@kathlanpher.bsky.social has written a great article for the BBC about a photography expedition to film at a shallow #whale graveyard near Tasiilaq, Greenland. There are around 20 #minkewhale skeletons here, 15 feet belöw the pack ice www.bbc.com/future/artic...

In early February @SeaShepherdSSCS reported an enforcement action by @SEMAR_mx against a gillnetting panga inside the #Vaquita Refuge's Zero Tolerance Area and separately removed a shrimp gillnet plus a flounder gillnet a whopping 1.5 km in length.

Rising ocean temps blamed for massive die-off of marine life. "Researchers examined the year-to-year change of 33,000 [fish] populations in the northern hemisphere.... They found the drop in biomass from chronic heating to be as high as 19.8% in a single year." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🎉 OCEAN WIN: Beautiful flame shell beds in a Scottish loch have been restored to their former glory, after the habitat was declared a marine protected area in response to intense dredging decimating the reef 🪸 The ocean CAN RECOVER, if we let it! 🌊 www.the-independent.com/climate-chan...

👀 document fraud to launder banned gillnetted blue shrimp from #vaquita porpoise habitat into the US in contravention of #MMPA included as "an alarming case" of "serious environmental crime" in Mariela León's @Cambio16 'Canned deception: fraud in fish products is on the rise.'

🐟 "The faster the ocean floor warms, the faster we lose fish” 🌊 Chronic ocean heating is fuelling a “staggering and deeply concerning” loss of marine wildlife, new research shows, with fish levels falling by +7% from as little as 0.1C of warming per decade 🌡️ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🐋 Southern right whales are reproducing less often. Climate-driven changes in #Antarctic sea ice and food supply are linked to longer calving intervals, signalling emerging stress in #SouthernOcean ecosystems. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-36897-1

2023–2025 marked the fourth global bleaching event, with 84% of world reefs affected by extreme marine heatwaves. Bleaching events occur every 3-5 years, far faster than the 10-15 years needed for recovery. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #FridayFieldUpdate

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning the largest permitted coral reef destruction in U.S. history. Port Everglades expansion would wipe out millions of corals, including the few remaining staghorn corals in Florida. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean

The Trump administration is aggressively pushing to open more than 100 million ocean acres off the coast of #Alaska to seabed mining. Stop Trump's irresponsible rush to do untold damage to the ocean's food web and other complex natural systems for short-term gain ➡️ bit.ly/3OQcITX

Here's a photo from @whaleresearch.bsky.social of the new calf they documented with L-Pod on 2/16! Look at that saddle patch 😍 Cautious optimism is the name of the game for newborn Southern Residents, but we sure hope mom and baby are able to thrive. #orcas #whalesky #salishsea

"Belugas travel to warm, shallow estuaries to give birth and care for their young. Knowledge holders inform us that some of these estuaries have been visited by belugas for several hundred years. But not just any estuary will do!" A summary of our new BES paper by @jaclynaubin.bsky.social 👇

Today is World Whale Day! We honor the marine giants and raise awareness about their conservation. Several whale species are currently listed as endangered or critically endangered, facing high risks of extinction due to human activities. #WorldWhaleDay

🐋 #whale A 3 yr old female #rightwhale (whale #3293) has been found found dead on a Virgina barrier island. This is "the second dead right whale in less than two weeks" Dead female right whale on Va. beach. How it could affect population. share.google/3vz5456Ey7ze...

Upper Gulf fishing leaders met with senior officials of @SEMARNAT_mx & @CONANP_mx in Mexico City, publicly committing to respect the #Vaquita Refuge gillnet ban area & also asking for economic support during the transition period to alternative gear to regain access to US market x.com/ernesto_men...

After decades of recovery, southern right whales are showing signs of a climate-driven decline in breeding rates, which scientists say is a “warning signal” about changes in the Southern Ocean. #climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Happy #women&girlsinscienceday Monterey Bay Aquarium’s stories about pioneers in marine science www.montereybayaquarium.org/stories/wome...

Largest animal to have ever lived #whaleweek www.bbcearth.com/news/how-ear...

And... we'd like to welcome NOAA Fisheries (fisheries.noaa.gov) to our Bluesky community!

Octopuses 🐙 have been wandering in the oceans for 296 million years. They have three hearts and blue blood and are amazing #MondayMorning

Let's not trash the deep sea before we've done more than glimpse its wonders. (Even though we're already polluting it.) #NoDeepSeaMining www.popsci.com/environment/...

