Ocean Sentry

Record high temperatures in northern Russia this winter have prevented sea ice from forming, threatening the birth of baby seals as the pupping period approaches, a local NGO has warned. Read more

A days-old North Atlantic right whale calf has been severely injured after being struck by a boat’s propellers. News of this injury comes from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which found that the calf had two “parallel and s-shaped” wounds along its body, most likely caused by boat …

Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea) are in trouble. Their population has never recovered from the impact of the commercial sealing that occurred mainly in the 19th century. Read more

Newborn polar bears are able to survive the bone-chilling Arctic winter — where temperatures can fall to negative 30 degrees Celsius or lower — by seeking warmth in their mothers’ dens. However, new research claims that if current trends continue, cubs along Alaska’s northern coast might perish outside instead. Read …

A new study has revealed that one million common guillemots died due to the heatwave, and two thirds of them are thought to have been breeding adults. Read more

Taiji’s dolphin hunters have certainly been kept busy this month. In this week alone, there have been four successful drives, with two pods of striped dolphins, one pod of Risso’s dolphins and a pod of bottlenose dolphins falling prey to the greed and ignorance. Read more