Second whale shark dies at the Georgia Aquarium
This has been a really weird (read: bad) day for various reasons that I won't bore you with. Just when I thought it couldn't get [...]
World Ocean Day is today!
What is World Ocean Day? Well... it began in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro at the landmark United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, also [...]
“Endangered” is confusing?!
First Japan, now China. Not that the US is much better in terms of wildlife conservation, but I don't understand how this can continue to [...]
Save the Whales!?
Japan has threatened to defy a 21-year-old moratorium on commercial whaling after it failed to overturn the ban at the International Whaling Commission's annual conference [...]
Sea turtle consumption hazardous to your health
Sea turtles are frequently on the menu of coastal communities in countries where protein is a valuable commodity. Unfortunately, not only should sea turtle consumption be [...]
Share your dive experience!
This is a very cool idea that provides divers with the opportunity to contribute to marine conservation simply by sharing their diving experiences. earthdive is [...]
Whales in Hot Water?
This report The Impact of a Changing Climate on Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises: A Call for Action published by the WWF Global Species Programme and [...]
397 Dead Sea Turtles Seized
Poaching of endangered sea turtles is a practice that's all too common. This and other stories are published on the Turtle Foundation's News Page and [...]
Encyclopedia of Life to be launched online
Encyclopedia of Life was announced today, a highly ambitious and exciting project designed to document the 1.8 million named species of animals, plants, and other [...]
Reduce greenhouse gases now
Technology called available By Beth Daley, Globe Staff | May 5, 2007Technologies are available to significantly reduce greenhouse gases but nations must adopt them far [...]
SharkWater – The Truth Will Surface
Sharkwater is a film about the overexploitation of sharks around the world, and the senseless cruelty involved in shark finning. Check out these fascinating clips [...]
Biodegradable plastic bags – a good solution to protect sea turtles? No.
We just read the following post in a seaturtle listserv in response to a reader who was optimistic about an article she read on a [...]
A Most Important Leatherback Nesting Site
Las Baulas National Marine Park Threatened by Unsustainable Infrastructure Development Over 200 sea turtle scientists and conservationists are adding their voices to the international call [...]
Bull sharks not bulldozers in Bimini
I like SharkTrust's caption on a photo illustrating an article about the development going on in the Bahamas around Bimini. "Bull sharks not bulldozers." The [...]
Remembering R. Aidan Martin
It's never easy to lose a friend or a loved one. But in this case, not only do we lose our friend, but we lose [...]
Microchips and fish (and whales and turtles)
Closing the gap between science and conservation: Sea Creatures to Be Tracked Electronically February 12, 2007 — By Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Press WASHINGTON — [...]