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Reduce Plastics in Order to Save Marine Life

Critter News

JULY 24, 2009

Marine life. Here's a short opinion piece on plastics and marine life. Tags: oceans marine life environment plastic. First of all, it's gross (find your own planet to dump your trash on), but it's also dangerous for animals. And who ingests them?

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Possible New Sonar Rules to Protect Marine Life

Critter News

JULY 31, 2009

The use of sonar is controversial because of its harmful effects on marine life such as whales. Meanwhile, the Navy is also asking NMFS to allow incidental harm and fatalities to marine mammals from training exercises in a 122,400-square-mile section of the Pacific Ocean off the Northwest coast.

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Marine Life Top of CITES Meeting Agenda

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MARCH 13, 2010

Tags: australia CITES marine life marine animals Japan.

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Red-breasted Merganser with a Mouthful

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

On a visit yesterday after work to Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn I happened across this female Red-breasted Merganser that I initially thought was in the midst of struggling to swallow a nasty chunk of some kind of marine life. In fact, the snack appeared to have gotten somehow stuck to or tangled around the bird’s bill.

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Saving Marine Animals that Are NOT Cute

Critter News

MARCH 13, 2010

It's the same problem with marine life. Tags: marine life marine animals endangered species. It's easier to motivate people to save them as opposed to other species that are vital, but either boring or ugly. People want to save the dolphins and the sea otters, but what about the bluefin tuna?

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Failure to launch

10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2012

They are now protected by Taputeranga Marine Reserve , a marine reserve created in 2008 and to protect marine life around Wellington. I’ve spoken before about the positive impacts marine reserves are having around New Zealand, so it is nice to have one around here.

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Another Depressing Oil Spill Story!

Critter News

JULY 21, 2010

Scientists studying the massive BP oil spill fear a decades-long, “cascading” effect on marine life that could lead to a shift in the overall biological network in the Gulf of Mexico. Tags: marine life 2010 oil spill pollution Gulf of Mexico. It's the "gift" that keeps on giving. From the Khaleej Times Online/AFP.

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Isla Isabel – Mexico’s Galapagos

10,000 Birds

APRIL 23, 2013

These nutrient-rich currents provide sustenance for a variety of marine-life, including the many thousand of seabirds that call this place home. There are numerous factors that make Isla Isabel such a diverse and phenomenal wildlife destination. Firstly, several ocean currents meet in the waters surrounding the volcanic outcrop.

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Are Dolphins Like Human Children?

Critter News

JANUARY 9, 2010

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Happy Ending for a Rescued Sea Lion

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JULY 21, 2009

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US Considers Removing Humpback Whales from the Endangered Species List

Critter News

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Tags: marine life whales us endangered species.

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SeaWorld Upset by Dophin Slaughter Film "The Cove"

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AUGUST 8, 2009

Tags: captivity dolphin marine life Japan amusement parks.

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WA State Troopers Accused of Clubbing Seagulls

Critter News

JULY 24, 2009

Tags: sea gulls seattle animal cruelty marine life.

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Pollution Leads to Cancer in Marine Animals

Critter News

AUGUST 6, 2009

Humans are already responsible for marine animal habitat loss and overhunting. Marine animals are getting cancer as an indirect result of our pollution of the oceans. Tags: oceans marine life pollution. We are now responsible for another problem.disease.

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Britain and France to Support Ban on Bluefish Tuna Sales

Critter News

JULY 20, 2009

Tags: oceans bluefish tuna marine life seafood endangered species.

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Marine Litter is Devastating Oceans

Critter News

MAY 16, 2009

Tags: oceans marine life environment pollution.

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Whales Share Some Human Traits, Study Shows

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JUNE 20, 2010

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Birds Suffering from Oil Spill

Critter News

MAY 24, 2010

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Sperm Whales in Kaikoura

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2013

Just offshore is the Kaikoura Canyon, a marine crevasse that means you can quickly pass over water that is a thousand metres deep. This makes the waters massively productive, which attracts fishermen and marine life close to the shore, where it can be watched without hours spent reaching the continental shelf.

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Sharecropping the Oceans

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Lost sea life and a bleak future for the oceans. Tags: oceans corporate lies marine life fishing. Big companies using little guys to do their dirty work for them, but the end result is the same.

