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Marine Conservation in the News
 Popular Fidelity (blog) | Leviathans may battle in remote depths Los Angeles Times For more reserved scientists, the possible link between sharks and squid, suggested by marine ecologist Michael Domeier of the Marine Conservation Science ... Sharks Fight Squid For Ocean Dominance Great white sharks' migration more complex than once thought Sharks and Squids: Battling Leviathans of the Deep |
 FOXNews | Pacific Loggerheads to Get Endangered Listing Honolulu Advertiser Turtle Island Restoration Network is an international marine conservation organization headquartered in California whose 10000 members work to protect sea ... US Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes to List Loggerhead Sea Turtles as ... Loggerhead turtles need endangered label, feds say |
The Cove - My Reaction to the Academy Award Winning Documentary About - News & Issues (blog) I urge all of you who have interest in protecting marine life and marine conservation to see The Cove and the consider supporting the organization dedicated ... |
 Globe and Mail | Oscar Winners Try to Keep Whale Off Sushi Plates New York Times Professor Baker contacted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a marine conservation unit of the Department of Commerce, which began its own ... Whale-Meat Restaurant Beached? Federal Authorities Move Against Santa Monica Sushi Spot For Serving Whale Meat Activists allege whale meat served at Calif. sushi restaurant, prompting ... |
Sport-fishing group inducts four into Hall of Fame Houma Courier “The men inducted into our Hall of Fame this year were truly pioneers in Louisiana's marine conservation movement,” CCA Louisiana President Gus Schram said ... |
Conservation group supports call for bluefin tuna trade ban Independent The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) said the northern Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, considered to be one of the most majestic species living in ... |
Call for world's largest marine reserve Surfbirds News ... including The Chagos Conservation Trust, The Linnean Society of London, The Marine Conservation Society, the Pew Environment Group, The Royal Botanic ... UK Poised to Designate World's Largest Marine Reserve |
Google Earth Launches Marine Tour With PEW Fellows Huffington Post (blog) Just released is a Google Earth tour by the Pew Environment Group to introduce the 2010 Pew Fellows in Marine Conservation that guides you through ... |
 Wakulla.com | Goliath Grouper to be Topic of March 18 FSU Coastal and Marine Lab Lecture Wakulla.com The March 18 lecture is the next event in the ongoing Coastal and Marine Conservation Lecture Series. The FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory is located at ... |
(No. 491) Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) (Amendment ... DeHavilland (press release) (subscription) The Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 has/have been laid before Parliament today, having been made on 1 ... |
Marine Biology News
Development of more muscular trout could boost commercial aquaculture
A 10-year effort by a scientist to develop transgenic rainbow trout with enhanced muscle growth has yielded fish with what have been described as six-pack abs and muscular shoulders that could provide a boost to the commercial aquaculture industry.
How sea turtle hatchlings use their flippers to move quickly on sand
Researchers conducted the first field study showing how endangered loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings use their limbs to move quickly on a variety of terrains in order to reach the ocean.
'Globetrotting' new worms discovered on Great Barrier Reef and Swedish coast
Between the grains of sand on the sea floor there is an unknown and unexplored world. Scientists have just found new animal species on the Great Barrier Reef, in New Caledonia, and in the sea off the Gullmarsfjord in the Swedish county of Bohuslan.
Deep sedimentation of acantharian cysts: a reproductive strategy?
Spore-like reproductive cysts of enigmatic organisms called acantharians rapidly sink from surface waters to the deep ocean in certain regions, according to new research. Scientists suspect that this is part of an extraordinary reproductive strategy, which allows juveniles to exploit a seasonal food bonanza.
Warming coastal water, thinning marine populations: Tracking of 2010 El Niño reveals marine life reductions
The ongoing El Niño of 2010 is affecting north Pacific Ocean ecosystems in ways that could affect the West Coast fishing industry, according to scientists. Researchers report a stronger than normal northward movement of warm water up the Southern California coast, a high sea-level event in January and low abundances of plankton and pelagic fish -- all conditions consistent with El Niño.
Mercurial tuna: Study explores sources of mercury to ocean fish
With concern over mercury contamination of tuna on the rise and growing information about the health effects of eating contaminated fish, scientists would like to know exactly where the pollutant is coming from and how it's getting into open-ocean fish species.
