Program Term Archive

Marine Wildlife

North Atlantic Right Whale Conservation and Vessel Strike Protections Lesson Plan

Marine Wildlife

Students will learn about North Atlantic right whale conservation efforts along the US East Coast, focusing on protections from vessel strikes, one of the leading threats to this species. For...

Ocean Noise Lesson Plan

Marine Wildlife

Lesson plan on the impact on marine life from anthropogenic ocean noise (sounds in the ocean that are the result of human activities from vessels, oil and gas exploration, etc.)...

Marine Mammals

Marine Wildlife

A look at the eight primary dangers faced by marine mammals as a result of human activities in the oceans.

CITES and Climate Change: A Need for Integration

Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial Wildlife

Report on how climate change should affect decision-making under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; by the International Environmental Law Project, Animal Welfare...

Endangered Species Handbook

Endangered Species, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial Wildlife

A full PDF of AWI's Endangered Species Handbook.

Endangered Species Poster

Endangered Species, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial Wildlife

Colorful poster for classrooms featuring 20 photos of species protected under the federal Endangered Species Act.

Frozen in Time: How Modern Norway Clings to Its Whaling Past

Marine Wildlife

Details Norway’s commercial whaling, how the country undermines the International Whaling Commission ban on commercial whaling, exposes the growth of Norway’s overseas trade in whale products. These shipments—some of which...

OCTOPUS Act

Farmed Animals, Marine Wildlife

The Opposing the Cultivation and Trade of Octopus Produced through Unethical Strategies (OCTOPUS) Act would ban commercial octopus farming in the United States and prohibit imports of farmed octopus from...

Marine Mammal Protection Act

Marine Wildlife

On October 21, 1972, the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) (P.L. 92-522) was signed into law, having passed both chambers of Congress with wide bipartisan support. The MMPA prohibits “taking”...

Fending Off Octopus and Marine Fish Factory Farms

Farmed Animals, Marine Wildlife

A pair of bipartisan bills currently before Congress would protect octopuses, finfish, and marine ecosystems from the animal welfare and environmental ills of marine factory farms in the United States....