Iceland moves to permanently ban commercial whaling
Iceland’s government will submit a bill in February to ban whaling, a move that would leave Norway and Japan as the only two countries in the world to continue ...
Dead juvenile whale washes up on beach in north
A dead whale was found on the beach in Kazivera on the western coast in the north on Thursday.
The whale was a juvenile, around 4.15 metres in length and weighing 1.5 ...
At least 107 killed in Congo as whaleboat sinks in river
At least 107 people have died after a whaleboat caught fire in the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to an internal government report seen by Reuters on Friday.
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Dozens of false killer whales stranded on remote Australian beach
More than 150 false killer whales have been stranded on an isolated beach in the Australian state of Tasmania, with rescue crews trying to save the majority of the large dolphins ...
Another whale stranding reported in the north
The Cyprus Wildlife Research Institute (CWRI) announced the discovery of another stranded whale on the island on Sunday. The animal has been identified as a juvenile Minke whale.
“We are ...
Further beached whale found in Pyrgos
Another beached beaked whale was found on Thursday in Pyrgos, raising the total in the freak phenomenon to 13.
There is still no official explanation for the mass deaths of the ...
Unprecedented number of whales found beached in Paphos
Beached Cuvier’s beaked whales, also known as goose-beaked whales, or ziphius (Ziphius cavirostris) were found in various Paphos locations over the past two days but all, even those helped ...