First account of apparent alloparental care of a long-finned pilot whale calf by a female killer whale near Snæfellsnes, in west Iceland ~enviro Article 3871 words 8 votes
Excessive outbreaks of seaweed are clogging up our waters – now the algae is being harvested alongside farmed crops to create ingredients for cosmetics and food products ~science biology.marine chemistry.bio Article 812 words 5 votes
Research group Whale Wise are investigating how net entanglement is affecting humpback whale populations in Iceland using drones ~enviro Article 938 words 3 votes
OneWhale charity aims to establish first open water safe haven in a reserve for whales, including a Russian beluga that went viral on YouTube ~enviro conservation Article 677 words 2 votes
Alaska cancels snow crab season for first time after population collapses ~enviro climate change Article 575 words 16 votes
Coral Vita aims to grow corals up to fifty times faster than in nature through land-based farms ~enviro climate change conservation Article 3200 words 7 votes
How this Florida town became the sea sponge capital of the world | Big Business ~finance business economics Video 11:06 2 votes
The Norwegians should not have killed Freya the walrus – if we valued the lives of animals, we would not simply exterminate the ones that inconvenience us ~enviro Article 1338 words 6 votes
Is Japan's whaling industry going under as demand sinks? ~enviro conservation Article 956 words, published Nov 7 2017 5 votes
Freya the walrus sinks boats and captures hearts in Norway – enchanting but unwittingly destructive 600kg marine mammal has taken up residence in Oslo fjord ~enviro Article 411 words 7 votes
Greenland sharks born long before the Industrial Revolution are still hunting Arctic waters to this day – but they face an uncertain future ~enviro climate change Article 502 words 7 votes
Faroe Islands to provisionally limit its controversial dolphin hunt to 500 animals after receiving widespread criticism ~enviro Article 38 words 4 votes
After a four-year hiatus, Iceland's last remaining whaling company will resume its hunt this summer, much to the chagrin of tourism officials ~enviro Article 929 words 6 votes
Over sixty pilot whales have been butchered alive in the Faroe Islands' first whale slaughter of the season ~enviro Article 811 words, published Jun 14 2022 2 votes
Scientists want to protect narwhals, but the Greenlanders who hunt them say their traditions are being ignored ~enviro conservation Article 1316 words 6 votes
From high-protein food to plastics and fuel, Swedish scientists are attempting to tap seaweed's huge potential ~science biology.marine chemistry.bio Article 1464 words 8 votes
Iceland's plan to end commercial whaling is driven by falling demand but also a fifteen-year-long campaign aimed at their biggest consumers of whale meat – tourists ~enviro conservation Article 1071 words 4 votes
Iceland's last remaining whaling company said it planned to hunt this summer for the first time since 2018 ~enviro Article 349 words 5 votes
Commercial whaling in Iceland could be banned within two years, after a government minister said there was little justification for the practice ~enviro Article 54 words, published Feb 4 2022 5 votes
Humble suckers: Pacific lamprey have survived five mass extinctions but are now under threat ~enviro conservation Article 2130 words, published Jan 26 2022 2 votes
The search for what's harming Florida's beloved bonefish ~enviro conservation Article 1991 words 4 votes
The dolphin clitoris is full of surprises, scientists discover ~science biology.marine Article 665 words 10 votes
Our reliance on fossil fuels is harming marine ecosystems - but the platforms we use to extract oil are giving marine life new homes ~enviro Article 5073 words 3 votes
"The project goal is to connect a worldwide array of sensors that monitor the sparsely observed deep ocean environment, ocean climate, and sea level rise." ~science biology.marine Link 5 votes
Norway is to introduce new traps to protect wild salmon after experts warned they could become endangered as a result of contact with their farmed counterparts ~enviro conservation Article 575 words 5 votes
Practice of dolphin hunting in the Faroe Islands has come under renewed scrutiny after more than 1,400 of the mammals were killed in one day ~enviro Article 946 words 11 votes
Female octopuses throw things at males that are harassing them ~science biology.marine Article 641 words 20 votes
International seafood company Grieg Seafood leaked nearly 4,000 gallons of chlorine into a northern Norway fjord, killing approximately 96,000 fish ~enviro pollution.water Article 336 words 9 votes
Meth addiction in fish poses threat to ecosystem balance, study says ~science biology.marine Article 686 words 7 votes
We’ve barely explored the darkest realm of the ocean. With rare-metal mining on the rise, we’re already destroying it. ~enviro Article 3093 words 6 votes
Humpback whale gulps and spits out Cape Cod lobsterman ~science biology.marine Article 58 words 14 votes
Plans to capture and run six-hour-long sound tests on young minke whales are set to go ahead in Norway despite condemnation from more than fifty international scientists ~science biology.marine Article 695 words 5 votes
Study seeks origins of ghost nets that haunt Hawaii’s shores ~enviro pollution.water Article published May 27 2021 5 votes
England’s largest seagrass planting programme gets underway ~enviro climate change Article 364 words 7 votes
Satellite imagery shows northern California kelp forests have collapsed ~enviro Article 772 words 10 votes
Once mysterious, ocean surface slicks are pelagic nurseries for diverse fishes ~science biology.marine Article 894 words 6 votes
Efforts are under way to designate the site of a 60,000 year old submerged forest off the Alabama coast a marine sanctuary ~enviro conservation Article 765 words 11 votes
An invasion of king crabs from Russia into Norway created a lucrative fishing industry – and difficult choices ~enviro Article 1392 words 6 votes
Does it make sense to grow fish in indoor tanks? Inland farms offer an alternative to diminishing wild Atlantic salmon stocks, but the price tag is higher carbon emissions. ~enviro Article 1338 words 4 votes
Coral discovered in uncharted Danish waters – a mapping project led by the conservationist Klaus Thymann has revealed a rich, varied habitat off the coast of Jutland ~science biology.marine Article published Jul 17 2020 5 votes
Researchers created amino acids and primitive membranes by simulating conditions found at scalding vents on the ocean floor ~science biology.marine Article 1310 words, published Jul 21 2020 6 votes
Tahlequah, the orca who carried her dead calf for seventeen days in 2018, is pregnant again ~enviro conservation Article 4 votes
Sea turns blood red as more than 250 whales slaughtered in 'barbaric' hunt in Faroe Islands – environmental activist calls for boycott ~enviro Article 415 words, published Jul 21 2020 14 votes
The oddball dolphin of Dingle: Living solo for decades in an Irish harbor, a dolphin named Fungie has taught us something about solitary cetaceans—maybe they prefer to be alone ~science biology.marine Article 3780 words 4 votes
A deep-sea soft coral garden habitat has been discovered in Greenlandic waters by scientists, using an innovative and low-cost deep-sea video camera ~science biology.marine Article 802 words 6 votes
The search for the world’s simplest animal: For centuries, scientists have obsessed over a primordial blob that can shape-shift, clone itself, and live indefinitely ~science biology.marine Article 3049 words 8 votes
Microplastic pollution in oceans vastly underestimated - study: Particles may outnumber zooplankton, which underpin marine life and regulate climate ~enviro climate change plastics.micro pollution.water Article 741 words 6 votes