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Marine Wildlife
US Declares Iceland in Defiance of Global Commercial Whaling Ban
Press ReleaseJuly 20, 2011Marine WildlifeUS Department of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced yesterday in a formal declaration that Iceland is undermining the effectiveness of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) by hunting whales in defiance of the...
Big Consequences of Small Fish Collapses
Marine WildlifeWhile populations of top marine predator fish like tuna, billfish and sharks plummet, Stanford University researchers have found that anchovies, sardines, and other small fish are at an equal or...
Danube River Sturgeon Granted Safe Passage
Marine WildlifeDanube sturgeons—whose roe is prized as a source of caviar—have become so critically endangered that caviar exports from natural fish populations (as opposed to farmed fish) from all Lower Danube...
Live Sharks Prove Lucrative as More Countries Move to Protect Them
Marine WildlifeMexico and the Bahamas joined the list of countries this summer that have banned shark fishing within their territorial waters. Meanwhile, Chile outlawed shark finning at sea within its waters....
On Top of the World
Marine WildlifeIt took three tries for the pilot to land in Barrow, Alaska in the heavy fog. To the native Iñupiat, Barrow is known as Ukpeaġvik (or Utqiaġvik), which means “place to hunt snowy...
In Many States, Attempts Afoot to Undermine Animal Welfare
Companion Animals, Farmed Animals, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe fight to extend or deny protections for animals takes place in state capitals as well as on Capitol Hill. The high-profile confrontation this year is in Missouri—again. Last year,...
How My Class Grew to Love Sharks
Marine WildlifeAs a teacher , I am always looking for lessons I can teach that have a purpose. I want my students to work in real-life situations and solve real-live problems...
Kids & Animals: Drawings from the Hands and Hearts of Children & Youth
Companion Animals, Equines, Farmed Animals, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeAvailable for free online Animal behavior expert Marc Bekoff , in partnership with Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots program and the Children, Youth and Environments Center at the University of...
An Ocean Apart: A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Cetaceans
Marine WildlifeLarge-scale commercial whaling began in the 17th century for Western countries such as the US, UK, and the Netherlands. According to Paul Greenberg, the author of Four Fish, “if you are from...
Mystery Dolphin Deaths
Marine WildlifeAn unusually large number of young bottlenose dolphins have stranded along shores of the Gulf of Mexico in recent months, and last April’s catastrophic blowout of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil...