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San Francisco
fromABC7 San Francisco
15 hours ago

Gray whale found dead near Alcatraz as CA expands program to slow down ships

Whale activity in San Francisco Bay is unusually high, with nine whales spotted recently and concerns over vessel strikes as a leading threat.
Canada news
fromThe Walrus
1 day ago

The Walrus Talks AccessAbility | The Walrus

27% of Canadians over 15 live with a disability, highlighting a gap between policy and lived experiences.
Environment
fromKqed
1 day ago

California Asks Ships to Hit the Brakes for Whales | KQED

California's Blue Whales Blue Skies program aims to reduce ship speeds to protect whales and decrease marine shipping pollution.
Pets
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

On the trail with the hunters who believe shooting big game can save Africa's wildlife

Trophy hunting in protected areas like Niassa reserve raises ethical concerns about wildlife conservation and the impact on animal populations.
Books
fromNature
3 days ago

What does the future hold for the thawing Arctic?

The Arctic is experiencing significant changes due to climate crisis and geopolitical tensions, impacting Indigenous sovereignty, economic development, and military infrastructure.
fromConde Nast Traveler
2 days ago

Best Places to Go Whale Watching in California

"The most successful wildlife trips follow animal patterns and seasonality," says Condé Nast Traveler Top Travel Specialist Josh Geller of Embark Beyond.
Travel
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 days ago

Kenyan women defy fishing taboos as climate change threatens Lake Victoria

Rhoda Ongoche Akech defied the longstanding taboo against women fishing in Lake Victoria, stating, 'I sought the help of two young men by then to assist me with fishing as I learned.'
Women
World politics
fromHigh Country News
3 days ago

War, climate change and AI are at stake at the 2026 UN Indigenous forum - High Country News

Indigenous delegates face significant challenges at the UN, including visa restrictions, climate change, and rights violations amid a focus on health and survival.
#humpback-whale
Europe news
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Stranded and dying, the German whale is a parable of our troubled relationship with these sea giants

A humpback whale in the Baltic Sea is suffering due to entanglement and human impact on its environment.
Germany news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

We are totally out of our depth': experts say whale stranded in Baltic is beyond saving

A stranded humpback whale in the Baltic Sea has sparked national outrage and controversy, affecting lives and livelihoods.
Europe news
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Stranded and dying, the German whale is a parable of our troubled relationship with these sea giants

A humpback whale in the Baltic Sea is suffering due to entanglement and human impact on its environment.
Germany news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

We are totally out of our depth': experts say whale stranded in Baltic is beyond saving

A stranded humpback whale in the Baltic Sea has sparked national outrage and controversy, affecting lives and livelihoods.
#greenland
fromNature
2 months ago
Science

Greenland is important for global research: what's next for the island's science?

World news
fromThe Walrus
1 week ago

I Went to Greenland and Saw a Warning for Canada | The Walrus

Greenland prepares for potential American military aggression amid rising tensions over its resources.
World politics
fromThe Cipher Brief
6 days ago

Why Greenland is the Linchpin of the Golden Dome

Greenland's strategic location is crucial for U.S. missile defense and national security in the evolving Arctic and space competition.
fromNature
2 months ago
Science

Greenland is important for global research: what's next for the island's science?

Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Wildlife and humans thriving in Unesco-protected sites

Unesco-protected areas support stable wildlife populations despite global declines, but face severe threats from climate change and human activities.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
2 days ago

Marineland requesting $10M-$20M federal loan to export belugas to U.S. | CBC News

Marineland is seeking $10 million to $20 million in federal loans to relocate belugas and dolphins amid financial transparency concerns.
#biodiversity
fromArchDaily
1 day ago
Environment

On International Mother Earth Day: Urban Rewilding, Aquatic Ecosystems, and Ancestral Practices for Biodiversity

Environment
fromArchDaily
1 day ago

On International Mother Earth Day: Urban Rewilding, Aquatic Ecosystems, and Ancestral Practices for Biodiversity

International Mother Earth Day promotes harmony with nature and raises awareness of biodiversity preservation amid climate change challenges.
#wildlife-trade
Coronavirus
fromNature
2 weeks ago

