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Gujarat's dolphin count tops 680, boosts conservation effortsGujarat's coastline is now a thriving dolphin habitat, with over 680 recorded individuals. A recent survey revealed a significant populatio...- Musket balls and a burnt hull: First shipwrecks linked to Pirates of the Caribbean discovered in Nassau Harbor, The BahamasNassau, Bahamas, once a pirate haven, has yielded six shipwrecks. Three wrecks are linked to the Golden Age of Piracy. These discoveries ar...
- 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...
- Marine spectacle at Monterey Bay: Over 2,000 dolphins form rare superpod — Here’s why it happenedOff the coast of Monterey Bay, California, an extraordinary marine spectacle unfolded as more than 2,000 dolphins gathered in an exceptiona...
- USS Stewart: Legendary 'Ghost Ship of the Pacific' rediscovered after 80 yearsThe USS Stewart, a Navy destroyer lost for nearly 80 years, was discovered off California's coast at a depth of 3,500 feet. The ship, invol...
- Centre proposes ESZ for villages on fringes of Bhitarkanika National ParkBhitarkanika is known as the second largest mangrove forest in India after Sundarbans and Gahirmatha is known as the world's largest rooker...
- 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...
- Deep-sea footage reveals WWII aircraft carriers lost at Midway BattleRemote submersibles have discovered and documented the wreckage of three World War II aircraft carriers that were involved in the Battle of...
- 5 lesser-known wildlife sanctuaries you can explore at a reasonable priceMost popular wildlife parks often have long queues and are expensive. ET Wealth lists five lesser-known sanctuaries that you can explore at...
- Forest clearance to BSF for infrastructure across Sir Creek estuaryThe Narayan Sarovar Sanctuary is one of its kind wetland which hosts over 15 threatened species and rare flowering plants. It is also consi...
- Scuba divers go 25-feet-deep into Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary to carve pumpkins underwater in Halloween competitionOn the occasion of Halloween, scuba divers went 25-feet-deep into the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary during the competition of carv...
- On an Alaskan island, a US mayor Patrick Pletnikoff fights for fur seals - and a new future
- NAREDCO seeks relief from Maharashtra govt for projects around Flamingo SanctuaryThe state government is yet to share the proposal with the central government for the final notification, for Thane creek flamingo sanctuar...
- Gujarat govt to cut buffer around 19 sanctuariesFormer director of Bombay Natural History Society Asad Rahmani said, “The ESZ should be decided on the ecology of the area and not on polit...
- Yet again, Barack Obama has a fish named after himLast week, Obama established the largest protected marine sanctuary in the world.
- Gujarat wants Khijadia as a Ramsar siteAfter Nalsarovar, the state forest department wants Khijadia bird sanctuary in Jamnagar district as a Ramsar site.
- First images of historic San Francisco shipwreck releasedThe immigrant steamship had capsized over 100 years ago in San Francisco, killing 128 people, mostly immigrants from China and Japan.
- RIL's Sikka Port expansion hits hurdle; to submit material to ascertain project’s impact on environmentVeerappa Moily may have to deal with a Reliance problem again, this time in the environment ministry.
- Fishing ban from Nov 1 at Gahirmatha marine sanctuaryThe annual fishing ban comes into effect at Gahirmatha marine sanctuary and Rushikulya beach from Friday.
- Andamans, Lakshadweep ‘spots of hope’ in bid to save oceans: IUCNAndaman and Nicobar and Lakshwadeep Islands have been named as the new “hope spots” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (...
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