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Another whale swims close to Reynisfjara
Vik, South, Iceland
19 Aug 2024
RÚV
Event
The first case of a walrus dying of bird flu registered on Svalbard
Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
31 Jul 2024
The Independent Barents Observer
Event
Another polar bear shot in Ittoqqortoormiit
Ittoqqortoormiit, Sermersooq, Greenland
25 Jul 2024
Sermitsiaq
Event
Extremely rare beaked whale washes ashore in Otago
Wellington, New Zealand
14 Jul 2024
NZ Herald
Event
At least 65 pilot whales die in Scottish mass stranding
Scotland, United Kingdom
11 Jul 2024
CTVNews
Event
2 more seals admitted to SeaLife Center
Homer, Alaska, United States
3 Jul 2024
Homer News
Event
Humpback Whale Rescued Near Russia’s Murmansk Region
Murmansk, Murmansk, Russia
17 Jun 2024
The Moscow Times
Event
2nd seal pup rescued in Kenai, ASLC now caring for 4
Kenai, Alaska, United States
6 Jun 2024
Homer News
Event
Sea Gull Numbers are Extremely Low
Port Heiden, Alaska, United States
5 Jun 2024
LEO Network
Event
Dead humpback whale calf washes up near Juneau, may have been struck by vessel
Juneau, Alaska, United States
28 Aug 2023
https://www.alaskasnewssource.com
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Found in Seals on Marrowstone Island in Puget Sound
Marrowstone, Washington, United States
25 Aug 2023
NOAA
Event
Mystery mass death of seals on remote, uninhabited Siberian island under investigation
Tyuleny Island
16 Aug 2023
TodayHeadline
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Beluga Whale Spotted in The Yukon River Near Tanana
Tanana, Alaska, United States
11 Aug 2023
LEO Network
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NOAA seeks public’s help on Steller sea lion killings in Copper River Delta
Cordova, Alaska, United States
11 Aug 2023
https://www.alaskasnewssource.com
Event
Baby walrus, rescued from Arctic tundra, receives 24-hour cuddle care at Alaska SeaLife Center
Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States
4 Aug 2023
Alaska Public Media
Event
Walrus Follows Man to Work in Iceland
Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland
7 Jun 2023
Iceland Review
Event
Polar bear shot dead after attacking tourist on Svalbard
Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
8 Aug 2022
ArcticToday
Event
Dolphin Species Never Before Seen in Iceland Beaches in Northwest
Hrútafjörður, Iceland
28 Jul 2022
Iceland Review
Event
A polar bear in Russia is rescued after getting its tongue stuck in a milk can
Dikson, Krasnoyarskiy, Russia
22 Jul 2022
ArcticToday
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Belugas spotted swimming in Lake Aleknagik
Aleknagik, Alaska, United States
17 Jul 2022
KDLG
Event
Visiting walrus causes stir in southern Finland town
Hamina, Kymenlaakso, Finland
15 Jul 2022
News
Event
High number of seal deaths linked to bird flu, feds say
Portland, Maine, United States
5 Jul 2022
Press Herald
Event
Fears of bird flu in colony on Hornøya in Finnmark with critically endangered seabird
Hornøy Island, Vardø, Finnmark Fylke, Norway
13 Jun 2022
NRK
Event
Glacier Bay whales bouncing back after marine heat wave
21 Aug 2021
KTOO
Event
Five dolphins die in 'highly unusual stranding event'
Invergordon, Scotland, United Kingdom
17 Aug 2021
BBC News
Event
Rare polar bear sighting causes a stir in Kotzebue
Kotzebue, Alaska, United States
16 Aug 2021
Alaska Public Media
Event
Rare footage shows a polar bear hunt a swimming reindeer
Svalbard Archipelago
15 Aug 2021
ArcticToday
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When polar bears hunt snow geese, hunger justifies the means
Bylot Island, Nunavut Canada
8 Aug 2021
NNSL Media
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Killer whale stranded on Prince of Wales Island frees itself
Craig, Alaska, United States
30 Jul 2021
Alaska Public Media
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'Unprecedented' absence of southern resident killer whales from Salish Sea
Salish Sea
21 Jul 2021
Vancouver Island
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Veterinarians of the village of Providence "resuscitated" the exhausted walrus
Provideniya, Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia
19 Jul 2021
Chukotka
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'Unprecedented:' Rare sei whales spotted off Vancouver Island
300 kms West of Vancouver Island, Canada
13 Jul 2021
CHEK
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Polar bear kills man in Norway's Arctic Svalbard islands
Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
28 Aug 2020
BBC News
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Dead whales wash up near Unalaska, but pandemic complicates necropsies
Unalaska, Alaska, United States
27 Aug 2020
Alaska Public Media
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Dead beluga calf poses questions for biologists
Juneau, Alaska, United States
27 Aug 2020
Juneau Empire
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Polar bear mother brings her cubs into the Arctic town of Pevek in Chukotka
Pevek, Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia
24 Aug 2020
Siberia Times
Event
Six whales die in largest stranding of its type in Ireland's history
Ballintra, Ulster, Ireland
19 Aug 2020
Mail Online
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Dead Humpback Whale
(Megaptera novaeangliae)
Floating by Moller Point
King Cove Alaska
18 Aug 2020
LEO Network
Event
Saving Our Seals - 28 sea mammals rescued after becoming trapped in plastic junk
14 Aug 2020
Siberia Times
Event
U.S. officials allow killing of sea lions eating at-risk salmon and steelhead in Columbia River watershed
Portland, Oregon, United States
14 Aug 2020
Anchorage Daily News
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Biologists hope dead sea lion will provide insight into endangered Aleutian population
Unalaska, Alaska, United States
14 Aug 2020
Alaska Public Media
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Pacific walrus haulout is earliest on record
Point Lay, Alaska, United States
13 Aug 2020
Arctic Sounder
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Rare white orca spotted off Kupreanof Island
Petersburg, Alaska, United States
12 Aug 2020
KTOO
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Dead Seal On The Beach
King Cove Alaska
17 Jul 2020
LEO Network
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Is this Steller Sea Lion
(Eumetopias jubatus)
Sick?
