50 years of plastic waste has brought the world’s oceans to a tipping point in which, by 2050, there will be more plastic in the oceans than there are fish (by weight). Sea turtles are a specific point of concern about ocean plastics, as the intestinal tracts of these large marine animals get blocked when they mistake soft …
esearchers tracked globe-trotting sea turtle’s trips between Nova Scotia and South America The Canadian Press · Posted: Sep 27, 2018 11:42 AM AT | Last Updated: 9 hours ago Red Rockette, first tagged in Nova Scotia in 2012, is shown in her nesting site in Colombia in April 2013. The sea turtle, whose travels deepened …
In May 2016, a crab fisherman and his son spotted a humpback whale caught in crab fishing lines off the coast of Monterey, California. They called the authorities, and seven hours later the whale was freed. This whale survived, but it was lucky: It was one of at least 71 whales, 54 of which were humpbacks, reportedly entangled in fishing …
Lagos State government has rescued a huge sea cow from a coastal community in Agboyi Ketu Local Council Development Area. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Olayiwole Onasanya, who disclosed this, said that the aquatic herbivorous mammal was rescued when it was caught by the trap set by a fisherman in the area. Onasanya …
The world’s coral reefs are in dire need of some love. Global warming and ocean temperature spikes have left massive stretches of vital coral reefs damaged, possibly beyond all repair and if we don’t do something to stop the continuing damage it’s going to cost mankind dearly. But studying coral is no easy task, so …
Oman’s humpback whales are a genetically distinct group of whales, but being so distinct also makes them vulnerable. One of Oman’s unique humpback whale emerges from the Arabian Sea, off the southern coast of the country (Photo credit: Salalah Tours) Every year from June through August, something magical happens in southern Oman that occurs almost …
he world is drowning in plastic. There are more than 5 trillion pieces of plastic floating in our oceans. Now a study has confirmed that sea turtle numbers are declining due to plastic consumption. A study, which analysed 1,000 dead turtles that washed up on Australian beaches, revealed that the more plastic a turtle consumes, …
On Monday, a New Zealand family were just walking along a Northern Auckland beach when they stumbled across a bizarre, pink-colour blob that resembled a volcano shape. The creature, which turned out to be a species of huge jellyfish, has a white segmented outer body, with a colourful red inside, and looks just a bit …
Whale shark viewing at Oslob, a popular tourism site in the Philippines, is facilitated by hand-feeding the animals with shrimp. The long-term impacts of this provisioning are not well understood. Photograph by David Doubilet, National Geographic In the Philippines, whale shark tourism is a booming business. But questions have arisen about how this activity could …
