Endangered pangolins found on Chinese poacher boat
MANILA: The Philippine coast guard said Monday it had found hundreds of frozen scaly anteaters, or pangolins, in the cargo hold of a Chinese boat...
marine life
Sharks, manta rays win global trade protection
by AFP
Bangkok: Several shark species and the manta ray won international trade protection Monday in a move hailed by conservationists as a breakthrough in efforts to...
Activists say Japanese whalers ‘rammed’ ships
by AFP
Sydney: Environmental campaigners from the militant Sea Shepherd group said Wednesday a Japanese whaling ship had rammed its vessels in their worst confrontation in the...
US fines Transocean $1.4 bn over Gulf oil disaster
by AFP
Washington: The United States hit drilling rig operator Transocean with $1.4 billion in criminal and civil fines for its role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon...
Cambodia battles to save rare Mekong dolphins
by AFP
KRATIE, Cambodia: The sight of two dolphins twisting playfully in the murky waters of the Mekong river elicits barely stifled squeals of delight from a...
30 dolphins die on American sea shore
Massachusetts: Â Around 30 Dolphins died on the sea shore of cape code, in America. The incident occurred due to low tides on sea shore which...