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Good News About Blue Whales

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MAY 18, 2009

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Charity Navigator Gives People for Puget Sound "Three Stars"

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MAY 5, 2009

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Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2018

That last bit of knowledge was shared by a pilot with a gift for understatement. The Dry Tortugas National Park , seven bits of lands comprised of coral and sand, is home to seven nesting avian species, 40 winter visitors, and 250+ fly-through bird species during spring and fall migrations.

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Oil Spill in China

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JULY 22, 2010

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Bush Earns Some Praise for Ocean Protection

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JANUARY 7, 2009

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Bean Hollow

10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2024

What makes Bean Hollow stand out is that along with a rather pebbly beach, it also has some wonderful tide pools full of very accessible marine life. There are many beautiful beaches along the San Mateo County coast. As for birds, well, I wasn’t paying much attention back then.

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01/02/09 Podcast Uploaded

Critter News

JANUARY 3, 2010

In this week's podcast ending January 2, 2010: **The USDA and National Institutes of Health find animal welfare violations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; **the Catalan Parliament in Spain finally votes to ban bullfighting in the region; **the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro, CA has a record year for marine life suffering from illness (..)

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"The Cove" Continues to Disturb

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AUGUST 6, 2009

Tags: captivity dolphin animal cruelty marine life Japan.

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Ocean Advocacy and Animal Rights

Critter News

DECEMBER 23, 2009

I understand that they are trying to encourage people to eat fish and other marine life that are not part of a collapsing fishery. I was reading Ocean Conservancy's magazine today. For the past couple of issues I've read, it has had a "sustainable seafood recipe." The purpose is to protect ocean species as a whole.

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Birding Kadavu and Nadi in Fiji

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

It is popular with surfers for its great waves and divers fro its profusion of marine life. The Great Astrolabe Reef is an internationally famous barrier reef that runs along the length of Kadavu.

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Want to Join Me at Space Coast?

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2015

We should see a variety of marine life and even if the sightings are slow we will definitely have lots of Northern Gannets (like in the picture at the top of this post) which should be seen from a boat to be properly appreciated. I watched this Bald Eagle catch and eat a Blue-winged Teal at Viera a couple of years ago.

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Christian Science Monitor Calls for Endangered Species Hour

Critter News

MARCH 28, 2010

They’ve had to earn degrees in economics and sociology to learn to marry their causes with the human one – explaining, for instance, that humans depend on bats to pollinate or on coral reefs to support other marine life that is advantageous to mankind.

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Offshore Sea Life ID Guide: West Coast–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2015

The book says nothing about photographing marine life; I highly recommend it.). It also helped me identify a totally unexpected bird, Buller’s Shearwater. This is also where a photograph came in very handy.

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Think Bush Is a Pro-Animal Environmentalist? Think Again!

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 17, 2008

For more information about the effect of sonar on marine mammals, see the NRDC's extremely comprehensive report: “ Sounding the Depths II: The Rising Toll of Sonar, Shipping and Industrial Ocean Noise on Marine Life.”

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Canada's Marineland Under Scrutiny for Poor Animal Care

Critter News

AUGUST 28, 2012

Allegations are that sea animals are not being well-cared for at this Niagara Falls resort.

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PETA's Orca Lawsuit Dismissed by Federal Judge

Critter News

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Well, it's still historic and precedent-setting. Here's hoping we see more of these legal challenges. Full story posted on Global Animal and from the Huffington Post. Do whales deserve constitutional protection against slavery?

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Dutch Whale Denied Freedom; Must Go to Spanish Amusement Park

Critter News

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Unfortunate, but the court decided she would not survive being returned to the wild. Here's an excerpt from the online Boston Globe.

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Gulf Oil a Looming Threat to Marine Life

Critter News

MAY 18, 2010

So far, we're not seeing the large-scale impact of this oil spill on marine life. Scientists fear the oil will make it difficult for marine animals to obtain the oxygen they need to survive. Tags: oil drilling marine life marine animals 2010 oil spill. But there are concerns out there.

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Seattle People Helping Protect Seal Pups

Critter News

JULY 26, 2009

Tags: seattle animal rescue marine life seals.

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New York State Big Year?

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2012

I love that area and the diversity of avian and marine life that comes through during the year. If I were forced to pick one place it would be the east end of Long Island, and the woods, marshes and ocean around our home in Northwest Harbor.

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Birds In a Changing Climate: A Primer

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2015

Altering the ocean’s chemistry alters the way marine life reproduces and develops; for example, a young marine snail simply cannot develop a shell in conditions that are too acidic, and will die. This has repercussions across the food web.

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