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NOAA publishes global list of fisheries and their risks to marine mammals

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2018

Brazil creates four massive marine protected areas

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Mar 2018

‘Ropeless’ consortium aims to end entanglements of declining North Atlantic right whales

John Cannon 29 Mar 2018

Microplastic pollution in world’s oceans poses major threat to filter-feeding megafauna

Mike Gaworecki 23 Mar 2018

Whale of a tale: Protecting Panama’s humpbacks from ship collisions

Andrew J. Wight 8 Feb 2018

African Parks backs marine reserve brimming with wildlife in Mozambique

Mongabay.com 14 Dec 2017

Amazon tribe’s traditional medicine encyclopedia gets an update, and conservation effectiveness in Madagascar examined

Mike Gaworecki 12 Dec 2017

Entanglements hamper reproduction as right whale population slides

John Cannon 5 Dec 2017

4 sperm whales dead after mass stranding in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 14 Nov 2017

‘Record’ number of migratory species protected at October wildlife summit

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2017

‘Ships, sonar and surveys’: Film explores impacts of a noisy ocean

John Cannon 21 Sep 2017

Move to open U.S. Atlantic coast to oil drilling meets increased opposition

Mike Gaworecki 13 Sep 2017

Surprisingly, Indonesia’s most famous dive site is also a playground for whales and dolphins (commentary)

Heike Iris Vester, Ricardo F. Tapilatu 27 Jun 2017

The fight to save Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem

Mike Gaworecki 27 Jun 2017

Whale entanglements skyrocket off the U.S. West Coast

Lillie Howell 19 Jun 2017

Gabon pledges ‘massive’ protected network for oceans

Mongabay.com 6 Jun 2017

Microalgae genes help them adapt to harsh oceans, other species less lucky

Maxine Chen 17 May 2017

Paul Simon on his new tour in support of E.O. Wilson’s Half-Earth initiative

Mike Gaworecki 21 Mar 2017

Rare beaked whale filmed underwater for the first time

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Mar 2017

Newscast #8: Top new species discoveries of 2016, and how fig trees can save rainforests

Mike Gaworecki 27 Dec 2016
Dominica sperm whales near the surface. Photo Courtesy of The Dominica Sperm Whale Project.

Distinctive sperm whale cultures reveal dramatic population shifts in the Galápagos

Yasemin Saplakoglu 23 Nov 2016

Humpback whales learn habitat loyalty from their mothers, Alaskan study shows

Teresa L. Carey 22 Nov 2016
A female North Atlantic right whale and her calf, off Cumberland Island, Georgia, in January 2013. Photo by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, collected under NOAA Research Permit #15488

A week of grim tidings for critically endangered right whales

Rebecca Kessler 6 Oct 2016
A mother humpback and calf off the coast of Maui in the Hawaiian Islands. Photo courtesy of NOAA

Whalesong, interrupted

Melati Kaye 23 Sep 2016

NOAA establishes final rule on marine mammal bycatch for seafood imports

Mike Gaworecki 31 Aug 2016

Humpback whales rescue seals and other animals from killer whales

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Aug 2016

The ‘raven’ whale: scientists uncover new beaked whale

Jeremy Hance 27 Jul 2016

5 Tech Projects That Are Protecting Sharks

Taylor Robb-McCord 30 Jun 2016

Top 10 stories you should be aware of this World Oceans Day, according to Carl Safina

Mike Gaworecki 8 Jun 2016

Japan kills 333 whales, including 200 pregnant females

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Mar 2016

Here are the top happy environmental stories of 2015

Mike Gaworecki 31 Dec 2015

Crab fishermen train as first responders for entangled whales

Kim Smuga-Otto 24 Nov 2015

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