 2020

Chris Arsenault 2 Dec 2020

Dolphins face growing pressure as development eats into Borneo’s interior

Carolyn Cowan 2 Dec 2020
Nine of the 15 pygmy sperm whales (Kogia breviceps) autopsied for the study were emaciated when they died, zero were considered to be in ‘robust’ condition. Photo Credit: Inwater Research Group

Are industrial chemicals killing rare whales and familiar dolphins?

Cypress Hansen 24 Nov 2020

Whale zone ahead: A cetacean speed trap tags ships going over the limit

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 10 Nov 2020

Sri Lankans save pilot whales in epic rescue after mass stranding

Malaka Rodrigo 5 Nov 2020

‘No other choice’: Groups push to protect vast swaths of Antarctic seas

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Oct 2020

New tool alerts ships when whales are near. But will they slow down?

Claudia Geib 23 Sep 2020

Mauritians take to the street over oil spill and dolphin and whale deaths

Malavika Vyawahare 1 Sep 2020

481 and counting: Norway’s whaling catch hits four-year high

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 27 Aug 2020

Singing and whistling cetaceans of southern Africa revealed by bioacoustics

Mike Gaworecki 19 Aug 2020

To flourish, Sri Lanka’s whale-watching industry must operate responsibly (commentary)

Ranil P. Nanayakkara 5 Aug 2020

Narwhals beware: Killer whales are on the rise in the Arctic

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 23 Jul 2020

Brazil could dynamite Amazon dolphin, turtle habitat for industrial waterway

Tiffany Higgins 2 Jul 2020

Animals have culture, too, and for some it’s crucial to their survival and conservation

Mike Gaworecki 24 Jun 2020

Amazon river dolphin risks extinction if Brazil moratorium not renewed

Peter Yeung 16 Jun 2020

Caught on camera: Rare finless porpoises sighted in Hong Kong waters

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 8 Jun 2020

Baby humpback whales bulk up in Hawaii ahead of migration [VIDEO]

Liz Kimbrough 5 Jun 2020

Economists put a price tag on living whales in Brazil: $82 billion

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 18 May 2020

Researchers miss out on sperm whale superpod in Sri Lanka amid pandemic

Malaka Rodrigo 6 May 2020

Iceland won’t be killing any whales this year

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 27 Apr 2020

Russia lists Caspian seals and orcas as endangered species after ‘whale jail’ controversy

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 24 Apr 2020

Decade after BP Deepwater Horizon spill, oil drilling is as dangerous as ever

Liz Kimbrough 20 Apr 2020

COVID-19 forces Sea Shepherd to suspend patrols to protect last vaquitas

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 10 Apr 2020

In Sri Lanka, gillnets targeting tuna claim dolphin lives

Malaka Rodrigo 8 Apr 2020

Chile: Expedition to the end of the world, where humpback whales are thriving

Barinia Montoya 20 Mar 2020

Songs and sounds of Bering Sea whales and seals reveal a story of change

Mike Gaworecki 17 Mar 2020

New right whale protection measures announced by Canadian government

Mike Gaworecki 6 Mar 2020

In Chile, scientists seek the cause of blue whales’ mystery skin lesions

Michelle Carrere 2 Mar 2020

Bid to get ‘aquatic wild meat’ off the menu and under protection

Edward Carver 28 Feb 2020

Listening to marine mammals is helping scientists understand Arctic impacts of climate change

Mongabay.com 24 Feb 2020

Beaked whales’ stealth behavior gives clues to mystery of mass stranding

Malavika Vyawahare 7 Feb 2020

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