Program Term Archive
Marine Wildlife
Obama Administration Restores Scientific Review to ESA
Endangered Species, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Obama administration is to be congratulated for its restoration of a key scientific review provision of the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). Before President Bush left office, his administration...
Depths of Basking Shark Puzzle Plumbed
Marine WildlifeUntil recently, the winter whereabouts of the basking shark has stymied marine biologists. But according to a report published online in Current Biology, the mystery has finally been solved. Behind...
Carbon Emissions Threaten Survival
Marine WildlifeRising acidity levels in seawater, resulting from the ocean absorbing increasing amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide, are causing clownfish some serious problems. According to the British online news site The...
Fish Fight Climate Change
Marine WildlifeDespite grim predictions that carbon emissions will only rise in the coming decades and threaten a vast array of sea life, a recent study published in the journal Science early...
Fish Smarts: Studies Demonstrate their Abilities
Marine WildlifeResearchers from the Technion Institute of Technology in Israel recently put the notion that fish only have a three-second memory span to the test. Their recent study trained young fish...
Help For Right Whales Entangled In Fishing Gear
Marine WildlifeThanks to a new sedation delivery system, more endangered North Atlantic right whales may be saved from a slow, painful death as a result of entanglement in fishing gear, Science...
Invigorate, not Capitulate: The Prescription for Whaling Commission Success
Marine WildlifeThe Member-Nations of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) were poised to make a critical decision at the 2009 Intersessional Meeting held in Rome in March. They were faced with whether...
Oil Pollution Persists from Exxon Valdez Spill
Marine WildlifeTwenty years ago, the single-hulled Exxon Valdez tanker collided with the Bligh Reef in Alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil into the pristine and ecologically significant Prince William...
Sea Lion Seizures Caused by Toxic Exposure
Marine WildlifeResearchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration uncovered a correlation earlier this year between the interaction of the toxins DDT and domoic acid and the occurrence of epileptic seizures...
Senator Kerry Introduces the Shark Conservation Act of 2009
Press ReleaseApril 22, 2009Marine WildlifeSharks may soon receive much-needed protection from finning, a practice by which their fins are cut off while the animal is still alive. Their mutilated bodies are then thrown back...