Archive: Marine Wildlife
Solar Storms Implicated in Some Gray Whale Strandings
Solar storms eject high-energy particles from the sun, which stream toward Earth and disrupt communications systems and the planet’s magnetic...
Shark Fin Sellers Foiled in Florida, Texas
US Fish and Wildlife Service officials seized 18 boxes of dried shark fins at PortMiami in late January. The shipment,...
Right Whale Births This Year a Positive Sign for Species
The past three years have been devastating for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. Only 400 individuals of the...
Marine Mammal Conference Sounds Alarm, Highlights Positive Actions
In early December 2019, more than 2,700 marine mammal scientists, policymakers, students, and activists, as well as journalists and others...
AWI Offers Reward for Info on Dolphin Killings
At least three dolphins were brutally killed within a year, and AWI is supporting the efforts of local authorities to...
Seven Worlds, One Planet
Seven Worlds, One Planet is a BBC docu-series that wonderfully brings the natural world of seven continents to viewers with beautiful...
Night on Earth
Night on Earth reveals the startling activity of the natural world hiding behind the dark curtain of night. From the producer...
Study Shows Human Impacts on Disease Transmission in the Ocean
Recent studies have linked anthropogenic stressors to disease occurrence in marine species. In a 2019 study published in Proceedings of the...
Sea Turtles Thriving on Unoccupied Beaches
The nesting season of sea turtles has begun in the Northern Hemisphere. During this time, mother turtles digging nests in...
Okhotsk Orcas Gain Protections
In summer 2018, 101 whales—90 belugas and 11 orcas—were captured in a single operation in the Okhotsk Sea and held...
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North American Environmental Commission Confirms Mexico’s Role in Imperiling Vaquita
In Program: Marine WildlifeA commission under the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) released a report yesterday confirming that Mexico’s unwillingness to enforce its own wildlife protection, trade, and fisheries laws...
Captive dolphins face uncertain futures. They deserve better
In Program: Marine WildlifeIn this op-ed for the Tampa Bay Times, Dr. Naomi Rose, AWI’s senior scientist in marine mammal biology, discusses the challenges in caring for orcas...
Yahoo! Japan Sells Polluted Whale and Dolphin Meat Products to Unsuspecting Consumers
In Program: Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and an international coalition of animal protection and environmental groups are calling on Yahoo! Japan and its parent company, the...
As Iceland Calls Off Fin Whale Slaughter, Japan and Norway Launch Cruel, Unsustainable Whale Hunting Seasons
In Program: Marine WildlifeJapan and Norway resumed slaughtering whales this month, while Iceland’s only fin whaling company has decided that it will not hunt this summer, citing a...