The online issue of the journal Science has shed new light on

Japan has refused to bow to international pressure to stop whaling. They use the meat for reasearch, they say. But whale meat is also a delicacy in traditional Japanese cuisine. The country had

• Conservationists have slammed media mogul Disney for its plans to serve shark's fin soup, sea cucumber and abalone in restaurants at its new theme park in Hong Kong in September. "Promoting these marine species is not responsible because they are not sustainably harvested.

Some of California's most popular beaches were invaded by hundreds of dead giant squids on January 19-20, 2005. While squid sightings are not uncommon in these areas, such jumbo-sized animals (up to

The 106-metre long Veronica, one of the world's biggest trawlers with three factories on board, is heading for Australia. However, gauging the popular reaction, not everyone is enthusiastic about

Seahorses will now be protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (cites). They are the first commercially valuable genus to be accorded such a status. Countries

Frenetic cries of protest from animal rights advocates went unwarranted, as Canada's biggest seal hunt in 50 years began off the Newfoundland coast. The hunt, a two-day affair, had sealers taking out

The Caspian Sea has been rapidly losing nutrients in the north of Iran due to uncontrolled growth in the number of comb jellyfish. But finally Iran seems to have found an antidote: Beroe ovata