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’Rampant’ fishing continues as vaquita numbers dwindle

Mongabay.com 29 Oct 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

Will a massive marine protected area safeguard Cook Islands’ ocean?

Monica Evans 19 Sep 2019

Humpback whales across the Pacific Ocean are singing the same song

Mike Gaworecki 17 Sep 2019

Tests show multi-rotor UAVs can improve cetacean behavioral studies

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 9 Aug 2019

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

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 25 Jul 2019

Vaquita habitat now listed as ‘World Heritage in Danger’

Mongabay.com 10 Jul 2019
A North Pacific right whale. Photo courtesy of NOAA.

Listen to the first-ever recordings of right whales breaking into song

Mike Gaworecki 9 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

Sponges supply DNA for new method of monitoring aquatic biodiversity

Lakshmi Supriya 26 Jun 2019

Chinese nationals arrested in US after smuggling totoaba swim bladders worth $3.7 million from Mexico

Mongabay.com 21 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

Chatty river dolphins in Brazil might help us understand evolution of marine mammal communication

Mike Gaworecki 28 May 2019

Recently discovered Brazilian river dolphin’s calls could help us understand evolution of marine mammal communication

Mongabay.com 1 May 2019
Jacqueline Evans. Image courtesy of Goldman Environmental Prize.

Building the world’s biggest MPA: Q&A with Goldman winner Jacqueline Evans

Monica Evans 30 Apr 2019

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

Mongabay.com 17 Apr 2019

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

Mongabay.com 10 Apr 2019

‘Plastic Soup:’ Photos and Q&A with author of new book documenting plastic pollution and solutions

Mike Gaworecki 3 Apr 2019

Suspected totoaba poachers shot by authorities in Mexico’s Sea of Cortez

Mike Gaworecki 29 Mar 2019

Sea otters leave behind unique archaeological traces, study finds

Mongabay.com 20 Mar 2019

What underwater sounds can tell us about Indian Ocean humpback dolphins

Mike Gaworecki 19 Mar 2019

Tear down the dams: New coalition strives to enshrine rights of orcas

Gianluca Cerullo 19 Mar 2019

‘Like seeing a dinosaur’: Scientists locate mystery killer whales

Mongabay.com 14 Mar 2019

Wildlife conservation strategies must take animals’ social lives into account: Researchers

Mongabay.com 13 Mar 2019

Vaquita still doomed without further disruption of totoaba cartels (commentary)

Andrea Crosta 28 Feb 2019

Blue whales remember best times and places to find prey

Mongabay.com 26 Feb 2019

Plastics found in dolphins, seals, and whales in UK waters

Mongabay.com 21 Feb 2019

Good news from Mexico monarch reserve despite looming deforestation, mine threat

Mike Gaworecki 5 Feb 2019

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