Eight sea lions have been found shot dead in the US state of Washington in the past few weeks, wildlife officials have told a local TV station. The bodies of seven sea lions with bullet wounds were recently found on the Nisqually River, KING-TV reports. An eighth sea lion was found dead in West Seattle on 23 January. The Seal Sitters conservation group said it, too, had been shot...

A coalition of conservation and American Indian groups today sued the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to protect thousands of whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals and sea lions from U.S. Navy warfare training exercises along the coasts of California, Oregon and Washington. “These training exercises will harm dozens of protected species of marine mammals — Southern resident killer whales, b…

Una manada de 90 calderones ha varado en el extremo de la isla sur de Nueva Zelanda, la misma área donde, según las autoridades, siete calderones murieron en un varamiento masivo a principios de este mes. El director del departamento regional de conservación, John Masoon, informa que personal y voluntarios tratarán de mantener frescas a las ballenas hasta la llegada de la marea alta al final del día, que se esp…