Blue whales' mysterious silence leave scientists worried as it sends a dire warning to humanityAlarming reports indicate a significant decline in blue whale vocalizations due to devastating heatwaves. These heatwaves have triggered to...
06 Aug, 2025, 08.51 PM IST
Scientists crack 12-year mystery behind sea star killing epidemic: Bacterium identified as marine mass killerA decade-long mystery surrounding the devastating sea star wasting disease along North America's Pacific coast has been solved. Scientists ...
05 Aug, 2025, 06.49 AM IST
New Zealand criticized for weak ocean protection effortsCritics are raising alarms over New Zealand's marine conservation efforts, pointing out that despite boasting a vast exclusive economic zon...
01 Jul, 2025, 09.37 AM IST
Not just penguins on Antarctic islands hit by Trump tariffsHeard and McDonald Islands, remote Australian territories, were unexpectedly hit by US tariffs, sparking social media amusement over their ...
11 Apr, 2025, 10.10 AM IST
Shark or Uber? Octopus catches a free ride in the wild. Watch the viral momentA video shows a Maori octopus hitchhiking on a shortfin mako shark in the Hauraki Gulf near New Zealand's North Island. Observed by marine ...
22 Mar, 2025, 09.34 PM IST
Goa Tourism Department clarifies use of dolphin image in promotional material for WTM London 2024Goa's Department of Tourism has clarified that the use of a dolphin in their promotional material for the World Travel Mart 2024 was 'symbo...
06 Nov, 2024, 08.28 PM IST
Endangered whale spotted off Carolina coast, confirms NOAA. Everything you may like to knowIn an extraordinary incident, one of the world's rarest whales was spotted on the Marin County coast on Friday, much to the elation of rese...
28 May, 2024, 09.17 PM IST
Countries pledge to raise $12 billion to fund coral reef protectionAn alliance of nations called the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) has pledged to raise $12 billion to protect coral reefs from t...
04 Oct, 2023, 12.55 AM IST
This giant fish still around from dinosaur era can live for 100 yearsCoelacanths, which have been around for 400 million years, were thought extinct until they were found alive in 1938 off South Africa.
18 Jun, 2021, 03.47 PM IST
Iceberg floats toward South Georgia, puts wildlife at risk04 Nov, 2020, 08.32 PM IST
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- Acidified ocean water found along US West Coast
San Francisco, June 5 (IANS) A study of the California Current System has found highly acidified water along the US West Coast.
05 Jun, 2017, 10.40 AM IST
How blue whales are able to maintain their monstrous sizeA new study shows there's a lot more to the grazing habits of these massive mammals than just blindly swimming through the water.
06 Oct, 2015, 02.19 PM IST
Beach tourism, development killing turtles: WWFUnregulated tourism and development activity along beaches like Mandarmani and Digha in West Bengal is killing turtles including the vulner...
12 Aug, 2013, 12.16 PM IST
- Environment in shackles
Relaxing ambience and highly-rated food served by beach shacks have added value to Goa's tourism profile, but greens feel the government's ...
29 Sep, 2012, 03.24 AM IST
- Rampant shark fishing upsets biologists
The news of six large sharks caught in a trawler’s fishing net off Mumbai’s coast on Wednesday has worried marine biologists.
07 May, 2011, 05.24 AM IST
- Olive ridley sabotages Posco's port plan
Impact of increased illumination from proposed port on nesting sites for adult turtles worries ecologists.
05 Nov, 2010, 05.44 AM IST