Cuvier’s beaked whale dies with 88 pounds of plastic in its stomach
In the above photo taken on March 16, 2019, Darrell Blatchley, director of D' Bone Collector Museum Inc., shows plastic waste found in the stomach of [...]
What are animals thinking and feeling?
Everyone should watch this.... From the author of some of our favorites books: "Song for the Blue Ocean", "Eye of the Albatross" and recently "Beyond Words: [...]
So You Want to Free Willy, Too?
Written by Nate Green After watching Ric O’Barry in The Cove, it’s hard not to want to free any dolphin you come across in captivity. [...]
A Fall from Freedom
A powerful and factual documentary on the often emotional issue of keeping cetaceans (whales & dolphins) in captivity. A FALL FROM FREEDOM is [...]
First high seas MPA in the Antarctic Region
The first high seas Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Antarctic region has been declared in an area south of the South Orkney Islands. The [...]
Sustainable sushi
Tonight I had dinner with a colleague who travels the globe to address serious disaster relief and international health issues. He's fascinating to talk to [...]
A worldwide web for whales
WDCS Press Communication A worldwide web for whales: The special places where whales and dolphins live and the people who know them. Maui, Hawaii, 3rd [...]
1st Conference on Marine Mammal Protected Areas
The first ever conference on Marine Mammal Protected Areas will be held on the island of Maui in Hawai'I from March 29 - April 3, [...]
First Do More Harm?
Once again, I'm abandoning MarineBio's policy of striving to remain politically neutral. What is with the Bush administration? First it's "hey! let's drill offshore to trick [...]
More on the Cetacean Situation
Thank goodness there are people like Erich Hoyt out there who care about the world's cetacean populations. Hoyt recently launched cetaceanhabitat.org, a site sponsored by [...]