A rugged stretch of coast near John Daly Boulevard in Daly City became a marine mammal mortuary Tuesday, littered with a harbor porpoise corpse and what appeared to be the bullet-riddled body of a sea lion.
The Marine Mammal Center collected the 150-po
MIGALOO is known as the famous white whale, but a rare second white humpback has excited whale watchers at the Gold Coast.
He is known as the world's only documented white humpback whale, but Migaloo could now have a contender on his hands, with black
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House took steps Tuesday to keep shark fins out of soups served in pricey Asian restaurants.
In a voice vote, the House tightened a 2000 law that bans the practice of shark finning, whereby mainly Pacific Ocean fishermen cut off a
Jean-Michel Cousteau is, like his late father Jacques-Yves Cousteau, an ocean explorer. He is in New Zealand this month to find and film orcas, or killer whales, using the experience and contacts of whale researcher Dr Ingrid Visser.
Orcas are the larg
The following article from the Vancouver Sun appeared today in response to international protests against the slaughter of baby seals in Canada.
The Canadian government and media regularly criticize the movement to end the seal hunt for using celebriti
The Man with the Big Gun is going to jail!
Whale killer Wayne Johnson received a five month sentence from the United States Federal Court in Tacoma, Washington for his part in the cruel killing of a Gray whale in August of 2007.
Whale killer Andy
Clothing made from seal fur is to be banned throughout the European Union.
Although white pelts from baby seals were banned in 1986, fashion houses still use skins from older animals to make boots, coats, gloves and accessories.
Stavros Dimas,
There is strong community support for getting tough on Japan over whaling, an Australian survey indicates.
The Essential Research online poll found 87 per cent of respondents believed the federal government should take international legal action to try
The government in the Philippines is getting closer to putting into place new laws which would increase the penalties those caught dealing in threatened, rare and endangered marine animals can face.
The baby sea lion is stuck in a moment he can't get out of.
As he stares into the eyes of a nine-metre orca on the remote shores of an Argentinian beach, he has no idea what is about to happen.
He is only four weeks old, and yet to develop the skill
THESE wonderful pictures of humpback whales frolicking off the coast near Augusta mark a spectacular start to WA's whale-watching season.
They were taken from aboard the Naturaliste Charters vessel Cetacean Explorer in Flinders Bay on Friday.
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The European Union agreed on Thursday to take a unified stand against whaling in a statement issued just days before the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting this month.
"With this decision the European Union can now take a strong role at th
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Australian fishermen have hauled up a 20-foot-long giant squid off the country's southeastern coast.
Skipper Rangi Pene said Monday that the 500-pound squid was already dead when it was caught in a trawler's nets Sunday night in
HONOLULU -- The number of endangered humpback whales in the North Pacific Ocean has dramatically increased to more than 18,000 over the last 40 years, according to a new study, and whales that migrate between Alaska and Hawaii are doing best.
Humpback wh
A SHARK killed a 21-year-old surfer off a Mexican Pacific coast beach, police said today, the second fatal shark attack in the area in less than a month.
Mexican Osvaldo Mata, a student at a nearby university, was surfing with friends near the resort t
