AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Anti-whaling activists have asked the Dutch public prosecutor to launch a criminal investigation into a clash between protesters and Japanese ...
CANBERRA (Reuters) - The futuristic anti-whaling protest boat struck by a Japanese harpoon vessel near Antarctica finally sank on Friday, prompting Australia to ...
ON BOARD L'ASTROLABE, Southern Ocean (Reuters) - As Captain Benoit Hebert steers the icebreaker l'Astrolabe on Monday through a stormy Southern Ocean heading for Antarctica his thoughts will soon turn to the dangers of icebergs. Large icebergs have recently been spotted floating ...
The governments of New Zealand, Australia and The Netherlands called Monday for people protesting against Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean to exercise restraint and avoid violence. As the Japanese whaling fleet headed for the Southern Ocean, New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray ...
Australia said it was "deeply disappointed" after a fleet of Japanese whaling ships set out to kill hundreds of the giant ocean mammals on their annual hunt. Environment Minister Peter Garrett urged Japan, which says the killings are for research purposes, to ...
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - A 15-year genetic study of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales has opened a window into the little known mating habits of the giant cetaceans, revealing some whales travel between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans to mate. Analyzing DNA skin ...
Watch out fish oil! There’s a new omega-3 supplement in town that delivers its disease-fighting magic more efficiently—without fishy burps. Called krill oil and made from tiny, shrimplike creatures that live primarily in the Antarctic Ocean, the supplement transports omega-3s in phospholipids, ...
Hundreds of new marine species and previously uncharted undersea mountains and canyons have been discovered in the depths of the Southern Ocean, Australian scientists said Wednesday. A total of 274 species of fish, ancient corals, molluscs, crustaceans and sponges new to science ...
Australian police have boarded a militant anti-whaling ship involved in a high-seas clash with Japanese whalers and seized its logbooks and other material, according to the ship's captain. Skipper Paul Watson said officers armed with warrants met his ship, the Steve Irwin, ...
New Zealand called Thursday for tighter controls on "inadequately regulated" shipping in the Southern Ocean, after a cruise liner ran aground off Antarctica. Although no one was hurt on board the Ocean Nova, New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully said the accident ...
