Whaling nations vote down bid for South Atlantic sanctuary
Whaling nations defeated a renewed bid today by southern hemisphere states to create an Atlantic sanctuary for the marine mammals hunted to near extinction in the 20th century. A proposal by...
Japan to face criticism at international summit for flouting whaling ban
Japan is likely to face international criticism at a whaling summit this week for killing whales in the Southern Ocean in defiance of a court ruling and a three-decade-old ban. Japanese fleets...
70 whale corpses discovered in Chile
Some 70 dead whales have been found in southern Chile less than a year after more than 330 whales washed up in a remote Patagonian inlet. The animals are not of the same species discovered in last...
Shark warning as 12-metre whale washes up on Western Australian beach
A 12-metre humpback whale weighing up to 40 tonnes has washed up on the beach near Margaret River prompting a shark warning. The Department of Parks and Wildlife will remove the whale carcass that...
