Program Term Archive
Marine Wildlife
Shark Fin Soup off the Menu in Hawaii
Marine WildlifeHawaii has become the first US state to officially prohibit the possession, sale or distribution of shark fins. On May 28, Governor Linda Lingle signed the shark-finning ban into law after...
Wrong Turn or Recolonizing?
Marine WildlifeSome 20,000 gray whales roam the eastern Pacific from Alaska to Baja California. Less than 200 also ply the waters from the Sea of Okhotsk to southern Korea. A third...
100+ Environmental Groups Sign on to No Drilling Letter to US Senate
Press ReleaseMay 12, 2010Marine WildlifeThe devastation caused by the explosion and sinking of the BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico will likely unfold as the worst environmental disaster in US history. Though...
Controversial San Clemente Dam to Go
Marine WildlifeIt was reported in January that government officials and the California American Water Company (Cal Am) had reached an agreement regarding the future of the San Clemente Dam on the...
Stingrays Demonstrate Their Cognitive Abilities
Marine WildlifeIn December, scientists studying the cognitive abilities of South American freshwater stingrays identified the fish’s ability to use tools. Researchers provided the stingrays with a plastic pipe, sealed at one...
Trainer’s Death Revives Cetacean Captivity Debate
Marine WildlifeTilikum, SeaWorld’s largest killer whale, weighing over 12,000 pounds, killed one of his trainers in February, as spectators watched with horror. He grabbed his trainer, Dawn Brancheau, a veteran trainer...
Whale Meat Served in California
Marine WildlifeFollowing an undercover operation and federal investigation, trendy Santa Monica sushi restaurant, The Hump, was charged with serving meat from an endangered sei whale and consequently closed its doors on...
Whales Rally on the Mall
Marine WildlifeReminiscent of the Save the Whales days of the 70s and 80s, Earth Day 2010 saw a pod of whales and a mass of people converge on the National Mall...
Whaling to be Thrown a Lifeline by IWC
Marine WildlifeThe International Whaling Commission (IWC) is teetering on the brink of a frightful precipice. In June it will decide on a plan to legalize commercial whaling for the first time...
Science Sacrificed at CITES
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeAt the outset, the 15th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) stood to be historic and precedent setting. Never before had...