Scientists are warning that a new form of unregulated whaling has emerged along the coastlines of Japan and South Korea, where the commercial sale of whales killed as fisheries "bycatch" is...
Analysis of leatherback turtles showed that the carbon and nitrogen isotrope ratios were different for each group, which suggests that the turtles had had a different diet before laying their eggs.
US lawmakers urged Japan to limit its whale hunt and use other, non-lethal means to conduct scientific research on whales.
Democratic and Republican senators sent a letter Thursday to Japan's...
The European Commission has approved the extension of protected sites throughout Europe, a move that environmental groups believe will improve conservation efforts to protect the continent's most...
A Chinese Governor is moving to protect whale sharks in response to a request from the Western Australian Government.
WA Premier Alan Carpenter wrote to the Governor of Zhejiang province earlier...
Spain has asked authorities around the Mediterranean and adjoining seas for help in monitoring an infection which threatens a protected species of dolphin, warning it may become an epidemic....
Large groups of basking sharks have been spotted off the Cornish coast during an aerial survey.
The University of Exeter and Marine Conservation Society (MCS) recorded 18 basking sharks in two...
