New plans to protect elephants, rhinos and other species will be discussed at a critical meeting that begins in Bangkok on Sunday. Delegates will review the convention on the international trade in endangered species (CITES). Around 35,000 animals and plants are at present protected by the treaty. But with a global “extinction crisis” facing many [...]

Researchers say that the natural ability of sea urchins to absorb CO2 could be a model for an effective carbon capture and storage system. Newcastle University scientists discovered by chance that urchins use the metal nickel to turn carbon dioxide into shell. They say the technique can be harnessed to turn emissions from power plants [...]

The distress call of a young dolphin has been used to lure a large pod of the animals to safety, after it appeared they would strand themselves in shallow water. Environment officials in Western Australia caught the juvenile and took it to deeper water, where its distress calls enticed the rest to follow. One dolphin [...]

Shawn Heinrichs, conservationist, diver and cinematographer and Kristian Schmidt, photographer, recently got together for one of the most unique fashion shoots ever. Having heard about the fishermen’s relationships with whale sharks near Oslob in the The Philippines, they took some touching images and then decided to come back with a concept for a fashion shoot [...]

Phuket rescue workers recovered a young male spinner dolphin with scratches on its skin stranded on Karon Beach this morning. Dr Kongkiat Kittiwattanawong, who heads the Endangered Species Unit (ESU) of the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC) received the report of the dolphin at about 9am, and immediately left with a team to help in [...]

After all the recent news about turtles being helped, Sea Bees unfortunately had to join in too as they came to the rescue of this wonderful marine reptiles. Well done to the whole crew but in particular, Pam, Stephan, Joey, Paul, Aaron – a guest who took the photos and everyone on board who helped [...]

Researchers have discovered how very large whales co-ordinate their jaw muscles and bones to take gigantic mouthfuls of prey. For a blue whale, the largest animal that has ever existed, each mouthful can scoop up 100 tonnes of krill-filled water in less than 10 seconds. Scientists have now found a sensory organ in whales’ jaws [...]

Blood tests have revealed that the stranded striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) rescuedin Phuket waters Sunday morning has a serious infection and only a 10 to 30 per cent chance of survival. The young female dolphin was recovered from the sea after being sighted by staff from Karon Beach Resort, and was transferred to Phuket Marine [...]

A stranded striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) was rescued from Kata Beach yesterday morning and is being closely monitored by the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC). The young, weak dolphin was spotted by Kata Beach Resort workers at about 9am. The PMBC was notified and a team went to sea in order to check on the [...]

An American chemist says he’s found a substance – several, in fact – that can repel some of the most fearsome predators in the ocean. He wants to use his discovery to protect them, and us. Eric Stroud stands on a pier on the island of North Bimini in the Bahamas. He looks down into [...]