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Two Iberian orcas pictured off the coast of Spain. Image courtesy of circe.info.

Iberian orcas sink sailboat in latest ramming ‘game’ in Portugal

Shanna Hanbury 19 Sep 2025

Once again, an endangered orca in Washington state is seen carrying a dead calf

Associated Press 16 Sep 2025
A man walks past kelp in the Pacific Ocean at La Jolla Shores, San Diego.

Post-Blob, California’s kelp crisis isn’t going away

David Helvarg 9 Sep 2025
Banner image of a school of grunts (Pomadasys incisus) in the Teno-Rasca Marine Strip by Diego Delso via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Goldman Prize winner’s shift from engineer to activist in Tenerife, Canary Islands

Mongabay.com 13 Aug 2025
A humpback whale fluke.

Krill fishery in Antarctica shut down after record catch triggers unprecedented early closure

Associated Press 5 Aug 2025
A beluga whale in the Arctic Ocean near Norway.

Saving polar bears and beluga whales: Interview with Alysa McCall

Abhishyant Kidangoor 24 Jul 2025

James ‘Buddy’ Powell, defender of manatees, died on July 19, aged 70

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Jul 2025

Global tracking study reveals marine megafauna hotspots lie largely unprotected

Keith Anthony Fabro 16 Jul 2025
Banner image of a humpback whale breaching in Iceland, by Giles Laurent via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Commuter traffic stops for whales on Australia’s humpback highway

Associated Press 27 Jun 2025
wo whales allokelping, with a small length of kelp stem visible between them. Center for Whale Research, NMFS NOAA Permit 27038

Orcas discovered making tools from seaweed to ‘massage’ each other

Liz Kimbrough 25 Jun 2025
How manatees won over an entire village. Manatee Brazil

Brazil manatee hunters become advocates as village turns to ecotourism

Mongabay.com 20 Jun 2025
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.

Whales still aren’t ‘eating all the fish’ (commentary)

Peter Corkeron 18 Jun 2025
Pelicans have rebounded on the restored Queen Bess Island off the coast of Louisiana. Photo courtesy of Alisha Renfro

Pelicans recover, but dolphins and other species struggle 15 years after BP oil spill

Mongabay.com 18 Jun 2025

Alaska wolves poisoned by mercury after switching to sea otter diet

Bobby Bascomb 13 Jun 2025

Climate change and shrinking Arctic sea ice threaten bowhead whales

Bobby Bascomb 6 Jun 2025
Humpback whales in Western Australia. Image courtesy of Emilie Ledwidge/Ocean Image Bank.

World Oceans Day: Scientists find new clues about frontiers of ocean life

Mongabay.com 6 Jun 2025

Signs of hope as elephant seals rebound from avian flu in remote Chilean fjord

Barinia Montoya 4 Jun 2025

The Great Whale Conveyor Belt (cartoon)

Rohan Chakravarty 13 May 2025
A pod of Sperm Whales move into a defense line to stop a pod of Orcas (Killer Whales) getting to their calf, off the coast of Sri Lanka. Image © Paul Hilton / Greenpeace.

Our responsibility for cetacean conservation grows with proof of their intelligence (commentary)

Avery Ancell 8 May 2025

Ronan the sea lion outperforms humans at keeping a steady beat, study finds

Bobby Bascomb 7 May 2025

Blue whale decline in Sri Lanka tied to climate and human activity

Simon Payne 30 Apr 2025
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.

Listening to whales is key to their conservation

Mike DiGirolamo 29 Apr 2025

Whales and dolphins at risk as report reveals ecological decline in Gulf of California

Astrid Arellano 25 Apr 2025
Two North Atlantic right whales photographed in the Bahamas. Image courtesy of Jero Prieto/Pelagic Life.

Critically endangered right whales spotted in the Bahamas for first time

Shanna Hanbury 21 Apr 2025
Dugong in Thailand

Dugong numbers plummet amid seagrass decline in Thailand’s Andaman Sea

Carolyn Cowan 10 Apr 2025
Banner image of a humpback whale breaching in Iceland, by Giles Laurent via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Study delves into increase in humpback whale sightings in UK and Ireland

Kristine Sabillo 4 Apr 2025
Banner image of deep-sea corals on the ocean floor via NOAA (Public domain).

Global seabed regulator concerned by mining company’s unilateral actions

Kristine Sabillo 2 Apr 2025
(left) Endangered Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus), Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, Florida. by David Hinkel. (right) Manatee. Photo courtesy of NOAA's National Ocean Service

Manatees in peril as human pressures push gentle giants toward the brink

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Mar 2025
A northern elephant seal in Año Nuevo Island Reserve.

Seal ‘oceanographers’ reveal fish abundance in Pacific Ocean’s twilight zone

Spoorthy Raman 18 Mar 2025

Whale songs rise and fall with food supply, study finds.

Bobby Bascomb 12 Mar 2025
Amazonian manatees at a rescue center in Peru.

Amazonian manatees are gardeners of the forests, research shows (cartoon)

Rohan Chakravarty 4 Feb 2025
A humpback whale

Study suggests algal blooms disorient whales, putting them in danger

Keith Anthony Fabro 4 Feb 2025

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