Live-Feed: Follow the autumn-migration of the humpback whales
by DiveSSI - 4th December 2018
Whales from the Barents Sea are heading towards the CaribbeanThe humpback whales have started their autumn-migration, but where are they heading? Norw...
New Red List: Hope for whales
by DiveSSI - 16th November 2018
Overfishing: Diverse fish species threatenedNature protection measures have given new hope to fin whales, according to the update of the IUCN Red List...
Japan fails, whales benefit
by DiveSSI - 17th September 2018
Whaling ban remainsAt the meeting of the International Whaling Commission on September, 14th 2018, Japan's application for "sustainable whaling" was r...
Norwegian Whaling Report confirms: Whales die in agony
by DiveSSI - 13th September 2018
Industrial whaling is cruelAt the beginning of the 67th session of the International Whaling Commission, a report by the Norwegian government confirms...
Icelandic whalers kill blue whale
by DiveSSI - 12th July 2018
Whale protectors speak of environmental crimeThe Whale and Dolphin Conservation Organization (WDC) is alarmed by photographs documenting the cut up of...
Wild living whales at audiometry
by DiveSSI - 27th June 2018
Beluga whales are more sensitive than previously thoughtScientists have carried out the first audiometry (listening tests) on a wild living population...
Iceland slaughters first fin whale after a two-year break
by DiveSSI - 23rd June 2018
Iceland continues to disregard biodiversityAfter a break of two years, the Icelandic whaling ship "Hvalur 8" harpooned the first fin whale on 22 June ...
Cambodia: Great hope for small whales
by DiveSSI - 1st June 2018
The stock of the critically endangered Mekong dolphin is rising again for the first timeGood news from Cambodia: The stock of the highly endangered Ir...
Whale hunting in Europe starts
by DiveSSI - 6th April 2018
Species conservation organizations are calling for EU resistance to whaling in European watersBeginning of April 2018, the annual whaling season began...
Japanese whalers kill 333 whales in the Antarctic
by DiveSSI - 3rd April 2018
Science as an excuse for whaling for commercial reasonsAs in previous years and despite international protests, Japan also killed 333 minke whales in ...
Study identifies microbiome in whale blow
by DiveSSI - 20th October 2017
Drones used in collection of samples
A research group, together with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), has used drones to successfully...
Fisheries minister proposes plan to kill 2,000 minke whales annually
by DiveSSI - 22nd March 2017
Norway's catch quota in 2017 increased from 880 to 999Norwegian fisheries minister Per Sandberg wants to double the recently
increased catch quota of...
How whales can save the polar bears
by DiveSSI - 15th February 2017
Protecting whales means protecting global climate
They are the symbol of the threat that climate changes poses to our
planet: starving polar bears...
New online maps predict location of blue whale hotspots
by DiveSSI - 6th December 2016
Tool aimed at helping ships avoid collisions with blue whales
Researchers from NOAA Fisheries, Oregon State University and the
University of Marylan...
Plans for whale sanctuary in South Atlantic harpooned at IWC meeting
by DiveSSI - 31st October 2016
A proposal to establish a whale sanctuary in the South Atlantic failed
to receive sufficient votes for the resolution to be passed at the 66th
meeti...
Niki and the whaleshark
by Nik - 4th October 2016
I spent a great time in Somabay in Egypt, being invited by Orca Dive Clubs. I have been to the Soma Bay several times and always enjoyed the perfect c...
Trade in whale products by Iceland and Norway escalates
by DiveSSI - 30th September 2016
Norway and Japan are doing all they can to escalate commercial whalingConservation and animal welfare organisations have confirmed that
Iceland had s...
Humpback whale sighted in the Bay of Greifswald
by DiveSSI - 29th August 2016
End of last week, scientists at the German Oceanographic Museum spotted a humpback whale in the Bay of Greifswald. It had been swimming east of the is...
Why did 30 sperm whales get stranded at the North Sea coasts?
by DiveSSI - 15th June 2016
WDC reports on possible causes of whale strandingsThis spring, there have been numerous strandings of sperm whales at the North Sea coast. In total, 3...
Whale stranded in shallow waters of well-Wiek
by DiveSSI - 5th October 2015
The Sowerby’s beaked whale, which appeared on the coast of Mecklenburg in the well-Wiek, a bay on the Baltic coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in lat...
Japan starts hunt of minke whales in the Pacific
by DiveSSI - 9th September 2015
Scientific? Whale HuntJapan’s Ministry of Fisheries have announced the start of the annualhunt for minke whales off the coast of Hokkaido, for “sc...
More Than 250 Pilot Whales Slaughtered So Far In Faroe Islands
by DiveSSI - 28th July 2015
Annual Mass Slaughter Of Pilot Whales In Faroe IslandsOn 23 July 2015, more than 250 pilot whales were brutally slaughtered at the beaches of Denmark'...
Deep Sea: Five new species of sea slugs discovered
by DiveSSI - 8th January 2019
The deep sea is still full of secretsA group of sea slugs – nudibranchs - are colourful, fascinating creatures. They come in a variety of bright col...
Japan is leaving the International Whaling Commission
by DiveSSI - 20th December 2018
Japan returns to commercial whalingJapan is leaving the International Whaling Commission (IWC). This is reported by Japanese media. Previously, intern...
