The Australian government has condemned Japan's "regrettable" decision to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission and resume commercial whaling. The Japanese government's withdrawal from the
Efforts to protect the North Atlantic right whale have gone high-tech with the creation of an iPad/iPhone application that can warn mariners when they approach an area where the highly endangered mammals
As the sea ice recedes in Hudson Bay, killer whales are moving in for a feast. Are they eating the Inuit people's lunch?
WELLINGTON, New Zealand: A mass-stranding of whales on a New Zealand beach has left 36 of the creatures dead and threatens 40 more. Department of conservation area manager John Mason said 99 pilot whales
A quota-trading scheme could end conflict between whalers and conservationists. (Editorial)
The future of the International Whaling Commission is tenuous. A ‘whale conservation market’ might rescue it, say Christopher Costello, Leah R. Gerber and Steven Gaines.
As has become almost routine in recent years, Japan’s annual whale hunt that began this week has kicked off to swirling controversy. But this year, onlookers are not only taking issue with the whaling
More than 60 pilot whales died in a mass stranding at a remote New Zealand beach, conservation officials said yesterday. Tourists found the pod of 61 beached whales on Monday at Farewell Spit, on the
New Zealand has warned it faces its worst maritime environmental disaster after a stricken container ship off the nation’s coast sustained further damage and spewed up to 350 tonnes of oil into the Bay
Preserving just 4 percent of the ocean could protect crucial habitat for the vast majority of marine mammal species, from sea otters to blue whales, according to researchers at Stanford University and
In the world of environmental regulation, where the hope is to write rules that both industry and science can live with, few areas are as contentious as fishing. Especially on the East Coast, fishermen
