The last time we checked in with Boise filmmaker Matthew Podolsky in July, he said time was running out for the vaquita. For three years, he’s been documenting the plight of the small, dolphin-like sea mammal that is only found in the Gulf of California and is threatened by illegal gill-net fishing. Podolsky says since …
Biologist Lance Miller noticed something odd while conducting dolphin surveys in the Gulf of Mexico in 2007: baby dolphins. Lots of them, and lots more than he expected given the results of surveys in 2005 and 2006. The reason? Hurricane Katrina. Hurricanes like Harvey, the one that devastated Houston and other parts of Texas …
Marine turtles, a resilient group of creatures that have been around for over 200 million years and survived mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaur, are today facing their gravest challenge yet. Nearly all species are classified as endangered – under threat from overfishing, pollution, habitat destruction and rising temperatures. Members of a regional task force from …
HATTERAS INLET, N.C. – Members of the Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet released its third batch of sea turtles that were being rehabilitated after being cold stunned in December 2017. “Sea turtles are a “Federally Protected” species and we work closely with several agencies to recover, rehabilitate and release them back into warmer waters,” said …
An endangered baby beluga whale is getting a second chance at life thanks to rescue efforts from SeaWorld. The beluga calf, named Tyonek, will live at SeaWorld San Antonio as the first-ever beluga whale from Cook Inlet, Alaska to be successfully rescued and rehabilitated. Tyonek was found stranded in 2017 in Cook Inlet. He …
Researchers are using underwater microphones to interpret and characterize the calls of blue whales swimming through Southern California’s oceans, revealing new insights into the behavior of these endangered marine mammals, according to new research being presented at the Ocean Sciences Meeting here on Tuesday. Stretching nearly 30 meters (100 feet) long and weighing up …
The travels of whale sharks Tiffany and Doug are causing a stir. As a marine species typically found in tropical waters off Western Australia’s coast, the pair inexplicably have headed south and showed up off the coast of Perth. Tiffany is an 8m whale shark named after the female pilot who regularly flies scientists over …
WASHINGTON — Some of the nation’s leading coral scientists stressed Thursday that the situation facing coral reefs is nothing short of desperate — and a drastic cut in global carbon dioxide emissions won’t be enough to protect corals from deadly bleaching events and other environmental threats. In hopes of giving the reefs a fighting chance, …