Hydrothermal vents discovered off Antarctica
Scientists have found evidence of hydrothermal vents on the seafloor near Antarctica, formerly a blank spot on the map for researchers wanting to learn more about seafloor formation and the bizarre life forms drawn to these extreme environments.
Participation important for healthy marine parks
The involvement of locals is a key ingredient in the success of marine parks which protect coral reefs and fish stocks. The largest-scale study to date of how coastal communities influence successful outcomes in marine reserves has found that human population pressure was a critical factor in whether or not a reserve succeeded in protecting marine resources -- but so too was local involvement in research and management.
Creating a dream breed: New way to farm prized Blackspot seabream fish
Blackspot seabream is a prized fish on many tables but it grows slowly at sea, is heavily overfished and is incredibly difficult to farm. No European company had successfully bred it until one Galician company teamed up with local partner and Norwegian nutritionists to develop a new method.
Sea squirt offers hope for Alzheimer's sufferers
Plaques and tangles in the brains of Alzheimer's patients mark its slow, inexorable progression. Finding new drugs to prevent plaques is currently the best hope for sufferers. However, efficient drug screens that detect plaque formation are often impossible due to their slow formation. Researchers have now identified the sea squirt, our closest invertebrate relative, as a potential new resource for drug development.
Red tide: Researchers issue outlook for a significant New England bloom of a toxic alga in 2010
Scientists have issued an outlook for a significant regional bloom of a toxic alga that can cause 'red tides' in the spring and summer of this year, potentially threatening the New England shellfish industry. This year's bloom could be similar to the major red tides of 2005 and 2008.
Marine spatial planning: A more balanced approach to ocean management
The old balkanized approach to ocean management, in which different resources and activities are governed by different laws and agencies, has failed to protect ocean ecosystems or reduce conflicts between ocean users, a panel of international scientists says. It should be replaced with a more balanced approach using marine spatial planning.
Endangered Species Research publishes theme section on biologging science
Biologging -- the use of miniaturized electronic tags to track animals in the wild -- has revealed previously unknown information about a wide variety of ocean animals. Biologging science is showing researchers how animals work in the furthest reaches of the ocean environs. A collection of papers on Biologging Science is being published in the scientific journal Endangered Species Research, which features a wide array of cutting-edge biologging research from around the world.
Ancient corals hold new hope for reefs
Fossil corals, up to half a million years old, are providing fresh hope that coral reefs may be able to withstand the huge stresses imposed on them by today's human activity. Reef ecosystems were able to persist through massive environmental changes imposed by sharply falling sea levels during previous ice ages, an international scientific team has found. This provides new hope for their capacity to endure the increasing human impacts forecast for the 21st century.
Understanding global climate change through new breakthroughs in polar research
Scientists have investigated the distribution and abundance of Antarctica's vast marine biodiversity with the Census of Antarctic Marine Life.
Barnacles prefer upwelling currents, enriching food chains in the Galapagos
The barnacle, a key thread in the marine food web, was thought to be missing along rocky coasts dominated by upwelling. Now a research team has found the opposite to be true: Barnacle populations thrive in vertical upwelling zones in moderately deep waters in the Galapagos Islands.
Giant plankton-eating fishes roamed prehistoric seas, fossil evidence shows
Giant plankton-eating fishes roamed the prehistoric seas for over 100 million years before they were wiped out in the same event that killed off the dinosaurs, new fossil evidence has shown.
Dolphin cognitive abilities raise ethical questions, says Emory neuroscientist
Many modern dolphin brains are significantly larger than those of humans and second in mass to the human brain when corrected for body size, says a scientist. Some dolphin brains exhibit features correlated with complex intelligence, including a large expanse of neocortical volume that is more convoluted than that of humans, extensive insular and cingulated regions, and highly differentiated cellular regions. This has ethical and policy considerations.
Climate change and coral reefs: Coral species has developed the 'skills' to cope with rising temperatures
Marine reserves are increasingly important for species that are being forced by climate change to move to a new home, adapt to new conditions or die. Biologists have now compared the relative benefits of large and small protected areas in perpetuating populations. Interestingly they have also found a coral species that has developed the "skills" to cope with rising temperatures.
Long-reigning microbe controlling ocean nitrogen shares the throne
Marine scientists long believed that a microbe called Trichodesmium, a member of a group called the cyanobacteria, reigned over the ocean's nitrogen budget.
