Portable unit can quickly detect deadly whale and dolphin diseases

Novel marine mammal health surveillance can now detect deadly diseases in whales and dolphins in oceans, beaches and remote locations, thanks to new research from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The portable unit delivers results in about an hour, leading to faster decision-making during mass stranding events. The study is published in Transboundary and Emerging Diseases.

Phys.org
Federal ‘God squad’ exempts oil and gas drilling in Gulf of Mexico from endangered species rules

Critics say exemption exploits White House’s ‘self-made gas crisis’, and could doom the rare Rice’s whale

The Guardian
Researchers thrilled after capturing rare images of massive pod of white dolphins

Researchers witnessed an extremely rare sighting in the sea of southern China off the coast of the Hainan Province.

The Cool Down
Humpback whale stranded again off German coast - just days after rescue

The whale is reported to have become stuck again in Wismar Bay, north Germany, on Saturday, to the east of where it became stranded earlier this week.

Sky
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Will Weigh Gulf Oil Drilling Against the Survival of Endangered Whales and Turtles https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27032026/trump-god-squad-gulf-oil-drilling-endangered-species/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #FossilFuels #FuckTrump
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Will Weigh Gulf Oil Drilling Against the Survival of Endangered Whales and Turtles - Inside Climate News

Citing national security, the Trump administration wants to exempt all federally regulated offshore oil from protections for endangered animals—even if it could cause their extinction.

Inside Climate News
⟩De Leo et al.⟧ High resolution seafloor photogrammetry indicates long-term persistence of a sulphophilic community on a whale fall in the NE Pacific https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2026.1770207/full 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #DeepSea
Frontiers | High resolution seafloor photogrammetry indicates long-term persistence of a sulphophilic community on a whale fall in the NE Pacific

Deep-sea whale falls serve as biodiversity hotspots and pass through distinct successional stages, with the duration of the sulphophilic stage remaining cont...

Frontiers
Antarctic whales’ remarkable comeback is threatened by krill fishing

Huge industrial trawlers are competing for krill – the main food source for whales – in the Southern Ocean, removing vital nutrients from the ecosystem

The Guardian
Whale swims for freedom after big German rescue effort on Baltic coast https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9vlmxwk2jmo 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science
Whale swims for freedom after big German rescue effort on Baltic coast

Rescue teams now believe the whale has reached deeper water in LĂŒbeck Bay and hope it will head for the wider sea.

BBC News