Sea turtle Caribbean comeback

Villages in Trinidad have embraced threatened sea turtles, sparking a tourist boom.

• Turtle species not extinct, never existed
• Drop in nesting South Asian turtles
• Endangered sea turtle lays 6 eggs

Slippery eel slides toward disaster

Glass eels, as young see-through eels are known, are the equivalent of aquatic gold.

• 'Living fossil' eel found
• Researchers collect wild eel eggs
• Call to help stop marine poaching

Fish piracy costs billions

Fish piracy represents as much as $10bn to $23bn in global losses each year, a non-profit conservation group has estimated.

• Hong Kong's pink dolphins face extinction
• New Caledonia bans shark fishing
• China fish bladder smugglers arrested

China fish bladder smugglers arrested

Hundreds of fish bladders en route to China have been seized in Mexico and 7 smugglers charged.

• Chinese arrested with ivory in Kenya
• Cops get hard on penis smuggler
• Trade of endangered sharks banned

Reef predator uses sign language to hunt

The roving coralgrouper, a predator fish of tropical reefs, uses sign language to advise fellow hunters of hiding prey.

• Crabs may be healing Great Barrier Reef
• Barrier Reef sea floor breaking off
• Starfish killed to protect reef

Sharks dive by the moon

The moon and water temperature affect the diving behaviour of sharks, researchers have reported.

• 'Sustainable fish' label under fire
• Air pollution 'affects coral growth'
• Australia, Japan whaling showdown looms

Australia, Japan whaling showdown looms

The UN's International Court of Justice has set a date for public hearings on Australia's challenge against Japan's whaling programme in Antartica.

• Japan whaling haul at 'record low'
• 3 re-beached whales euthanised
• Blue whales tracked by its song

Southern islands - Marine Protected Area

The Prince Edward Islands in the South Atlantic have been declared a Marine Protected Area, Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has announced.

• Take care of water - department
• Researcher finds new acid water threat
• Water droplet stamps issued

Japan whaling haul at 'record low'

The haul from Japan's whaling mission in the Southern Ocean was a "record low" this year, a government minister has said.

• New 'park workers' get paid in grass
• France's doomed elephants go royal
• Cape horses hobbled

Female octopuses stretch further

Female octopuses go to extra lengths when stretching their arms to reach food, a study has found.

• Panda artificially inseminated
• Sumatran rhino footprints found
• Baby gorilla thrives with human moms

'Polar bear' floats past Kremlin

A Greenpeace activist in a polar bear suit has floated along the Moscow River past the Kremlin in a stunt by the environmental group to protest against energy exploration in Russia's Arctic waters.

• Greenpeace targets Reef coal plans
• Greenpeace slams nuclear industry
• Greenpeace: Zuma ignored electricity crisis

Whale beaches after rescue attempt

One of five pilot whales released into the sea on Sunday afternoon has re-beached, the National Sea Rescue Institute has said.

• 3 re-beached whales euthanised
• Only two of 19 beached whales survivewatch
• 5 whales taken out to sea, one rebeaches

3 re-beached whales euthanised

Three of the five beached pilot whales that were released into False Bay have been euthanised.

• Only two of 19 beached whales survivewatch
• 5 whales taken out to sea, one rebeaches
• Beached whales saved in Kommetjie

Great white shark rams into cage

A Gansbaai shark-cage diving company has reduced the size of the cage's viewing gap after a great white managed to ram its head into the structure.

• Great white gets head into diving cagewatch
• Shark nets installed at Cape Town beach
• US tourist recovering after shark bite

5 whales taken out to sea, one rebeaches

Five of 19 pilot whales that stranded at Noordhoek Beach in Cape Town, have been taken out to sea.

• Some beached whales to be euthanased
• High-tech tracking to protect whales
• 19 whales beach in Cape Town

19 whales beach in Cape Town

Nineteen pilot whales have been beached at Long Beach in Cape Town.

• Whale strandings not a family affair
• Anti-whalers predict low catch for Japanese
• High-tech tracking to protect whales

Fisheries vessels out soon

The state's research and patrol vessels will be out at sea by the end of April, a senior fisheries department official says.

• Act against Joemat-Pettersson - DA
• Zuma protecting Joemat-Pettersson - DA
• New EU fish quota is welcomed news

Whale strandings not a family affair

Whales that beach themselves in large groups are not all members of the same family, a study has found, undermining long-held assumptions.

• UN: Sharks risk extinction
• Shark protection deal survives
• Dolphin swimming in NY river

Dolphin swimming in NY river

A dolphin has swam up New York City's East River where it appeared to be doing fine despite straying from its more usual ocean habitat, officials have said.

• Young dolphin lures Aus pod to safety
• Dead dolphin removed from NY canal
• Outcry over mass dolphin killing

Rare shark gives birth

A species of shark with one of the lowest reproduction rates gave birth to a female pup at uShaka Marine World in Durban.

• Overfishing pushes sharks to the brink
• From shark dodger to defender
• Seal attacks leopard sharkwatch

Whale chokes on plastic

A sperm whale that washed ashore in Spain has died from ingesting large amounts of plastic sheets used in greenhouses on farms in the region.

• Anti-whalers predict low catch for Japanese
• Whale entangled in Table Bay
• Briton finds rare whale vomit

Anti-whalers predict low catch for Japanese

Militant anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd says the Japanese fleet had left the Antarctic whale sanctuary and appeared to be heading home with its smallest catch yet.

World deep sea vents explored

A new species of sea anemone, a few species of bristle worms, and some small crustaceans have been discovered.

• Guppies love ugly friends, to look pretty
• Giant squid recorded with special camera
• Sea monster offers ancient eco clues

SPCA: Fish could have been saved

The SPCA could have saved thousands of fish which died in the Rooifontein vlei (marsh) in the Northern Cape, an official has insisted.

• Volunteers try to save barbels
• Mackerel no longer sustainable fish
• Fish radiation levels top the charts