Carcass of dead humpback whale, whose attempted rescue captivated many across Germany, has been pulled ashore in Denmark ahead of autopsy
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Timmy the stranded whale is dead. Please, let’s put animal welfare first and human emotion second.
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Divers have confirmed that a dead humpback whale spotted off Denmark is the same animal that spent weeks beached off Germany's Baltic coast – comes two weeks after contentious rescue operation
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A young walrus who became something of a celebrity as he toured the Scottish coastline has now crossed the North Sea and arrived in Norway
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Norwegian fish farms are filling fjords and other coastal waters with nutrient pollution equivalent to the raw sewage of tens of millions of people each year, a report has found
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Humans are losing the fight against flying fish
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Seaweed farms boost long-term carbon storage by altering ocean chemistry
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In Alaska, fishing skippers and hungry orcas vie for halibut pulled from the deep
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Salmon clear last Klamath dams, reaching Williamson and Sprague rivers
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Scientists say they have solved the mystery of what killed more than five billion sea stars
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The manmade clouds that could help save the Great Barrier Reef
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Stones have been ‘overfished’ from the sea – here's how Denmark's rocky reefs are being restored
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From sea to table to sea: How recycled oyster shells are restoring the Alabama coast
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Welcome to the Great Bear Sea: After decades of discord, Canada and First Nations are working together to build a network of marine protected areas stretching from Vancouver Island to Alaska
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A passage of water in the North Sea known as the Skagerrak is a hotspot for young Greenland sharks, according to a new study. But what are the elusive animals doing there?
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Ring the fish doorbell!
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How I started studying ways to put seaweed to use
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One year ago we created a reef - now it's full of life
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A colossal squid is filmed in its natural habitat for the first time
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Clobazam, an anti-anxiety drug, is polluting our waterways – Swedish study found traces of the drug had altered the way wild Atlantic salmon migrate
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Iceland's largest whaling company Hvalur will not be hunting this season – second consecutive year the company has opted out
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Companies keen to start deep-sea mining off Norway – despite delays that will now see the first licences awarded, a year later than planned, in 2026
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Underwater ‘doorbell’ helps scientists catch coral-eating fish in Florida
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Octopus with a shell
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Global seafood company Mowi is offering a bounty to fishers who catch escaped salmon after an estimated 27,000 fish went missing from a farm off the Norwegian coast
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Norway's environment minister has ruled out a ban on open-net fish farming at sea despite acknowledging that the wild North Atlantic salmon is under “existential threat”
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Fish at center of key conservation fight not a distinct species after all
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The destructive legacy of failed aquaculture
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Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson has been released from prison in Greenland after Denmark rejected a Japanese request to extradite him
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Iceland has authorised whale hunting for the next five years, despite welfare concerns
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Recordings by biologist Heike Vester reveal how oil and gas exploration as well as cruises, fishing boats and even whale-watchers are creating noise pollution that threatens return of Norway's whales
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Norway has paused its controversial project to open up its seabed for commercial-scale deep-sea mining
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Norway wants to open its Arctic seabed to mining for critical metals – the WWF is suing the state in a bid to halt exploration
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Climate change and fish farming are endangering the future of Norway's Atlantic salmon
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Iceland's president urged to intervene over Europe's last whaler – conservation groups are asking for the decision to allow Hvalur to hunt to be put on hold until after election
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Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson, known for his decades-long fight against Japanese whaling, arrested in Greenland in July, has asked France's president for political asylum
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Historic US ship could soon become the world's largest artificial reef
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Hvaldimir, a celebrated ‘spy’ whale, is found dead in Norway – first spotted in 2019 wearing what looked like a camera harness
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Why have salmon deserted Norway's rivers? Salmon farming and the climate crisis threaten the fish's future.
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Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson arrested on an international arrest warrant issued by Japan in Greenland
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Atlantic sturgeon are being reintroduced to Swedish waters with the help of scientists and advocates nearly 100 years after they died out in the region
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Danish researchers are exploring multiple uses for wind farms far out at sea, such as producing fresh seafood
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Iceland's government has issued a license to the North Atlantic nation's last fin whaling company to hunt and kill 128 fin whales this year
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Sweden is set to become the second EU country to ban bottom fishing in marine protected areas
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Norway sued over deep-sea mining plans – WWF says the government has breached the law without adequately assessing the consequences
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‘I’m a blue whale, I’m here’: researchers listen with delight to songs that hint at Antarctic resurgence
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Big farms are under pressure to address the problem of dying salmon in Norway's vast fish-farm industry
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The fish doorbell
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Hydropower can be an environmental and human disaster – but do the risks have to be so big?
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Norway will not go ahead with plans to permit seabed mining of critical raw materials on its continental shelf if initial exploration suggests it cannot be done sustainably
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