Almost half of traded wildlife carry disease-causing pathogens

Nearly half of wild mammal species traded carry pathogens that can infect humans, linking wildlife trade to major disease outbreaks.
Coronavirus
fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

How bad for humans is wildlife trade? A new study has answers

The wildlife trade significantly increases the risk of zoonotic diseases transferring from animals to humans.
Coronavirus
fromNature
2 weeks ago

Almost half of traded wildlife carry disease-causing pathogens

Nearly half of wild mammal species traded carry pathogens that can infect humans, linking wildlife trade to major disease outbreaks.
Coronavirus
fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

How bad for humans is wildlife trade? A new study has answers

The wildlife trade significantly increases the risk of zoonotic diseases transferring from animals to humans.
Philosophy
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

I'm worried there's too much of me,' says a birch: inside the interspecies council giving nature a voice

Interspecies councils expand governance representation to include non-human voices, promoting a shift in consciousness about our relations with nature.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

England wildlife watchdog has stopped designating special sites for protection'

While Natural England dithers and reviews processes, irreplaceable wildlife sites are being trashed, damaged, and even built over. That is not a technical failure, it's a dereliction of duty.
Environment
SF politics
fromFortune
3 weeks ago

Washington's 'God Squad' assembles to debate the fate of a rare endangered whale and drilling in the Gulf of Mexico | Fortune

A U.S. panel is considering exempting Gulf oil drilling from the Endangered Species Act, raising concerns for marine life and a rare whale species.
Environment
fromArs Technica
5 days ago

Great white sharks are overheating

Climate change threatens mesotherm apex predators, impacting ecosystems and their survival due to physiological limits and historical overfishing.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

Coral reefs are nearing extinction. 2026 must mark a turning point | Jason Momoa

Coral reefs are vital to culture, environment, and economy, but face severe threats from climate change and pollution.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The world's memory': why Nigeria is burying its history under a mountain in Svalbard

The Arctic World Archive (AWA) is a data storage unit where organisations and individuals can deposit records kept on specialist digitised film called Piql that lasts up to 2,000 years. On 27 February, Nigeria became the first African country to place archives at the facility 300 metres beneath a mountain where the cold, dark, dry conditions are perfect for preservation.
Arts
Canada news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Canada wants to build up its long-neglected Arctic. The hard question is how

Canada is investing in Arctic infrastructure including roads and ports to develop mining potential, strengthen sovereignty, and counter Trump administration pressures through a nation-building initiative.
fromMail Online
3 weeks ago

Britain has just 20 years to save its wildlife, experts warn

'Our results show that the next 20 years are critical,' lead author Dr Rob Cooke told the Daily Mail. 'By around 2050, we reach a point where the choices we make on emissions and land use will largely determine whether Britain moves towards a much more degraded or a much more nature‑positive future.'
Environment
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Antarctic whales' remarkable comeback is threatened by krill fishing

Whale populations in Antarctica are recovering, but industrial krill fishing poses a new threat to their ecosystem.
OMG science
fromHigh Country News
1 month ago

How federal cuts are reshaping Alaska's communities, research and species management - High Country News

Two USGS research biologists with 50+ years combined experience resigned in April 2025 due to the Trump administration's assault on federal science and hostile conditions at federal agencies.
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 months ago

Ancient seafarers helped shape Arctic ecosystems

In the pristine High Arctic sits the Kitsissut island cluster, also known as the Carey Islands, nestled between northwest Greenland and northeast Canada. The surrounding seas are perilous, and traveling there is difficult even with modern boats. But new archaeological evidence suggests ancient humans managed to sail to the islands, too. Early settlers lived on the islands between 4,500 and 2,700 years ago.
Science
Travel
fromConde Nast Traveler
1 month ago

In Greenland's Remote Fjords and Tiny Settlements, a New Sense of Connection

Greenland's new airport and developing tourism infrastructure make Arctic exploration increasingly accessible, offering unique cultural experiences with Indigenous and settler communities unavailable in Antarctica.
fromThe Walrus
1 month ago

Churchill's Famous Polar Bears Left to Eat Trash | The Walrus

In April 2024, Churchill's waste management facility-an old military building known as L5-burned to the ground. Spontaneous combustion in the gaseous garbage pile was the likely cause. The warehouse had been capable of storing up to three years' worth of the town's garbage at a time. Overnight, the town's 900 or so residents were left with nothing.
Canada news
US politics
fromHigh Country News
2 months ago