🚨 Alarms have been raised over a spike in dolphins washing up dead on Cornish beaches, with 27 strandings in January alone 💔 We don't know why these strandings have happened, there are many possibilities, from oil pollution to the climate crisis 👇 www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/2582689...

A #vaquita post went viral on the other site. Our reply: Let's thank & support people at Pronatura Noroeste & Pesca ABC who are the only ones in the communities dedicated to securing a future for both porpoises & people, changing fishing practices & building conservation motivation & responsibility.

Big Oil is wrecking our seas & marine life is paying the price 🐬 We're working with scientists to lift the lid on the oil & gas industry’s dirty secrets, using marine strandings to expose the truth. The data will speak for the animals that can’t. 🚫 End new oil & gas: https://bit.ly/490ZLPq

Hello BlueSky! 👋🌊 We are Orca Conservancy, a 501(c)(3) WA State non-profit organization committed to protecting the endangered Southern Resident killer whales. Follow along for more information about the SRKWs & learn what you can do to help their recovery! 📷 K22 Sekiu spyhoping next to K33 Tika

3 Manatee moms each with a calf. This group of manatees was sunbathing in Tampa Bay a few days ago. Manatees are found in Tampa Bay all year long. #nature #animals #awesome #wildlife #manatees #awesome #babyanimals

from the shelter!! The official good news!! WE LOVE YOU MELIA www.facebook.com/reel/9208837...

Help! “Krill supertrawlers are destroying one of world’s most important feeding grounds for Antarctic wildlife, competing with whales, seals, penguins for food. If krill collapses, Antarctica's marine life collapses. Krill already declined by up to 80%…” donor.seashepherdglobal.org/page/Antarct...

As the Gulf of St. Lawrence warms, whales are switching up the menu and may be sharing lunch #Canada Canadian research suggests some whale species are adjusting their diets to adapt to climate change www.cbc.ca/news/science...

Wow @colossal @BenLamm showed #vaquita porpoise Frida & her calf to Davos @wef 🤩 x.com/i/status/20...

A study of dolphins’ epigenetic ages found that animals with more high-quality friendships were biologically younger than their lonely peers

There is another way. Ontario can help make the Nova Scotia whale sanctuary a reality. But this needs action now! 👉 tinyurl.com/28k3evu5 2/2

Just like humans, many animal species have distinct cultures. From communication and social learning, animal culture shapes how they live and adapt. 🦍🐒🐳 Join an #IUCN introductory webinar and learn what animal culture is and how it can support biodiversity conservation and recovery. Links below!

BREAKING: NOAA has finalised a rule to fast-track #DeepSeaMining without critical environmental reviews, permitting ocean destruction before we even know the full cost. Science shouldn’t be an afterthought. #ProtectTheOceans

#dugong #Thailand "In 2022, at least 273 dugongs lived in Thai waters..." They're now losing about 42/year 😨 Looking for Miracle: why have so many dugongs gone missing from Thailand’s shores? | Global development | The Guardian share.google/qIUzUfAX3faR...

Biodiversity is beautiful. Biodiversity is also one of the key sources of solutions to climate change – how we will mitigate and adapt to the impacts of our changing climate. We must do all we can to protect it.

Action alert for Washington state residents: two more environmental bills are being heard next week. Learn the details and find the instructions to register your position via the link below. One is being heard on Monday, so it's important to take action this weekend! tinyurl.com/janboldaction2

A bill to outlaw the sale, possession, transport, and distribution of farmed octopus in Washington advanced out of the state's House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday. washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/washi...

With @earthspecies.bsky.social, we're pairing video footage with concurrent audio recordings to understand how killer whales use sound across different social contexts. Reunions between mother-calf pairs are just one example of the functions we aim to explore further. youtube.com/shorts/hsbHa...

#DYK whales & dolphins rely on sound as their primary sense? Activities like shipping, offshore development, seismic surveys & oil & gas exploration create underwater noise that can injure, disturb & displace them. But there is hope. Meet our ocean noise campaigner Emma 👉 tinyurl.com/yuw52yra

A family of sleeping whales: mother, daughter and son [📹 vega_alejand]

@ernesto-mendez.bsky.social www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/sin...

This kind of closed season gillnetting puts at risk not only #vaquita porpoises but also Upper Gulf community co-management potential & livelihood sustainability, as well as Mexico's efforts to restore US seafood trade through improved fishery governance for marine mammal bycatch mitigation.

Today was another incredible day on the water: we caught up with the T19s who successfully took a Steller sea lion in western Haro Strait! The winter lighting was reminiscent of the photos you see of foraging killer whales in Norway. #orcas #killerwhales #whalesky