Category: Big Blue Zoo
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First of 60 Ocean Cleanup vessels leaves San Francisco
The first Ocean Cleanup vessel passed under San Francisco’s Golden Gate bridge on Saturday afternoon on its way to begin cleaning up the vast Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch of floating plastic. The idea first mooted… […]
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Sea bream are a loggerhead turtle’s dream
Interesting video of loggerhead sea turtles being cleaned by sheepshead bream at Zakynthos Island in the Greek Ionian Sea [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px”… […]
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Ships in ice-free Arctic zones threaten marine mammals
Marine mammals such as beluga, bowhead whales and narwhals will be at risk as shipping increases through their Arctic habitats – made possible by the shrinking sea ice, a new study has found. The study,… […]
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South Georgia is free of rats
UK Overseas Territory of South Georgia is officially declared free of rats for the first time since humans arrived on the island over 200 years ago Scottish-based charity the South Georgia Heritage Trust and its… […]
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The plastic-hungry catapillar
An unlikely ally may be coming to our assistance in the shape of a lowly caterpillar. Developmental biologist and amateur beekeeper Federica Bertocchini of the Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology of Cantabria in Spain was… […]
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Mass beachings: why do whales do it?
Although we’re always looking for modern culprits to blame for mass whale beaching it has to be said that many of them can be explained by natural phenomena, not least because they’ve been reported throughout… […]
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The return of the Great Auk
The British Farne Islands could see the return of the Great Auk, extinct since 1844, as genetic scientists announce plans to recreate the species using DNA from museum specimens. Using still “live” DNA from the… […]
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A six pack not to die for
In an ecological volte-face Salt water brewery has shown the drinks industry that it can indeed be ethical about its products by inventing a six pack ring that is constructed from brewing leftovers. Not only… […]
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Tilikum: the whale who made us think again
On Tilikum, the captive killer whale’s death in January 2017 It seems both sad and yet a good thing that Tilikum, the 36 year old bull Orca, has died at the Orlando Florida SeaWorld theme… […]