Trump's call for deep-sea mining off Alaska raises Indigenous concerns - High Country News

The Trump administration is considering leasing over 113 million offshore acres near Alaska for seabed mining, raising environmental and Indigenous consent concerns.
Chicago Bears
fromHigh Country News
1 month ago

Can Alaska save caribou by killing bears? - High Country News

Alaska's Mulchatna caribou herd has collapsed from 200,000 animals in the 1990s to 12,000 in 2022, devastating Indigenous subsistence hunting and prompting controversial wildlife management interventions including hunting bans and aerial predator culling.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

We cannot say for sure these wolves come from Russia': Finns try to fathom cause of record reindeer deaths

Juha Kujala no longer knows how many reindeer will return to his farm from the forest each December. The 54-year-old herder releases his animals into the wilderness on the 830-mile Finnish-Russian border each spring to grow fat on lichens, grass and mushrooms, just as his ancestors have done for generations. But since 2022, grisly discoveries of reindeer skeletons on the forest floor have disrupted this ancient way of life.
Miscellaneous
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Sharks become easy prey for criminal groups

In February 2023, an article in the Mexican press announced the capture of a vessel some 195 nautical miles from the port of Lazaro Cardenas in the state of Michoacan. It had been carrying nearly 700 pounds of cocaine packaged in plastic-wrapped bricks, in addition to 1,650 liters of hydrocarbons in 33 plastic containers. Two Ecuadorian fishermen were among the five detainees, and their immigration records showed unusual activity.
Law
Environment
fromState of the Planet
1 month ago

These Glacier Guardians Are Women

The Quelccaya ice cap in Peru has lost 37 percent of its area in 40 years, threatening the livelihoods of alpaca herders in Phinaya who depend on glacier water and pastures for survival.
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

The Blind Spot at the Top of the World

He had flown in from Mar-a-Lago and, he told me, was there to observe. The next day, he watched as Åsa Rennermalm, a Rutgers University professor who studies polar regions, sat onstage with European foreign ministers and spoke out against cuts to U.S. science funding. "A leading US Arctic scientist is on stage absolutely ripping her country to the delight of the audience," Dans wrote on X. "Embarassing." He punctuated his post with an American-flag emoji.
US politics
fromAeon
2 months ago

Orcas haven't changed, but our view of the killer whale has | Aeon Essays

'Orcas are psychos,' quipped a close friend recently. He wasn't joking, nor was he ill-informed. In fact, he is probably the world's leading historian of whales and people. He had just watched a BBC Earth clip, narrated by David Attenborough, in which three killer whales separate a male humpback calf from his mother in the waters of Western Australia. The video's closing footage, with two of the orcas escorting the naive youngster to his imminent death, resembles nothing so much as a kidnapping:
Philosophy
Canada news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

We thought we were doomed': Canadian fishers in dramatic rescue after ice shelf floats away

Unseasonably warm weather and strong winds detached a large ice sheet in Lake Huron, stranding 23 ice fishers who were rescued by helicopters after a two-hour operation.
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

Scientists hunting mammoth fossils found whales 400 km inland

At first glance, it looked like Wooller and his colleagues might have found evidence that mammoths lived in central Alaska just 2,000 years ago. But ancient DNA revealed that two "mammoth" bones actually belonged to a North Pacific right whale and a minke whale-which raised a whole new set of questions. The team's hunt for Alaska's last mammoth had turned into an epic case of mistaken identity, starring two whale species and a mid-century fossil hunter.
Science
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

What Trump's plans for the Arctic mean for the global climate crisis

Federal action begins leasing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain for oil and gas drilling, threatening tundra ecosystems, wildlife, and Indigenous homelands.
Canada news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Valium, health checks and fabric slings: the complex logistics of moving 30 beluga whales

Marineland's 30 belugas and four dolphins may be flown to U.S. aquariums under a tentative export permit deal prioritizing their safe removal and future care.
Science
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

