2026 • Jan 22
Canada aquarium that threatened to kill its whales wants to sell them to US
Marineland seeks approval to sell belugas to United States after its China export proposal was rejected
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2026 • Jan 20
After four shark attacks in 48 hours, NSW authorities urge beachgoers ‘just go to a pool’
Surfer taken to hospital with minor injuries after latest shark attack at Point Plomer beach on mid-north coast
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2025 • Dec 27
Call for citizen scientists to monitor threatened turtle species on NSW beaches
Beachgoers from the Tweed to Batemans Bay have been asked to be on the lookout – and every nest reported to TurtleWatch NSW will be protectedGet our
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2025 • Dec 05
60,000 African penguins starve to death after sardine numbers collapse – study
Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research findsMore than 60,000 penguins in colonies off the coast of South Afr...
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2025 • Nov 22
How to make sustainable seafood choices this Christmas to ease the pressure on Australia’s oceans
Australian Marine Conservation Society’s GoodFish guide aims to showcase the most environmentally friendly seafood sources Get our
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2025 • Nov 21
Three-metre giant oarfish, ‘palace messenger’ of doom, washes up on Tasmanian beach
The enormous, serpentine fish, regarded in Japanese folklore as a herald of disaster, usually live deep below the surface and are only sighted when sick or dyingGet our
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2025 • Nov 20
Flying with whales: Drones are remaking marine mammal research
Aerial drones are giving scientists a new view of life at sea. ...
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2025 • Nov 19
‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
One expert says she is ‘starting to visualise the point where all we have left of corals and reefs is memories’
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2025 • Oct 25
Whale and dolphin migrations are being disrupted by climate change
Marine mammals are being forced into new and more dangerous waters, scientists warn. ...
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2025 • Oct 21
Scientists say North Atlantic right whale population slowly increasing
Once hunted to the brink of extinction, the most venerable of the leviathans now numbers 384, up eight from past yearOne of the rarest
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2025 • Oct 08
‘From reef to retail’: experts warn global marine aquarium fish trade relies heavily on wild populations
New research finds 90% of marine fish sold by major US retailers are wild-caught, including threatened or endangered species
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2025 • Sep 27
Mother and baby whale trapped in shark net off Queensland’s Rainbow Beach
The humpback whales, which were caught in a net 245km north of Brisbane, were among nine whale entanglements in past nine days Get our
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