How can accidental captures of loggerhead turtles be reduced?
Scientists have studied interactions between the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) and fishing gear such as longline hooks used at the water surface, mass beachings, and the effects of climate change on these animals. In order to reduce captures of this marine species without causing economic losses for fishermen, the scientists are proposing that fishing in the summer should only be carried out by night and in areas more than 35 nautical miles from land.
Fishery management practices for beluga sturgeon must change, experts urge
A first-of-its-kind study of a Caspian Sea beluga sturgeon (Huso huso) fishery demonstrates current harvest rates are four to five times higher than those that would sustain population abundance. The study's results suggest that conservation strategies for beluga sturgeon should focus on reducing the overfishing of adults rather than heavily relying upon hatchery supplementation.
World-class protection boosts Australia's Great Barrier Reef
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is showing an extraordinary range of benefits from the network of protected marine reserves introduced there five years ago, according to a comprehensive new study published.
Will coral reefs disappear?
How vulnerable are coral reefs to climate change due to higher ocean temperatures?
Dolphins could be ideal model to study human cervical cancer, veterinarians say
Dolphins are the only species besides humans known to harbor infections of multiple papillomavirus types, which are known to be linked with cervical cancer in women. As a result, dolphins may be the ideal model for the study of cervical cancer in women.
Link between marine algae and whale diversity over last 30 million years, study finds
New research shows a strong link between the diversity of organisms at the bottom of the food chain and the diversity of mammals at the top. Throughout the last 30 million years, changes in the diversity of whale species living at any given time period correlates with the evolution and diversification of diatoms, tiny, abundant algae that live in the ocean.
Damage to threatened Gulf of California habitats can be reversed
Once described by Jacques Cousteau as the "world's aquarium," the marine ecosystems of the Gulf of California are under threat. Destructive new fishing methods are depleting the sea's habitats, creating areas that are ghosts of their former existences.
Diversity of corals, algae in warm Indian Ocean suggests resilience to future global warming
Corals that harbor unusual species of symbiotic algae have been discovered thriving in water that is too warm for most other corals. The discovery gives hope that coral reefs and the ecosystems they support may persist -- at least in some places -- in the face of global warming.
Dolphins' health shed light on human and ocean health
New research suggests that diseases found in dolphins are similar to human diseases and can provide clues into how human health might be affected by exposure to contaminated coastal water or seafood.
New discovery: Plaice fish are spotted (on the inside)
Have you seen a spotted plaice? Probably. Marine biologists have now studied the spotted insides of plaice.
Marine reserves in the spotlight: Meeting both conservation and fisheries goals
Marine reserves are known to be effective conservation tools when they are placed and designed properly. This week, a special issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is dedicated to the latest science on marine reserves, with a focus on where and how reserves can most effectively help to meet both conservation and fisheries goals.
The carbon cycle before humans: New studies provide clearer picture of how carbon cycle was dramatically affected long ago
Two new studies contribute new clues as to what drove large-scale changes to the carbon cycle nearly 100 million years ago. Both research teams conclude that a massive amount of volcanic activity introduced carbon dioxide and sulfur into the atmosphere, which in turn had a significant impact on the carbon cycle, oxygen levels in the oceans and marine plants and animals. Oxygen levels dropped so low that one-third of marine life died.
Barley protein concentrate could replace fishmeal in aquaculture feeds
Scientists have developed a barley protein concentrate that could be fed to trout and other commercially produced fish.
Marine protected areas: A solution for saving the penguin
Researchers have shown that closing fishing zones in the ocean has a beneficial effect on Cape penguins, an endangered species endemic to Southern Africa that feeds exclusively on fish.
Beyond the abyss: Deep sea creatures build their homes from materials that sink from near the ocean surface
Evidence from the Challenger Deep -- the deepest surveyed point in the world's oceans -- suggests that tiny single-celled creatures called foraminifera living at extreme depths of more than ten kilometers build their homes using material that sinks down from near the ocean surface.
Sustainable fisheries needed for global food security
Increased aid from developed countries, earmarked specifically for sustainable seafood infrastructure in developing countries, could improve global food security, according to a new policy paper.
