Sperm whales are tracking fishing boats and stealing their fish
8 June 2018
Fishing boats in the Gulf of Alaska are being stalked by enormous sperm whales, which charge in and rip huge volumes of fish from the lines
-
Subject
-
Section
-
Type
-
Topics
-
Author
-
Issue
-
Premium
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is gobbling up ever more plastic
22 March 2018
There's at least four times as much plastic floating in the Pacific as we thought, and a lot of it may have floated over from Japan after the 2011 Tohoku tsunami
Shark-free world? That's a wish that would come back to bite us
2 February 2018
Sharks may be hard to love for many people, including the US president, but these animals are essential to the health of our oceans, says Lesley Evans Ogden
Jellyfish blooms linked to offshore gas platforms and wind farms
31 July 2017
Vast blooms of jellyfish are becoming increasingly common – perhaps because human-made offshore platforms act as ideal nursery grounds for young jellies
Captive breeding is a final roll of the dice for the vaquita
9 May 2017
The decline of the rare porpoise has brought us to the cusp of a risky project to put the animals in a sanctuary. Will it be enough, wonders Olive Heffernan
