Bird Flu Kills First Dolphin in Australia, Raising Fears for Its Wildlife
The dolphin found near Goolwa was a common dolphin, like the one in the image. Credit: Wikimedia Commons…
Labor ‘doing everything’ in bird flu fight to stop poultry farm contamination
Authorities are “doing everything” they can to stop H5 bird flu infecting Australia’s poultry farms, the minister leading…
Cronulla, Sydney: Whale carcass washes up at popular beach
A four-metre juvenile humpback whale carcass that washed up at a popular Sydney beach may be tested for…
As Arctic sea ice vanishes, a vital nutrient is disappearing with it and putting the food chain at risk
A new Arctic study is drawing attention for a troubling reason. As sea ice disappears, so does a…
Sperm whale clicks contain vowel-like patterns similar to human speech
The sound is sharp, spare and strange, a burst of clicks cutting through seawater. For years, researchers treated…
‘Their bites can give you a really nasty infection’
At La Jolla Cove in Southern California, a group of swimmers is caught on camera approaching a rocky…
Outrage after jetskiers chase dolphins
A pair of jetskiers have caused outrage after being caught chasing a pod of dolphins at a South…
Why blue whales are going eerily silent and what does it mean. Scientists raise alarm
Blue whales are going eerily silent, and scientists across the world are concerned. Researchers have raised alarms after…
Leopard seal song patterns have similar predictability to nursery rhymes
Bradbury, J. W. & Vehrencamp, S. L. Principles of Animal Communicationvol. 132 (Sinauer Associates, 1998). Brenowitz, E. A.,…
Saimaa ringed seal officially classified as separate species
The Saimaa ringed seal, native to eastern Finland’s Lake Saimaa, has been reclassified as its own species following…