Marine life
- Japan, Environment, Coastlines, Oceans, Marine life, Europe, Climate crisis, Cetaceans, Wildlife, World news, Zoology, Asia Pacific, Whales, Biology, Science, Iceland
‘Extraordinary longevity’: great whales can live a lot longer than we thought – if we leave them alone
Bowhead whales may not be the only species that can live to 200 years old. Researchers have found that the ind…
- Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Environmental activism, Denmark, Greenland, Japan, Environment, Marine life, Europe, Conservation, Whaling, Animals, Protest, World news, Whales
Whaling activist Paul Watson celebrates release from jail after Denmark refuses extradition to Japan
US-Canadian founder of Sea Shepherd, who was arrested in Greenland in July, will now spend Christmas with his …
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Anti-whaling activist to learn if he will be extradited to Japan within 14 days
Paul Watson, an early Greenpeace member, says his imprisonment in Greenland is a ‘political case’The anti-whal…
- Environmental activism, Canada, Greenland, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Japan, Environment, Marine life, Greenpeace, Cetaceans, Wildlife, US news, Protest, World news, Whales
‘If I’m sent to Japan, I’m not coming home’: jailed anti-whaler defiant in face of extradition threat
Sea Shepherd’s Paul Watson talks about his arrest on behalf of the Japanese government, his ‘interesting’ Gree…
- Malala Yousafzai, Fukushima, Japan, Marine life, World news, Documentary films, Asia Pacific, South Korea, Culture, Film
The Last of the Sea Women review – female Korean divers as picturesque eco-feminist tradition
Sue Kim’s film about South Korea’s underwater fishers has everything from nuclear pollution to sexism to cover…
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‘Miracle’ penguin found two weeks after escaping captivity in Japan
Pen-chan defies expectations to be reunited with keeper safe and sound after swimming 30 miles in open seaA fu…
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Japanese eels can escape predators’ stomach through their gills, finds study
Eels use tail-first technique to back up digestive tract of fish towards oesophagus before coming out of gills…
- Japan, Environment, Marine life, Australia news, Conservation, Whaling, Cetaceans, Wildlife, World news, Asia Pacific, Whales
Australian government ‘deeply disappointed’ by Japan’s decision to expand commercial whaling target list
Japanese government confirms it will allow whalers to catch and kill up to 59 fin whales, a species conservati…
- Activism, Greenland, Japan, Environment, Marine life, Conservation, Whaling, Animals, Cetaceans, Wildlife, World news, Whales
Supporters of arrested Sea Shepherd founder say parallels with Julian Assange are ‘disturbing’
Allies of the 73-year-old anti-whaling activist Paul Watson have said that prison time would amount to a ‘life…
- Japan, Environment, Hawaii, Marine life, Climate crisis, Animals, Wildlife, US news, World news, Asia Pacific, California, Americas
Blue, mysterious and arriving by the millions: the alien-like creatures blanketing US beaches
Masses of ephemeral organisms known as ‘by-the-wind sailors’ wash up in a ‘blue tide’ on the west coast most y…
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Killer whales trapped in drift ice off Japan’s Hokkaido coast escape
Pod of orcas in north Japan freed themselves as gaps between the ice grew, officials sayA pod of killer whales…
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‘I’ve never seen anything like this’: Japan says reason behind 1,200 tonnes of fish washing ashore is unknown
The sardines and mackerel were found floating on the surface of the sea near the fishing port of Hakodate in H…
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Japan’s dying art of cormorant fishing – in pictures
This 1,300-year-old fishing technique consists of swinging a basket of flames over the river to wake the ayu r…
- Deep-sea mining, Endangered habitats, Japan, Environment, Oceans, Marine life, Wildlife, World news, Asia Pacific
Deep-sea mining causes huge decreases in sealife across wide region, says study
Scientists caution against rush to mine the seabed, and say it could be decades before the full impact on mari…
- Faroe Islands, Denmark, Japan, Environment, Oceans, Politics, Norway, Marine life, Dolphins, Trade policy, Conservation, Cetaceans, Wildlife, World news, Whales, UK news, Green politics, Iceland
Dolphins, whales and seals being failed by UK government policy, MPs say
UK urged to use trade deals as bargaining tool to protect marine mammalsDolphins and other marine mammals are …
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Discovered in the deep: the superbuilder sea anemones that make verandahs
A sea anemone found off Japan does not just live on a species of crab, but actually grows its host’s shell lik…
- Japan, Environment, Oceans, Marine life, Restaurants, Cetaceans, Wildlife, World news, Asia Pacific, Whales, Food
Whale meat on the menu as Japanese suppliers try to tempt tourists
With the domestic market in long-term decline, whalers and restaurants are working with the Japan travel burea…
- Japan, Environment, Farming, Marine life, Animals, Wildlife, Fishing, World news, Asia Pacific, Food
Japan makes squid farming breakthrough as wild catches plummet
Scientists have long sought to farm the scarce seafood staple, but critics say animals are not suited to inten…
- Japan, Environment, Oceans, Marine life, Conservation, Climate crisis, Animals, Wildlife, Fishing, Asia Pacific, Japanese food and drink, Food, Fish
Thin fish, small catches: can Japan’s sushi culture survive climate crisis?
Global heating is warming waters, changing salmon and tuna migration – and hurting fisheriesThere is little at…
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‘Meet us, don’t eat us’: how Iceland is turning tourists from whale eaters to whale watchers
The country’s plan to end commercial whaling is driven by falling demand but also a 15-year-long campaign aime…