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Was Scotland's mass pilot whale stranding due to feeding shift?
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (709+ words) Subscribe from "2 / $2. 70a month! Find out more New research into Scotland's largest pilot whale mass stranding reveals the animals were feeding along deep shelf-slope habitats before coming ashore - findings that could reshape how scientists assess and manage stranding risk. A new…...
Trawling bans spark recovery for Scotland's seabeds
19+ hour, 6+ min ago (432+ words) Subscribe from "2 / $2. 70a month! Find out more Scientists recorded more than 1, 500 species critical to the marine ecosystem, which they say emphasises the urgent need for better protections across Europe. Scientists have found a marked resurgence in seabed marine life nearly a…...
Boom, baby boom: North Atlantic Right whales on the rise
19+ hour, 51+ min ago (545+ words) Subscribe from "2 / $2. 70a month! Find out more Twenty-three North Atlantic right whale calves were recorded this season - the most since 2009. Scientists say shorter intervals between births suggest improving female health, though the critically endangered species still faces serious threats. The North…...
Bottom trawling costs Europe 90 times more than it makes
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (620+ words) Subscribe from "2 / $2. 70a month! Find out more Bottom trawling in the UK, Iceland, Norway and European Union is responsible for injecting 112 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year, and costs society up to "16 billion annually, according to…...
Citizen science enables tracking of threatened rare seabird
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (378+ words) Subscribe from "2 / $2. 70a month! Find out more The rare Kermadec Storm Petrel has long eluded study; the population has an estimated population of just 100 to 300 breeding pairs. The study, led by UNSW Sydney, manually scored subtle physical traits, including rump colour…...
Iceland stands on the brink of resuming fin whale hunt
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1057+ words) Subscribe from "2 / $2. 70a month! Find out more Iceland's Minister of Industries holds the fate of fin whales this summer. With a whaling ban promised for autumn, conservationists are demanding she acts now - not later. Iceland is on the verge of resuming…...
Environmental groups take France to court over seabird bycatch
1+ week, 2+ day ago (511+ words) Subscribe from "2 / $2. 70a month! Find out more The three organisations allege France is failing to monitor and regulate the deaths of tens of thousands of seabirds which die in fishing nets every year. Three environmental groups have taken France to its…...
Gal'pagos deep-water corals vanished for a millennium, study finds
1+ week, 3+ day ago (540+ words) Subscribe from "2 / $2. 70a month! Find out more Deep-water corals in the Gal'pagos vanished for over 1, 000 years around 5, 000 years ago, driven by a prolonged La Ni'a phase " raising concerns about deep-sea reef vulnerability to future climate change. New research tracing 117, 000 years of…...
Ancient poo offers insight into future of seabirds as climate warms
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Rat eradication sparks record-breaking seabird breeding in Hawai'i
2+ week, 2+ day ago (352+ words) Subscribe from "2 / $2. 70a month! Find out more Native seabird populations are making a remarkable recovery on Wake Atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, one year on from the removal of invasive rats from the islets. Sixteen species of nesting native birds…...