Program Term Archive
Marine Wildlife
Administration Opens ANWR to Oil and Gas Exploration
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeIn October, the Trump administration finalized plans to open the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas development. Designated as a protected area in...
Protecting Caribbean Wildlife and Ecosystems
Marine WildlifeThis past October, in Kingston, Jamaica, AWI participated in the biennial meetings for the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region. This...
OSHA Attempts Backflip on Orca Safety Standards
Marine WildlifeThe 2013 documentary Blackfish told the story of Tilikum, an adult male orca who killed his trainer, Dawn Brancheau, in February 2010 at SeaWorld Orlando. In response to this incident, the Occupational...
Orcas Relocate for Rudder Ramming Behavior
Marine WildlifeThe damaging interactions between orcas and yachts off the Iberian Peninsula in Europe continued in 2025, shifting for the first time in years back to the north (rather than concentrating...
Krill Fishers Block Antarctic Ocean Protection
Marine WildlifeIn October, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) convened in Australia. AWI is a member of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC), an alliance...
Gulf World Goes Under
Marine WildlifeGulf World Marine Park, a dolphinarium in Panama City Beach, Florida, has closed after 55 years. It was purchased in 2015 by The Dolphin Company (TDC), which owns a string...
Consortia Coalesce for Whale Conservation
Marine WildlifeThis past October, AWI representatives attended back-to-back annual meetings of the Ropeless Consortium and the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium at the New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts. For four...
Trump’s Executive Orders Will Decimate Wildlife – Urge Congress to Block Them!
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifePresident Donald Trump has signed multiple executive orders designed to advance policies that are disastrous to wildlife and ecosystems. We cannot be silent in the face of these attacks on...
Ask Congress to Urge Taiwan to Protect the Critically Endangered Taiwanese White Dolphin
Endangered Species, Marine WildlifeThe Taiwanese white dolphin (TWD) is a subspecies of the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin found only on the west coast of Taiwan. Due to entanglement in fishing nets and habitat loss,...
Act Now to Protect Ocean Life from Offshore Oil and Gas Development
Marine WildlifeThe Trump administration and some members of Congress are attempting to drastically expand offshore oil and gas development, including in untouched areas off Alaska, California, and the Gulf Coast of...