Healthy reefs “sound good” for coral larvae
by DiveSSI - 18th December 2018
Soundscape plays a role in the settlement of coralsIn the larval stage corals drift freely in the sea - but once the larva has settled down, it anchor...
New Zealand’s coastal seas are declared as marine “Hope Spot”
by DiveSSI - 3rd December 2018
New Zealand government must finally protect the last Maui dolphinsA good day for the rare Maui dolphins and their floating and flying neighbors - kill...
Russia forbids catches of orcas and belugas
by DiveSSI - 26th November 2018
Captured whales were sold to dolphinariumsRussia is the only country that catches orcas and belugas for the “dolphinarium industry”. Now the catch...
Weddell Sea: Icy gem in the Southern Ocean
by DiveSSI - 1st November 2018
Weddell Sea Sanctuary: The largest marine reserve in the world is to be createdIn the Southern Ocean, north of the Antarctic, the largest marine reser...
Mermaid Kat: Posing next to wild crocodiles
by DiveSSI - 26th October 2018
A very special UW shooting in MexicoPhotographing crocodiles has become popular among many underwater photographers in recent years - but taking pictu...
Malaysia’s various diving spots
by DiveSSI - 11th October 2018
Various diving spots for beginners, advanced, tech divers and photographersMalaysia impresses with diversity: scenic, cultural and culinary. This dive...
Corsica: Ship collision in the Pelagos Sanctuary
by DiveSSI - 10th October 2018
Oil spill threatens marine mammalsIn Corsica, after a collision between two cargo ships marine fuel expired in the Mediterranean. It has formed a 20-k...
Orcas threatened by environmental toxin PCB
by DiveSSI - 9th October 2018
Accumulation of long-lasting environmental toxin in killer whale tissuesMore than forty years after the first steps in the ban of polychlorinated biph...
Virtual dive into the Baltic Sea
by DiveSSI - 8th October 2018
NABU presents "OstseeLIFE" - a 360-degree virtual worldThe Baltic Sea is Germany's No.1 holiday destination. Statistics say roundabout 6.5 million hol...
Ireland: Successful Ghost Net Removal
by DiveSSI - 18th September 2018
Divers remove lobster pots and ghost nets from the bottom of the seaFrom 3 to 6 September 2018 divers from the Dutch Ghost Fishing Foundation, with th...
Japan demands return to commercial whaling
by DiveSSI - 5th September 2018
IWC Conference in Brazil: Japan applies for "sustainable whaling"If it is up to the will of Japan, international whaling would be in for a renaissance...
Mission “Stone & Pots”: First Ghost Net Salvage in Ireland
by DiveSSI - 13th August 2018
Mainly lobster traps are to be salvagedGhost nets kill millions of marine animals every year. The Dutch Ghost Fishing Foundation, together with the So...
The sound of the deep sea
by DiveSSI - 18th June 2018
Live streaming audio from a deep-water hydrophoneFor centuries poets and writers have imagined the depths of the ocean to be incredibly calm. But scie...
Arctic microalgae are survivalists
by DiveSSI - 12th June 2018
Microalgae communities in coastal waters remain productive under variable environmental conditionsThey are the basis of the Arctic food web - and extr...
The Mediterranean Sea: a focal point for plastic pollution
by DiveSSI - 8th June 2018
Tourist crowds intensify plastic problemRecord volumes of microplastics were detected in the Mediterranean, as revealed by a recent WWF report publish...
How well can penguins hear?
by DiveSSI - 23rd May 2018
New research project at the German Marine Museum StralsundA research project for the next three-year has started at the German Maritime Museum Stralsu...
How do marine mammals avoid the diving disease?
by DiveSSI - 3rd May 2018
The lung architecture of deep-diving marine mammals is divided into two partsDeep-diving whales and other marine mammals, as well as divers who emerge...
Earth Day 2018: Fight the plastic garbage
by DiveSSI - 18th April 2018
Protest against plastic in the sea on Sylt with gigantic beach artWith a 40-meter “sand painted” whale, the German Environmental Aid (Deutsche Umw...
Marine researchers on expedition in the Southern Ocean
by DiveSSI - 21st March 2018
Antarctic: Climate change and krillThe small, swimming crustacean krill and the gelatinous salps are the focus of an expedition of Oldenburg oceanogra...
“License to Krill”
by DiveSSI - 19th March 2018
Greenpeace: industrial krill fishing endangers the Southern OceanThe fishing industry is jeopardizing the ecological balance of the south polar food w...
Deafening fish in the Gulf of California
by DiveSSI - 12th January 2018
The mating call of this fish of the Sciaenidae family is louder than an aircraft taking off
Researchers in the Gulf of California have measured the...
Freediving: apnea and meditation
by DiveSSI - 22nd November 2017
What's so cool about holding your breath?
My name is Nik Linder. I was a co-owner of a big dive shop in Freiburg. Judging by appearances, it may ap...
Go on an Ocean Odyssey at New York’s Times Square
by DiveSSI - 12th October 2017
Take a dip into a huge aquarium without any water
Last weekend, New York welcomed a new sensation. National Geographic Encounter: Ocean Odyssey is th...
