A 61-foot endangered fin whale was discovered dead on the bulbous bow of a cruise ship arriving in Seward, Alaska, on June 19, 2026. The National Marine Fisheries Service confirmed the incident on June 21, noting that preliminary examinations suggest the adult female whale was pregnant. The NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement is currently … Read more
A persistent “cold blob” in the North Atlantic, characterized by a cooling of up to 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) over recent decades, is signaling a potential disruption to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, attribute this anomaly to a slowdown in the ocean’s global conveyor belt, … Read more
An endangered North Atlantic right whale, identified as Catalog #5192, is currently entangled in fishing gear in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, according to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Scientists confirmed the whale, a five-year-old male, was spotted near Shippagan, New Brunswick, on June 8, 2026, with rope trailing from its mouth. This … Read more