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‘Aquatic cocaine’: Illegal trade in swim bladders of rare fish puts world’s rarest porpoise at risk of extinction

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Jan 2016

New study identifies acoustic sanctuaries for marine mammals

Mike DiGirolamo 12 Jan 2016

Here are the top happy environmental stories of 2015

Mike Gaworecki 31 Dec 2015

Hong Kong’s pink dolphins could disappear due to airport expansion and bridge construction

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Nov 2015

Crab fishermen train as first responders for entangled whales

Kim Smuga-Otto 24 Nov 2015
Muskrat Falls in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, the future site of the hydroelectric dam. The falls will be flooded in 2017. Photo by Amina Schartup.

New dams may expose Canadian seafood consumers to higher levels of neurotoxin

Emily Benson 23 Nov 2015

Preservatives from cosmetics build up in the bodies of far-flung marine mammals

Bethany Augliere 23 Nov 2015

After the NGOs: can Wakatobi National Park survive on its own?

Melati Kaye 18 Nov 2015

BP oil spill may be causing failed pregnancies in dolphins

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Nov 2015

Mystery whale known only from specimens found living in the wild

Rebecca Kessler 3 Nov 2015

Photos: Drone captures stunning images of killer whales

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Oct 2015

Can elephants cure cancer? (Weekly environmental news roundup)

Brittany Stewart 10 Oct 2015

Dolphins caught in fishing nets: to eat or not to eat?

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Sep 2015

Hunted orcas spotlight Caribbean whaling

Mike Gaworecki 17 Aug 2015

Three dead in three weeks: a blow for endangered right whales

Rebecca Kessler 4 Aug 2015

Russia bans driftnet fishing, a reprieve for seabirds and marine mammals

Rebecca Kessler 10 Jul 2015

US ambassador reiterates commitment to controversial Okinawa air base, a setback for endangered dugong

Greg Norman 6 Jul 2015

Population of Maui’s dolphins slips below 50

Rebecca Kessler 5 Jun 2015

Vaquita porpoises down to ‘way less than 100,’ Mexican agents shoot fisherman while enforcing new protected area

Rebecca Kessler 29 May 2015

Expert panel rebukes Japan’s new whaling proposal

Jeremy Hance 15 Apr 2015

Last ditch: Mexico finally gets serious about saving the vaquita

Jeremy Hance 4 Mar 2015

Arctic upheaval: new book outlines challenges at the top of the world

Jeremy Hance 16 Feb 2015

Sundarbans still reeling from effects of December oil spill

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Jan 2015

Ocean’s 15: meet the species that have vanished forever from our seas

Jeremy Hance 15 Jan 2015

Empty seas? Scientists warn of an industrialized ocean

Jeremy Hance 15 Jan 2015

The biggest new species discoveries in 2014 (photos)

Mongabay.com 22 Dec 2014

Genetic sleuthing reveals grisly details of historic whale hunting

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Nov 2014

Russia and China blamed for blocking Antarctic marine reserve

Jeremy Hance 3 Nov 2014

Gold mining expanding rapidly along Guiana Shield, threatening forests, water, wildlife

Dr Liz Kimbrough 22 Oct 2014

Saving the survivor: China scrambles to keep the finless porpoise from extinction

Erik Vance 22 Oct 2014

Saving Peru’s sea turtles and marine birds: conservationists and fishermen partner to tackle bycatch

Jeremy Hance 7 Oct 2014

Is there hope for the vaquita? IUCN calls for action to save world’s smallest, rarest porpoise

Morgan Erickson-Davis 19 Sep 2014

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