Mass extinctions: 'Giant' fossils are revolutionizing current thinking
Large-sized gastropods dating from only 1 million years after the greatest mass extinction of all time, the Permian-Triassic extinction, have been discovered by an international team of researchers. These specimens call into question the existence of a "Lilliput effect", the reduction in the size of organisms inhabiting postcrisis biota, normally spanning several million years.
Will earlier springs throw nature out of step?
The recent trend towards earlier UK springs and summers has been accelerating, according to a new study. The research is the most comprehensive and rigorous assessment so far of long-term changes in the seasonal timing of biological events across marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments in the UK.
'Boutique' fish farms created for Ugandans to combat Lake Victoria's depleted fish supplies
In a unique project to combat depleted fish supplies in Lake Victoria, researchers have established 'boutique' fish farms in small villages around the Lake's shore in Uganda.
Commercial fishing endangers dolphin populations, new study finds
Extensive commercial fishing endangers dolphin populations in the Mediterranean, according to a new study by researchers in Israel.
Seabed biodiversity of the Straits of Magellan and Drake Passage
A study of animals visible to the naked eye and living in and on the seabed -- the "macrobenthos" -- of the Straits of Magellan and Drake Passage will help scientists understand the biodiversity, biogeography and ecology of the Magellanic region.
Water movements can shape fish evolution
Researchers have found that the hydrodynamic environment of fish can shape their physical form and swimming style.
Is iron from soil a factor in algal blooms?
Scientists are studying the part that iron from Australia's iron-rich soil plays in the algal blooms that plague parts of the eastern coast line during summer.
New research rejects 80-year theory of 'primordial soup' as the origin of life
For 80 years it has been accepted that early life began in a "primordial soup" of organic molecules before evolving out of the oceans millions of years later. Today the "soup" theory has been overturned in a pioneering article which claims it was the Earth's chemical energy, from hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor, which kick-started early life.
Fossils show earliest animal trails
Trails found in rocks dating back 565 million years are thought to be the earliest evidence of animal locomotion ever found. The newly-discovered fossils, from rocks in Newfoundland in Canada, were analysed by an international team. They identified over 70 fossilised trails indicating that some ancient creatures moved, in a similar way to modern sea anemones, across the seafloors of the Ediacaran Period.
Marine lab hunts subtle clues to environmental threats to blue crabs
Researchers are at work trying to identify the clues that will finger specific, yet elusive, environmental threats to the Atlantic blue crab.
Searching for cadmium in the ocean: Marine scientists investigate micro-nutrients in the Atlantic
They are invisible and very difficult to measure but no life in the oceans would be possible without them. They are trace metals, such as cadmium, copper or iron, dissolved in seawater. Their precise origin and distribution in the world’s ocean, in particular in the deep sea, are not well known. Now, an international research program aims to close this gap of knowledge.
Discovery of algae's toxic hunting habits could help curb fish kills
A microbe commonly found in the Chesapeake Bay and other waterways emits a poison not just to protect itself but to stun and immobilize the prey it plans to eat.
Global Warming/Climate Change in the News
 CBC.ca | Questions about research slow efforts to tackle climate change USA Today ... regard to possible consequences from climate change, which he says need further study. In the most notorious error, the IPCC report said global warming ... Review of UN panel's report on climate change won't reexamine errors Criticism of Climate Change Science Heats Up Climate Change Nepotism |
 Daily Caller | Global warming skepticism rising in the GOP Daily Caller ... Republicans — reflects the rising power of climate change skeptics in the GOP, where global warming is becoming a litmus test for conservatives. ... |
Climate Change and Native Plants, a talk by David Ackerly San Francisco Chronicle With climate change, up to 66% of California's native plants are projected to experience substantial reductions in range size within a century. ... |
Utah Legislature: Rally at Capitol urges lawmakers to address climate change Deseret News Gary Herbert to reverse any positions they've taken that assert climate change is not man-caused. The rally included the introduction of a letter with more ... Students protest climate change bills at Capitol |
