There is a pretty shocking photograph on the Internet today of millions of small dead fish blanketing the Darling River in western New South Wales which has clearly become uninhabitable. The fish species are herring, perch and carp for example. One local person, Graeme McCrabb …
NEWS AND OPINION: This is about the ethics of marine wildlife farming, specifically the ethics of farming an intelligent, sentient creature which is what the octopus is. And the experts say that it is impossible to farm the octopus humanely because of their intelligence and …
Humpback, minke and some baleen whales engage in trap feeding otherwise known as tread-water feeding. Fables recorded in ancient tales of sea monsters are likely to be based upon this feeding technique. More than 2,200 years ago, Greek scholars described how an enormous predator, so …
There is an extraordinary story in The Times today of a notorious pair of killer whales (orcas) which killed 17 sharks in one day. You might know that orcas have a taste for liver. They only ate the livers of the 17 sharks. Just gaping …
I am troubled about fish. I eat fish because like millions of others I like it and it is nutritious. But I’m troubled with the way humankind relates to fish in terms of catching them and killing them. We seem to think that they are …
The answer to the question in the title is currently believed to be no, but please read on. There is one highly qualified scientist and author who is able to answer the question in the title with precision. His name is Dr Arik Kershenbaum. He …
Humpback whales have changed their behaviour when looking for a mate with which to start a family. Back in the day when the humpback whale had been decimated to less than 500 in the 1960s off the east coast of Australia, they were far more …
The finless porpoise known for its mysterious smile is the cousin of a now extinct dolphin species called the Baiji dolphin. Both do not have a dorsal fin. The finless porpoise lives in coastal waters across Asia and the Far East. It also lives in …
NEWS/OPINION: This is another story about the dangers of leaving plastic rings in the environment. It is a story about plastic pollution and careless humans. The victim? Wildlife of course. And many species of wildlife can be affected. My research indicates that this was an …
