SUALTI Gazetesi

Eleven years ago, the Maldives created a 90,000-square-kilometer (34,750-square-mile) sanctuary that banned shark fishing, but fisheries minister Zaha Waheed said recently that the government may be planning to lift the ban. Conservationists say reopening shark fisheries in the Maldives would […]

By Beth Murray An incredibly rare type of whale, which has only been sighted a handful of times in Scotland in the last 50-years, has been spotted in the Firth of Forth. This superb video of a Sei Whale was […]

Around 10:30 a.m. on Monday morning, somebody asked Dr. Shannon Gore, the managing director of the Association of Reef Keepers, to call Blue Water Divers. While on the phone with the company, Dr. Gore overheard radio chatter describing a distressed […]

Late last summer, a team of scientists from the University of British Columbia tracked southern and northern resident killer whales off the B.C. coast using cutting-edge technology that opened a new window into the lives of these charismatic creatures. The […]

by Sean Kelly AUSTIN (KXAN) — Within the next several months, the United Kingdom is set to lead the world’s first and largest ocean wildlife monitoring system to help protect wildlife and biodiversity. A network of cameras will look to […]

BINGHAMTON, NY – A local woman is looking for the community to contribute artwork to help save the Killer Whale population. Lilith Eve of Binghamton works closely with west-coast artist Snow Seychelle to help save orca whales from going extinct. […]

Boaters are being urged to take “extreme care” while out on the water right now as a humpback whale off of Point Grey appears to been injured by a vessel strike. The whale has a deep gouge on its back […]

The models will help predict how the nutrient-rich wastewater dumped into Port Manatee will disperse throughout the bay. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Where the wastewater discharged from Piney Point into Tampa Bay will go and how long it will take […]

While driving along a winding road to Holberg in northern Vancouver Island, Greg Clarke spotted a peculiar spectacle: a sea lion plopped down on the gravel terrain. “It was by far the weirdest thing I have ever seen … a […]

A man was sentenced Monday to three months in federal prison for shooting, killing and mutilating a protected northern elephant seal on the Central California coast near San Simeon. Prosecutors say that 30-year-old Jordan Gerbich did not kill the seal […]

We know that mammals feed their young with milk from their own bodies, and we know that whales are mammals. But the logistics of how some whales make breastfeeding happen has been a bit of a mystery for scientists. Such […]

Şebnem Coşkun, a Turkish photojournalist from Anadolu Agency (AA), won the first prize in the Nature and Environment category and the finalist award in the Photographer of the Year, Asia category at the Pictures of the Year (POY) Asia, a […]

By Zac Bruce and Dominique Bayens Decked out in diving gear, a white tutu and a veil, Debby McLeod had to mime “I do” to her husband Cam in WA’s first underwater wedding at the weekend. Plunging into the pristine […]

A world record attempt is underway with a diver trying to collect as much rubbish as possible from under Sydney Harbour. Dean Cropp is trying to break the record for a 24-hour underwater clean-up. “What you see on the surface […]

BY MICHIGAN STATE The sophisticated network of nerves connecting our eyes to our brains evolved much earlier than previously thought, research finds, thanks to an unexpected source: the gar fish. The new research shows that this connection scheme was already […]

By Dominic Cansdale It’s a species pushed to the brink of extinction by commercial whaling, but almost 60 years later, more than 40,000 humpback whales migrate through Australian waters. Optimistic estimates suggest about 1,500 humpbacks were left in 1962, with […]

A SINGLE bottle-nosed dolphin has been spotted interacting with boats off the coast of Ireland for the second time, sparking renewed hope that Fungie the Dingle dolphin may yet return. Fungie was a fixture in Dingle Bay for more than […]

A juvenile dolphin that repeatedly beached itself in Venice Beach has died, despite the rescue efforts of Los Angeles County lifeguards and the Marine Mammal Center rescue team. The dolphin was first spotted beaching itself around 4 p.m. near the […]

Minnesota and federal agencies herd the fish with nets and sound. About 30 more invasive carp were pulled out of the Mississippi River this week, suggesting that the destructive fish may have established a foothold in Minnesota. The silver and […]

Scientists are hoping to identify which dolphins are being exposed to the highest concentrations of wastewater and how it is affecting them. SARASOTA, Fla. — While engineers were able to shut off the flow of wastewater from the Piney Point […]

A seal that had a plastic ring stuck around its neck for two-and-half years has had it removed after being rescued from a Norfolk beach. The animal, named “Mrs Vicar”, was captured on Horsey Beach, near Great Yarmouth, on Easter […]

We have all heard the mantra that dolphins and whales (cetaceans) are highly intelligent animals. Some claim they’re on par with great apes and humans – maybe even smarter. But where does this concept come from? There are two lines […]

David Shiffman Question: “What does shark feeding scuba diving tourism do to other fish in the area?” — Mia V, age 11, North Carolina Answer: Great question! The short answer is that we don’t know very much about this; while […]

The recent death of a humpback whale off the Northumberland coast has raised interest in and concerns for the marine mammals in the North Sea. With the number of whale sightings in the area growing, what can be done to […]

Australian rescue workers had to settle Thursday for the euthanasia of “pilot dolphins” who escaped after being stranded in the Gulf of Tasmania, while their 380 convoys were already extinct. The race against time, four days ago, has rescued 88 […]

The Wildling Museum is inviting the public to attend a virtual event honoring the museum’s Wilderness Spirit Awardee — renowned underwater photographer Richard Salas. The event will take place from 4 to 5 p.m. June 6 and will feature live […]

April 5 (UPI) — Scientists have developed a new method for making environmentally friendly plastic out of fish waste — the heads, bones, skin and guts that get thrown away during processing. Researchers are scheduled to present their novel plastic […]

Michelle Robertson (NEXSTAR) – It’s known as “blackwater diving,” and it’s bringing to light incredible images of tiny larval fishes rarely seen by the average person’s eyes. Blackwater diving is nighttime SCUBA diving in “epipelagic environments,” or places in the […]

CORY WEINBERG Rescue operations are underway in the Gulf of Tasmania to rescue stranded Cetaceans. Rescuers said 380 of them had died. It is the largest Cetacean Stranding recorded in the history of the country. Sad news in Australia. On […]

DAWN GIBSON At a certain time of year, an unusual, alien-like phenomenon moves in the shallow waters of Vancouver Island. In the Facebook group, Field Naturalists of Vancouver Island, someone shared a special sighting of swimming polychaetes in the waters […]

North Atlantic right whales gave birth over the winter in greater numbers than scientists have seen since 2015, an encouraging sign for researchers who became alarmed three years ago when the critically endangered species produced no known offspring at all. […]

Several whale-hunting vessels have taken to the waters from Japanese ports with the official start of the commercial whaling season. They plan to catch 120 minke whales in the coming months. On Saturday, four ships – two in Miyagi Prefecture […]

By Rebecca Morelle Science correspondent, BBC News A submersible has dived to the world’s deepest-known shipwreck. The vessel reached the USS Johnston, which lies 6.5km (4 miles) beneath the waves in the Philippine Sea in the Pacific Ocean. Explorers spent […]