From South China Morning Post An hour into their journey from Tung Chung pier, the 20 members of the boat party finally got what they had been waiting for – a close encounter with the remaining pink dolphins who still… Read More ›
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Theory on California Sea Lion Mass Strandings
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 ›
Scientists Stumped on Sea Lion Strandings
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 ›
“Unusual Mortality Event” for California Sea Lions
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 ›
Divers Free Entangled Whale Near Maui
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 ›
Plastic Starved Sperm Whale Confirmed
Crittercam captures Humbolt Squid Flashdancing on Neptune911 for Kids Surfrider Foundation reports today that: Almost a year after a sperm whale washed ashore on Spain’s southern coast, marine biologists have confirmed that the animal died of starvation. Scientists discovered that… Read More ›
More Marine Life Washes Up on Peruvian Coastline
From Yahoo News: Feb. 23, 2013 Experts are trying to work out why nearly 100 dead animals and birds have washed up on a Peruvian coastline. The bodies of 18 sea turtles, 22 sea lions, eight dolphins, 16 angular… Read More ›
Nearly 100 Sick Sea Lions Rescued in So California
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 ›
Zero Whales Killed in Southern Ocean in January
From Environment New Service HOBART, Tasmania, Australia, February 4, 2013 (ENS) – The month of January, usually the prime whale catching month for the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean, has come and gone without the death… Read More ›
40 Whales Die From Possible Sonar Testing
On October 22, fishermen found 40 dead pilot whales in Elizabeth Bay in Andaman. From Hindustan Times Sonic waves from warships — Indian and of neighbouring countries — might have killed 40 whales, whose carcasses were found on the Andaman… Read More ›
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