Cetacea
Norway: A dead whale that looked like... a balloon, spotted by a fisherman - Why there was a risk of it exploding
According to estimates, the initial length of the large fin whale spotted by the fisherman was estimated at 15 metres and its weight at 40 tonnes
Keeping tabs on the Aegean’s and the world’s cetaceans
The sight of a humpback whale in the Mediterranean is rare. Just 45 have been spotted, photographed and recorded over the past decades.
Greenpeace Greece urges scrapping of offshore gas drilling project because of impact on whales, dolphins
Greenpeace has urged the government to abandon a deep-sea gas exploration project in the Mediterranean, citing newly published research to argue that its impact on endangered whales and dolphins would be greater than previously believed.
Dolphin species in Mediterranean endangered
A group of researchers conducting marine studies on whales and dolphins in Türkiye has warned that all of the dolphin species in the Mediterranean are endangered, as their population is in a "vulnerable situation."
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Research center to manage, save stranded marine life
Greece is to establish the first National Coordinated Network of Observing and Managing Stranded Wildlife, the Environment Ministry stated on Monday, following an agreement with environmental and scientific organizations.
Stranded beluga whale rescued from Seine river
A beluga whale stranded in the river Seine in northern France for more than a week was removed from the water early yesterday in the first stage of an ambitious rescue operation to return it to the sea.
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Health fears over Beluga whale spotted in France’s Seine river
A beluga whale that swam up France's Seine river appears to be underweight and officials are worried about its health, regional authorities said.
The protected species, usually found in cold Arctic waters, had made its way up the waterway and reached a lock some 70 kilometres (44 miles) from Paris.
Fishing might doom the last of the vaquitas: Study
Vaquita porpoises are on the edge of extinction, with just 10 left in their sole habitat within Mexico's Gulf of California.
However, a new study published in the journal Science offers some hope: the world's rarest marine mammals aren't doomed by a lack of genetic diversity, and can recover if illegal "gillnet" fishing ceases immediately.
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False killer whales spotted in Aegean Sea first time in decades
False killer whales, generally found in tropical and temperate waters of major oceans, have been spotted in northern Aegean Sea for the first time in 25 years.
Eight false killer whales floating in open sea some 6 miles away from Imbros island were recorded by a fisherman.
Whales and Dolphins in Adriatic: Is Pandemic Healing Nature?
Recent images of whales and dolphins swimming in the Adriatic Sea have gone viral on social networks, prompting suggestions that nature has "finally got some peace" during the coronavirus pandemic, which has greatly reduced maritime traffic.