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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
Due to their nonselective nature, shark nets and drum lines frequently kill sharks that don’t pose a threat to humans. Image from "Monsters" courtesy of Skyler Thomas.

Proposed shark net near Club Med resort in South Africa sparks conservation clash

Victoria Schneider 4 Mar 2026

Climate change is slowing southern right whale birth rate, 33-year study finds

Liz Kimbrough 27 Feb 2026
Study co-author Tom Hart changes the batteries on a remote camera. Penguin Watch’s camera network includes more than 77 cameras that monitor penguin colonies year-round, providing a wealth of data.

Penguins are breeding much earlier in a warming Antarctic, study finds

Ruth Kamnitzer 25 Feb 2026
Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus); the species is one of 19 cetacean species that spend time in the Azores.

Azores dodges proposal to overturn no-fishing zones in its giant new MPA network

Maria José Mendes 23 Feb 2026

Scientists discover a new whale highway after tagging a pygmy blue whale by drone

Claire Turrell 18 Feb 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

Mexico considers shrinking protected areas for endangered vaquita porpoise

Maxwell Radwin 10 Feb 2026
Scientists Yanive Aluma and Odel Harve check on a subaquatic whale-recording device. Image courtesy of Project CETI.

Scientists call for ethics rules as AI fuels animal communication research

Mongabay.com 10 Feb 2026

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

Edward Carver 5 Feb 2026

Lower levels of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ in North Atlantic whales show regulations work: Study

Liz Kimbrough 3 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
A North Atlantic right whale with calf. Image via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

North Atlantic right whale births increase

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Jan 2026

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

Associated Press 7 Jan 2026
A camera-trap image of a flat-headed cat in Thailand’s Princess Sirindhorn Wildlife Sanctuary. Image courtesy of DNP/Panthera.

7 hopeful wildlife sightings that researchers celebrated in 2025

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Jan 2026
A southern sea otter.

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

Christine Heinrichs 19 Dec 2025

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