By Megan Gannon LiveScience Scientists still don’t know why nearly 1,300 sickly sea lions have beached themselves on the shores of southern California since the beginning of the year. However, they think some weird oceanic phenomenon may be blocking off… Read More ›
From the Christian Science Monitor April 10, 2013 Highlighting by Neptune911 editorial staff California’s sea lions, usually celebrated for their entertaining, prankster ways and doglike barks, are making very different headlines right now. Young pups are washing up dehydrated… Read More ›
A team of scientists is also testing blood and tissue samples for bacterial, viral and other infectious agents as well as radioactive traces as part of their investigation, launched last week when NOAA declared an “unusual mortality event.”
Crittercam captures Humbolt Squid Flashdancing on Neptune911 for Kids NOAA Fisheries reports: Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (as amended), an Unusual Mortality Event (UME) has been declared for California sea lions in California from January 2013… Read More ›
Crittercam captures Humbolt Squid Flashdancing on Neptune911 for Kids Just in from Yahoo News: Specially trained divers recently freed a humpback whale swimming off the island of Maui from a tangle of rope, a potentially life-threatening situation for the… Read More ›
Editor’s note: The following comes from the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, CA. The sea lions were entangled in monofilament fishing line. This can be prevented by proper disposal of fishing line. Visit our new blog for kids, Neptune 911… Read More ›
Crittercam captures Humbolt Squid Flashdancing on Neptune911 for Kids March 15, 2013 update: Southern California coast sees deluge of sick sea lion pups March 12, 2013 Update: Stranded Sea Lions Overwhelm NonProfit March 4, 2013 update on California Sea… Read More ›
From the New York Times By WILLIAM J. BROAD When a hurricane forced the Nautilus to dive in Jules Verne’s “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea,” Captain Nemo took the submarine down to a depth of 25 fathoms, or 150… Read More ›
Editor’s Commentary: Several years back I attended a local informational event about the gray whale presented by NOAA’s Dr. Wayne Perryman. Prior to this informational event, Sue Arnold, CEO of the California Gray Whale Coalition (CGWC), was in the same… Read More ›
The world’s most endangered seal can only be found in Lake Saimaa, Finland. It is currently under imminent threat of extinction with only 310 of them left. “Hair nickel, mercury, cadmium, lead and chromium concentrations were measured from still-born ringed… Read More ›
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