 The Hindu | Climate Change 'Quagmire' Wall Street Journal Climate-change Cassandras are prone to warning that unless governments take draconian action to limit carbon emissions, the world will suffer ... China to stick to climate change stand, expects India to follow suit News focus: Rebuilding trust towards Mexico Climate Change Summit EU urged to adopt a 'more unified' approach to climate change |
 Straits Times | China's Climate Change Skepticism Atlantic Online (blog) ... page as other major countries combating climate change, its top climate negotiator said there was still uncertainty about the causes of global warming. ... China tells US to do more on climate change Climate change is a fact, says China China Calls for More U.S. Action on Climate Change |
 The Hindu | Bipartisan Senate Leaders Talk Climate Change at White House SustainableBusiness.com ... and Democratic Senators at the White House on Tuesday in an effort to rejuvenate negotiations for comprehensive climate change and energy legislation. ... Lieberman Says Climate-Change Proposal Will Be Ready This Month Obama Woos Senators for Climate-change Legislation Renewed effort for climate change legislation focus of White House meeting |
 Times LIVE | Dutton Report Alert: Non-partisan Analyst Says Global Warming Regulations Will ... Digital News Report Dave Cogdill (R-Modesto), the non-partisan Legislative Analyst's Office reviewed California's global warming legislation (AB32) and found that its ... California global warming law may lead to job losses, report says California climate change law may cause short-term job loss and energy cost ... Report Says California Global Warming Law Will Cause Job Losses |
Letters: Obama tried, how Congress works, climate change Press-Register - al.com (blog) Texas officials said the EPA improperly relied on the scientific conclusions of other groups, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ... |
 Liberty News | British royalty speaks on climate change Liberty News Lord Christopher Monckton, the first member of British royalty to speak at convocation, presented issues with the current climate change scare driven by ... Global-warming skeptic speaks at Liberty University |
Coral Reefs in the News
 AFP | New Caledonia taps Australia for reef protection AFP CANBERRA — New Caledonia on Wednesday enlisted Australia's help to protect its massive coral reef, the world's second biggest after the Great Barrier Reef. ... New Caledonia seeks Australian help for reef protection New Caledonia Asks Australia For Reef Help New Caledonia seeks Australian support for forum membership |
 TravelVideo.tv (press release) | Divers and Snorkelers to Eggsplore the Florida Keys Coral Reef! TravelVideo.tv (press release) ... head out to a secret location on one of the Keys' pristine reefs to allow revelers to seek the sunken hard-boiled treasures during the two-tank trip. ... |
What effects will climate change have on wildlife? ABC15.com (KNXV-TV) Since the 1980s, coral reefs in the western Atlantic Ocean have suffered massive declines due to disease. It is likely that coral mortalities were initially ... |
 MiamiHerald.com | January freeze killed acres of Fla. coral UPI.com The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary has suspended scientific permits for collection of coral and is encouraging divers to head for artificial reefs ... Cold Weather Blamed for Coral Deaths Cold weather kills large swaths of Florida Keys coral |
 Delta-Optimist | 'Turn off the lights for Earth Hour' Saipan Tribune Bickel, who works with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's coral reef management program in the CNMI Division of Environmental Quality, ... CNMI to participate in its first Earth Hour |
 Power Boat - World | Ancient corals provide hope that reefs may survive global warming Oneindia Washington, March 2 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have determined that half a million year old fossil corals are providing fresh hope that coral reefs ... REEFS REGRESS Fossils prove reefs can be resilient Corals May Be Able to Survive Human Influence If their history is any ... |
Coral Reefs Reveal New Species of Marine Animals The ocean floor is a very ... Softpedia Investigations of marine evolutionary hot beds, such as coral reefs, is almost always bound to produce immediate results, and a recent study by scientists ... |
Friends of reefs getting online home Maui News WAILUKU - Coral reef-loving advocacy groups and government agencies are collaborating to simplify ocean monitoring programs ... |
