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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

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

Liz Kimbrough 20 Apr 2020

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

Barinia Montoya 20 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

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

Malavika Vyawahare 7 Feb 2020

Key cetacean site in Philippines sees drop in dolphin, whale sightings

Leilani Chavez 31 Jan 2020

2019’s top 10 ocean news stories (commentary)

Emma Critchley and Douglas McCauley 25 Dec 2019

Orca grandmothers help improve survival odds of their grandkids, study finds

Mongabay.com 10 Dec 2019

Canaries in the coal mine? North Atlantic right whale use of key habitat changing rapidly

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2019

Last of the belugas from Russia’s ‘whale jail’ released

Mongabay.com 15 Nov 2019

There’s a new fin whale subspecies in the North Pacific

Mongabay.com 1 Nov 2019

Once close to extinction, western South Atlantic humpback population close to full recovery

Mongabay.com 22 Oct 2019

Expedition finds new humpback breeding ground and sends first deep divers to Amazon Reef

Mongabay.com 4 Oct 2019

Baby whale wears a camera, reveals its travel and nursing behavior: video

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 25 Jul 2019

Japan resumes commercial whale hunting

Mongabay.com 2 Jul 2019

Six endangered North Atlantic right whales died last month alone

Mongabay.com 1 Jul 2019

Researchers discover right whales singing for the first time ever

Mongabay.com 28 Jun 2019

Canada passes ‘Free Willy’ bill to ban captivity of all whales, dolphins

Mongabay.com 11 Jun 2019
A short-finned pilot whale in the Canary Islands, Spain. Image by Gustavo Perez via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

New pilot whale subspecies revealed: Q&A with marine biologist Amy Van Cise

Rebecca Kessler 7 Jun 2019

The health of penguin chicks points scientists to changes in the ocean

Mongabay.com 22 May 2019

’Unprecedented’ loss of biodiversity threatens humanity, report finds

Mongabay.com 7 May 2019

Killer whale vs. great white? No contest — the shark always flees

Mongabay.com 25 Apr 2019

Swelling amount of plastic in the ocean confirmed by new study

John Cannon 17 Apr 2019

Omura’s whale much more widespread across the globe than previously thought

Mongabay.com 17 Apr 2019

Scientists urge overhaul of the world’s parks to protect biodiversity

John Cannon 11 Apr 2019

Russia plans to release nearly 100 belugas, orcas from icy ‘whale jail’

Mongabay.com 10 Apr 2019

Crab season to be cut short in California to protect whales and turtles

Mongabay.com 1 Apr 2019

New research teases apart complex effects of naval sonar on whales

Mongabay.com 28 Mar 2019

Latam Eco Review: Pumas hate disco and Ecuador’s newly described glass frog

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2019

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