What ice fishing can teach us about making foraging decisions

Ice-fishing competitions reveal how social cues and group behavior influence human foraging decisions using GPS and head-mounted camera tracking in real-world conditions.
Environment
fromThe Walrus
2 months ago

What's a Walrus? A Beast, Actually | The Walrus

Independent journalism confronts threats—climate of misinformation, economic fragility, and algorithm-driven conflict—and commits resources to rigorous fact-checking to preserve factual reporting.
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Arctic scientists 'feel pretty uncomfortable' on Greenland

Decades of successful scientific collaboration could be at risk if Europe-US political relations continue to fray over trade and defense issues. For more than 30 years, Arctic nations have worked together across the physical, biological and social sciences to understand one of the world's fastest changing regions. Since the late 1970s, the Arctic has lost around 33,000 square miles of sea ice each year roughly the same area as Czechia.
Science
Canada news
fromArchitectural Digest
2 months ago

In Greenland, Design Meets Glaciers, Gravesites, and a Galactic Ocean

Modern expedition cruising makes remote Arctic sites like Beechey Island and Franklin’s wrecks accessible, blending comfortable travel with encounters of historical tragedy and extreme conditions.
fromEarth911
2 months ago

Guest Idea: Finding a Northwest Passage to the Sea

The Northeast Passage was expected to open first due to the Coriolis effect. As the world turns to the east, in the Northern hemisphere, flowing water will veer to the right. Warm, salty Atlantic water flows into the Arctic Ocean through the Barents Sea Opening between Norway and Svalbard, and the Fram Strait between Svalbard and Greenland, then bends right along the Arctic coasts of Norway and Russia.
Science
Environment
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

Narwhals become quieter as the Arctic Ocean grows louder

Underwater noise from Arctic shipping causes narwhals to go silent, stop feeding, and move away, threatening marine ecosystems and Indigenous food security.
fromFast Company
2 months ago

These digital tools are stepping up the global fight against wildlife trafficking

In late 2025, Interpol coordinated a global operation across 134 nations, seizing roughly 30,000 live animals, confiscating illegal plant and timber products, and identifying about 1,100 suspected wildlife traffickers for national police to investigate. Wildlife trafficking is one of the most lucrative illicit industries worldwide. It nets between US$7 billion and $23 billion per year, according to the Global Environment Facility, a group of nearly 200 nations as well as businesses and nonprofits that fund environmental improvement and protection projects.
Environment
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 months ago

Svalbard's polar bears are showing remarkable resilience to climate change

Polar bears are the poster children of climate changeand for good reason. These giant bears hunt, mate and spend their days hanging out on Arctic sea ice, which is rapidly disappearing as the climate warms. But some polar bears, it seems, are far more resilient than we realized: new research suggests that in one region, the bears are adapting to the declining sea ice.
Environment
Environment
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Rewilding Rejects the We're-So-Special Exceptionalism

Rewilding requires rehabilitating human hearts, overcoming self-centeredness, and treating nature with compassion so ecosystems and nonhuman lives can flourish.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

World's largest krill harvester at centre of row over blue tick' sustainability label

Krill are a keystone species and the main food source for whales, penguins and seals. Aker QRILL, the world's largest harvester of krill, a tiny crustacean and keystone of Antarctica's fragile ecosystem, and its sister company, Aker BioMarine, produce feed additives for aquaculture and dietary supplements for pets and humans.
Environment
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

A real dark situation to be in': thousands of starving seabirds stranded in biggest wreck' in a decade

Tens of thousands of seabirds, primarily puffins, have washed ashore across European coastlines due to starvation caused by severe Atlantic storms disrupting their ability to hunt.
fromThe Walrus
2 months ago

The Walrus Talks Wildfires | The Walrus

Wildfires are no longer a once-a-year emergency in Canada. In 2025, fires burned more than 8.3 million hectares across multiple provinces (roughly the size of New Brunswick), making it the second-worst wildfire season in the country. Some experts warn this could become the new normal. At The Walrus Talks Wildfires, expert voices from the health, climate, policy, and technology sectors come together to explore the impact of the wildfire crisis.
Environment
Environment
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

How protecting nature could make the world safer

Ecosystem collapse poses direct national security threats through food insecurity, resource scarcity, and geopolitical instability across continents.
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