 The Guardian | World's coral reefs could disintegrate by 2100 The Guardian Coral reefs in the Red Sea, north of Jeddah. Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AFP/Getty Images The world's coral reefs will begin to disintegrate before the end of ... Fishing bans boost Australia's Great Barrier Reef AAAS: Coral reefs could disappear by the end of the century Poachers raiding rich Barrier Reef zones |
 Caribbean Hurricane Network | Coral Reefs Are Precious and Delicate Caribbean Hurricane Network Too many people do not understand just how fragile coral reefs are and that they are NOT an anchoring ground. PLEASE TAKE CARE NOT TO INFLICT FURTHER DAMAGE ... |
Whales in the News
Globe and Mail | Sushi restaurant, chef charged over whale meat The Associated Press Federal prosecutors have filed charges against the owner of a California restaurant and its sushi chef that marine mammal activists say served illegal whale ... Calif. sushi restaurant busted for serving whale -- why it's illegal Whale-Meat Restaurant Beached? Feds charge restaurant for selling whale meat |
Whale spotted off Wrightsville Beach WECT-TV6 All three saw a whale about twenty yards off the shore, just South of Station One Apartments. Capron captured some of the images on his video camera. ... |
Gray whale lingers in Budd Inlet The Olympian A single gray whale was spotted in lower Budd Inlet Wednesday for the third day in a row, ... |
 TheNewsTribune.com | Gray whale spotted in south Puget Sound Seattle Times A gray whale has ventured into south Puget Sound where it was seen Monday in Budd Inlet at Olympia. The Associated Press A gray whale has ventured into ... Gray whale spends day in Budd Inlet |
 Otago Daily Times | <i>John Armstrong</i>: Whaling proposal no sell-out, it's realism New Zealand Herald Has New Zealand sold out to Japan by backing a compromise proposal before the International Whaling Commission which ... Envoys seek compromise on whaling numbers Govt has "sit on the fence" approach to whaling FONDATION FRANZ WEBER: Trial Against the Slaughter of Whales and Dolphins ... |
Gloucester man pleads guilty to striking whales Boston Herald A Gloucester man has been fined $200 after he admitted to striking two humpback whales with his recreational fishing boat off the ... Whale case ends in $200 plea deal Gloucester man pleads guilty to striking whales |
Plausible theory for beaching of whales Irish Times WE HAVE ALL seen the pictures on television – a massive beached whale lying helpless on the sand, its big soulful eyes staring helplessly while rescue ... |
 Just Jared Jr. | Sarah Hyland & Matt Prokop: Whale Watching Teen Daily While looking at the beautiful view, Sarah tweeted “Fire in the sky”, before they caught a glimpse of a whale in the water. Sarah Hyland is Hawaii Happy Sarah Takes Her Modern Love to the Beach in a Bikini! Sarah Hyland & Matt Prokop: Smooch in the Sun |
 Brisbane Times | Japan offers to reduce Antarctic whaling for hunt in home waters Vancouver Sun Japan will propose scaling down its troubled annual whale hunt in Antarctica on condition it is allowed to whale commercially in its own coastal waters, ... Anti-whaling Battle Moves On-shore Australian police search anti-whaling ships Australian Police Board Anti-Whale Ship, Sea Shepherd Says |
Working in the belly of a whale Ottawa Citizen Only two days later, with the jaws, mandibles and a handful or two of vertebrae in place, the shape of Tallulah, a 19-metre blue whale, was becoming clear. ... |
Dolphins in the News
Lady Dolphins take second in Gulf Shores Dolphin Classic Gulf Breeze News Smiling with second The Lady Dolphin softball team took second place out of 15 teams at the Gulf ... GBHS stays unbeaten in district |
 Sun-Sentinel | Ex-Dolphin Battling Cancer NBC Miami Jim Mandich is a true blue Miami Dolphin, but the former tight end will have to walk away from his first love to take care of something he ... Former Dolphin Jim Mandich Battling Cancer |
 Miami New Times (blog) | Academy gives the hook to dolphin-saving signage Mother Nature Network (blog) When dolphin activist Ric O'Barry held up the 'Text Dolphin' sign, The Cove producers got the boot during Oscar acceptance speech. ... Oscars Dolphin Flasher Causes Mobile Tidal Wave 'The Cove' Oscar Stunt Causes Texting Boom Ric O'Barry: The Performance of a Lifetime |
 New York Times (blog) | Oscar win for dolphin hunt film 'The Cove' BBC News The 2010 Oscar for best documentary has been won by The Cove, a film which follows an annual dolphin hunt in the Japanese town of Taiji. ... Japanese Fishing Village Defends Dolphin Hunting Depicted in Oscar Winner The Cove Japan Mayor Protests Dolphin Hunt Documentary Oscar Berkeley group hopes Oscar stops dolphin slaughter |
Gulfarium's Kiwi the dolphin dies The Northwest Florida Daily News Initial results found that the 17-year-old dolphin suffered a respiratory complication, according to a news release from Gulfarium. “It's a devastating loss ... |
