Shocking moment an endangered basking shark is struck by a boat in Ireland’s National Marine Park is caught on camera – and scientists don’t know if it made it out alive

Shocking moment an endangered basking shark is struck by a boat in Ireland’s National Marine Park is caught on camera – and scientists don’t know if it made it out alive

Scientists have captured the shocking moment a boat collided with the UK’s largest shark. Scientists had fitted a ‘shark Fitbit’ with an integrated camera to the endangered shark as it swam off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland. Just six hours later, the seven metre-long female was struck by a boat passing through an area […]

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Trophy hunting of Amboseli’s super-tuskers in Tanzania sparks outrage, calls for a ban

Trophy hunting of Amboseli’s super-tuskers in Tanzania sparks outrage, calls for a ban

Conservationists have called for a halt to trophy hunting of elephants from Kenya’s Amboseli National Park that cross over into neighboring Tanzania, following the killing of at least five males with unusually large tusks by hunters in Tanzania. Trophy hunting is legal in Tanzania but not in Kenya. Under what conservationists described as a “gentleman’s […]

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500 Giant Tortoises Reintroduced to Four Galapagos Islands in 2023

500 Giant Tortoises Reintroduced to Four Galapagos Islands in 2023

2023 was a banner year for the Galapagos Islands: that wondrous archipelago so famous for its giant tortoises and other endemic species. The long-serving conservation organization the Galapagos Conservancy, also endemic to the islands, recently published its annual report featuring standout figures like over 500 giant tortoises of 5 different species reintroduced to their natural […]

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Seabirds Will Benefit from New Bill to Update Federal Fisheries Law

Seabirds Will Benefit from New Bill to Update Federal Fisheries Law

WASHINGTON (July 3, 2024) – Today, Reps. Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ed Case (D-HI), Mary Peltola (D-AK), and James Moylan (R-Guam) introduced the Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2024, a bill that reauthorizes the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), our nation’s primary federal fisheries law. “This bill introduces stronger protections for […]

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