Shelly Beach in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia: Chantelle Doyle was enjoying a Saturday-morning surf with her friends when she was attacked by a 10 foot juvenile great white shark. The shark had grabbed her by her right leg. She instantly suffered severe injuries …
When irresponsible fishermen lose or dump their nets at sea they create “ghost fishing nets” which can kill marine wildlife by trapping the animals. There is a volunteer organisation (a charity) called Ghost Fishing UK which is dedicated to removing ghost fishing nets to release …
Cammy and Ernie are a couple of sea turtles at Manchester’s Sea Life aquarium. They were brought together to create offspring. In short, to breed. The staff were optimistic and they were showing signs of being amorous before the coronavirus lockdown. Surprisingly, they fell out …
NEWS-VIEWS: It seems to me, and to others, that Beluga whales can smile. We don’t know for sure whether they are experiencing happiness at the time. One day we will. And we will understand with certainty that Beluga whales experience a range of emotions like …
Laboratory grown coral has been successfully transplanted into the sea where they have survived and it is hoped that they will develop and expand to repair coral reefs damaged by years of disease, pollution and the warming of the oceans. To be clear, corals are …
NEWS/VIEWS – COMMENT ON THE NEWS: From the shores of England to those of Hong Kong discarded coronavirus facemasks are rapidly developing into a new hazard to marine wildlife and wildlife habitats. It is intriguing that I have picked up news stories on this topic …
Kuta, Indonesia – NEWS AND OPINION: The Times reports on the rescue of two dozen green sea turtles from poachers. All sea turtles are protected in Indonesia. Green turtles are classified as endangered due to various forms of exploitative human activity such as overharvesting them …
Satellite images made with a high resolution camera from space have located some as yet unknown colonies of Emperor penguins by detecting the vast reddish-brown poo stains on the ice (scientific word: guano). This, of course, is good news for conservationists. They found 11 new …
People buy aquariums for various reasons one which is to lower their blood pressure, reduce stress and to feel better. They are meant to have a calming effect. Is this true? I can refer to a study. It’s nice to refer to a bit of …