Dolphin soccer seniors commit to playing college ball Gulf Breeze News Jason Thompson/Gulf Breeze News In what could be the first two of several, GBHS Dolphin soccer seniors Jack Begley and Hayes Sperry signed paperwork to play ... |
 Energy Harvesting Journal | EnOcean's bi-directional and energy-autonomous Dolphin platform Energy Harvesting Journal EnOcean GmbH, developer of batteryless wireless technology, has announced the market availability of its new Dolphin platform. For the first time, ... |
 Daily Mail | SeaWorld, Tilly the Whale: PETA protests dolphin, killer whale captivity with ... Examiner.com Pictures: Following the death of SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau by Tilly the killer whale on Feb. 24, 2010, PETA is planning a fly-over with a banner over ... The animal instinct |
Dolphin found dead in Conn. creek Hartford Courant Experts from Mystic Aquarium are looking into the death of a common dolphin found in Norwalk in a tidal creek near Long Island Sound. ... Experts Probe Mysterious Dolphin Death Dolphin found dead on Norwalk shore Dolphin found beached in Norwalk |
Globe and Mail | The Cove team bust US whale restaurant Greenfudge.org (blog) Back in the headlines after a triumphant Oscar win for Best Documentary Feature, the makers of the anti dolphin slaughter and capture film The Cove have not ... Oscar Winners Nab Restaurant in 'Sushi Sting' Sushi Spot Is Charged With Serving Whale Meat Santa Monica Sushi Joint Busted for Serving Whale by Oscar Winning ... |
Sharks in the News
Sharks Spotted Near Search For Missing Surfer KITV Honolulu HONOLULU -- A Honolulu Fire Department helicopter crew spotted a figure and sharks in the ocean off Laniakea Beach Park on Wednesday during a search for a ... 3 tiger sharks spotted in search for missing swimmer off North Shore |
Maldives Ban Fishing of Sharks New York Times PARIS — The Maldives will make its territorial waters into a shark sanctuary, a government official said Tuesday, lending momentum to efforts ... Pew Applauds Maldives Indian Ocean Shark Sanctuary; Move Boosts Efforts to ... Taxpayers' monies should be speak in a socially responsible manner |
Large sharks seen near where surfer went missing Honolulu Star-Bulletin By Star-Bulletin staff Three large tiger sharks exhibiting "aggressive behavior" were spotted this morning near what may have been the body of a missing ... |
 Sydney Morning Herald | Sharks aim to bury memories with win over premiers The Roar (blog) The season start provides a huge test for the Sharks, who host premiers Melbourne on Saturday. But skipper Barrett has welcomed the challenge as an ... Gallen signs for life … this time with no get-out-of-jail-free card Gallen signs on to be a Shark for life Gallen re-signs with Sharks |
 Sydney Morning Herald | Florida: Shark Attacks Fall in the United States New York Times By AP The number of shark attacks in the United States declined to 28 in 2009 from 41 in 2008, according to a University of Florida report released Monday. ... Study: Fewer shark attacks reported in the US Shark Attacks In US Decline In 2009 Recession may curb U.S. shark attacks |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Great White shark gets a little too close for comfort Herald Sun This diver stares into the jaws of death as he fends off a Great White shark, pushing its snout, then putting his hand in its mouth. ... Pictured: The moment a diver puts his hand inside a Great White Shark's mouth Divers stare into jaws of killer Great White shark gets up close and personal |
 WorstPreviews.com | Roger Corman's back with sharktacular B-movie mayhem ChicagoNow (blog) In it, a prehistoric shark wreaks havoc off the coast of Mexico, gnawing its way through swimmers, fishermen and police officers before a showdown with the ... "Dinoshark vs Sharktopus" in the Works |
Corey Haim Turned Down Celebrity Rehab Film.com Corey Haim arrives at the 3rd Annual Avant Garde Fashion Event And "Shark City" After Party at Boulevard Three on March 19, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. ... |
Shark to be on the table at CITES conference Gulf Times Whether to protect eight shark species that are vulnerable to international trade will be a question to be debated at the 15th Conference of the Parties to ... |
 Mother Nature Network (blog) | Daily Briefing: Wed. Mother Nature Network (blog) The move is partly an economic necessity, since the value of the Maldives' shark trade has fallen more than 80 percent in the last 12 years as the number of ... |
Cephalopods (Octopuses, squids, cuttlefish and nautiloids) in the News
'One Shining Moment' Is A Horrible Audio Slice Of Squid Vomit SB Nation (blog) My goodness, there's much to like about the NCAA men's basketball tournament: gambling, watching four games at ... |
