Wildlife groups have expressed disappointment after a proposal to ban the fishing of Atlantic bluefin tuna was rejected at a meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in Doha. Read More »
Dozens of sea lions could be killed off the United States’ north Pacific coastline to stop them feasting on endangered wild salmon, wildlife officials say. Read More »
In a storyline apparently lifted straight from the plot of a Godzilla movie, fishermen along Japan’s northern coastline have been warned to prepare for a “massive” invasion of giant-sized toxic jellyfish. Read More »
Some of the world’s rarest sharks are at serious risk of extinction because of overfishing, the International Union for Conservation of Nature has warned in its most comprehensive study of the creatures to date. Read More »
One of the world’s most elusive sharks has been caught, carved up and cooked in coconut milk by fishermen in the Philippines. Megamouth sharks are so rare that the accidental snaring of the giant fish in trawler nets was only the 41st human sighting of the species. Read More »
An unusual “walking fish” found washed up in the Thames estuary thousands of miles from home has left wildlife experts baffled and sparked fears of an invasion of British waterways. Read More »
They may not have mastered Twitter just yet but a group of African chimpanzees have apparently developed “stick 2.0″ — a brush-tipped tool which the clever creatures use to “fish” for termites. Read More »
A bright pink albino bottlenose dolphin – believed to be the only one of its kind — has been wowing wildlife watchers in a lake in Louisiana. Read More »
A British fishing journalist has landed the greatest scoop of his career after reeling in a stingray the size of a garden shed – the biggest freshwater fish ever caught by rod and line. Read More »
Following yesterday’s story of how human efforts are helping the North American whale population comes good news about another aristocrat of the seas. Conservationists report an 85 percent reduction in the number of albatrosses killed by fishing boats in South African waters since a task force to save the birds was set up in 2006. Read More »