Expert details the secet life of octopuses Boston Herald As Anderson likes to say, "There's no such thing as safe sex for octopuses." The giant Pacific octopus can weigh up to 400 pounds, and extend 28 feet from ... Seattle giant octopus expert tells all in new book |
Giant squid display coming to Harbor Branch Fort Pierce Tribune By news release FORT PIERCE — At Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, a giant 12-foot squid, the victim of a commercial ... |
The Devil and Sherlock Holmes Entertainment Weekly In The Devil and Sherlock Holmes, these straightforward tales grip you as unrelentingly as the suckered appendages of the giant squid Grann attempts to ... |
Cable Channel to Offer Giant Octopi and Big Cats New York Times Cable channels usually get their start in the United States, then branch out to the rest of the world. But this month, the News Corporation ... |
Popular Fidelity (blog) | Sharks Fight Squid For Ocean Dominance Popular Fidelity (blog) That area, considered a biological desert due to the lack of sea life, was home to only one major food supply: giant squid. Of course, the squid also ... Leviathans may battle in remote depths Sharks and Squids: Battling Leviathans of the Deep Great white sharks' migration more complex than once thought |
 NewsOK.com (blog) | What Would Kathryn Bigelow's Spider-Man Have Looked Like? io9 SQUID It is December 31, 1999. Peter Parker is the Amazing Spider-Man, a brave but reckless superhero. Parker feels responsible for the death of his Uncle ... Peter Parker deserved to be fired |
Giant octopuses weren't the world's best wrestlers Seattle Times The contestants dived 30 to 50 feet to grab giant Pacific octopuses out of a cave or wherever they were making a home. The wrestling part came in loosening ... Eight arms not enough: Octopus had help snagging shark |
 Metro | Giant squid on the menu for great white sharks Metro A new battle of the deep between great white sharks and giant squid could be going on right now, new research shows. Feeling peckish? ... |
Protesters, Including 'Vampire Squid,' Picket Health Insurers' Confab NPR (blog) And then there was the guy dressed up as what looked to me like, well, a Giant Red Squid of Death. The man in a black bodysuit with a red paper mache ... |
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Settling the dinosaur-demise debate La Jolla Light Among experts weighing in: paleoceanographer Richard Norris, Ph.D., from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, who contributed evidence in sea-floor sediment ... |
 La Jolla Light | Marine life photographer to visit Scripps for lecture La Jolla Light ... at Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at 7:30 pm March 15 to share images and stories from his many years diving off the south coast. ... |
 New York Daily News | 30 years later, what killed the dinosaurs is revisited EurekAlert (press release) Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, paleoceanographer Richard Norris is one of 41 scientists presenting evidence that an asteroid impact ... The Chicxulub Asteroid Impact and Mass Extinction at the Cretaceous-Paleogene ... 30 years later, what killed the dinosaurs is revisited Experts reaffirm asteroid impact caused mass extinction 65 million years ago ... |
 FIS | El Niño may impact West Coast fishing industry FIS ... according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego. ... |
El Nino may affect West Coast fisheries UPI.com Researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography say a stronger-than-normal northward ... |
US Navy CDR Mary Sears. Courtesy US Navy. Armed with Science Roger Revelle, director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a colleague of Mary Sears, once said: “…the federal government…has generally ... |
Seamount Scientists Offer New Comprehensive View of Deep-Sea Mountains Science Daily (press release) Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and colleagues from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, Oregon State ... |
2010 El Nino affecting North Pacific Ocean ecosystems adversely Oneindia Washington, March 4 (ANI): Scientists at NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, US, have revealed that the ongoing El Nino of 2010 is ... |
Innovation Summit Highlights Drug Development, Cleantech, and Potential Impact ... Xconomy I have some impressions from the morning presentations: —Climatologist Dan Cayan of UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography explained why multiple ... |
Lecture series begins at Birch La Jolla Light This lecture is in memory of distinguished Scripps Oceanography professor Charles David Keeling's life and invaluable contributions to climate science and ... |
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