King Cove
2 Jul 2020
LEO Network
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Southern resident whales returning later to Salish Sea in ‘drastic’ change
Strait of Georgia
1 Jul 2020
Times Colonist
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Dead Baby Sea Otter
(Enhydra Lutris)
28 Jun 2020
LEO Network
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Beluga off San Diego is farthest south the species has been documented on West Coast
Point Loma, Coronado, California, United States
27 Jun 2020
FOX 5 San Diego
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Alaska SeaLife Center takes on 6 rescued harbor seal pups
Seward, Alaska, United States
26 Jun 2020
Anchorage Daily News
Event
Walrus tongue tests positive for trichinella in Rankin Inlet
Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
26 Jun 2020
CBC
Event
First a whale, now a bearded seal spotted in Laval
Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada
25 Jun 2020
Global News
Event
Washed-up Stellar Sea Lion (
Eumetopias jubatus
) on Front Beach
Unalaska, Alaska, United States
24 Jun 2020
LEO Network
Event
Migratory dolphins return to Nepali waters earlier than usual
Bhajani, Seti, Nepal
19 Jun 2020
Kathmandu Post
Event
Dead Young Gray Whale (
Eschrichtius robustus
)
Pilot Point, Alaska, United States
16 Jun 2020
LEO Network
Event
Northern anchovy blooms bring more sea life to Burrard Inlet
Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada
14 Jun 2020
CBC
Event
Orca pod makes rare appearance in Vancouver’s False Creek
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
12 Jun 2020
Global News
Event
New possible bottlenose dolphin sighting turns heads in Finland
Lovisa, Uusimaa, Finland
11 Jun 2020
Yle Uutiset
Event
Seal Pup Found in Iceland Swam Home to Greenland
Greenland
3 Jun 2020
Iceland Review
Event
Humpback whales numbers swell in the Strait of Juan de Fuca
Clallam Bay, Washington, United States
3 Jun 2020
LEO Network
Event
Large landslides have passed in Alta
Kråkenes, Alta, Norway
3 Jun 2020
NRK
Event
Dolphins sighted in Kopli Bay in Estonia
Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
2 Jun 2020
The Baltic Course
Event
Marine Mammal Strandings at 2nd Cape
Near Port Heiden
26 Aug 2019
LEO Network
Event
Short-tailed Shearwaters (
Ardenna tenuirostris
) Found on Chukchi Sea Beach
Kivalina, Alaska, United States
12 Aug 2019
LEO Network
Event
Polar bear encounters in Kaktovik aren’t new. But they’re happening a bit earlier than last year.
Kaktovik, Alaska, United States
10 Aug 2019
Anchorage Daily News
Event
Another major whale stranding event
Garður, Southern Peninsula, Iceland
6 Aug 2019
RÚV
Event
Dead Seal
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
4 Aug 2019
LEO Network
Event
Thousands of walruses show up early on Northwest Alaska coast as sea ice recedes
Point Lay, Alaska, United States
1 Aug 2019
Anchorage Daily News
Event
Fifty Whales Found Dead on West Iceland Beach
Stykkishólmur, West, Iceland
20 Jul 2019
Iceland Review
Event
More dead marine mammals, birds found on region’s beaches
Shishmaref, Alaska, United States
12 Jul 2019
The Nome Nugget
Event
Add krill and mussels to the list of unusual marine deaths in Northwest Alaska
Shishmaref, Alaska, United States
7 Jul 2019
Anchorage Daily News
Event
Where are the endangered whales? Southern residents haven't been spotted in B.C.'s Salish Sea
Salish Sea, British Columbia, Canada
1 Jul 2019
CBC News
Event
More dead ice seals found near Deering
Deering, Alaska, United States
29 Jun 2019
The Arctic Sounder
Event
2 more dead right whales discovered in Gulf of St. Lawrence
25 Jun 2019
CBC
Event
Scientists search for cause of ice seal deaths
Kotlik, Alaska, United States
24 Jun 2019
Arctic Sounder
Event
The Salish Sea’s orcas are late for their annual summer visit, the latest sign something is wrong
Salish Sea
23 Jun 2019
The Star
Event
Late Arrival of Humpback Whales (
Megaptera novaeangliae
)
Unalaska, Alaska, United States
21 Jun 2019
LEO Network
Event
3 more gray whale carcasses found in Alaska amid spike in deaths along West Coast
Sitka, Alaska, United States
20 Jun 2019
Anchorage Daily News
Event
Stranded walrus (
Odobenus rosmarus divergens
)
Solomon, Alaska, United States
20 Jun 2019
LEO Network
Event
First-Ever Beluga-Narwhal Hybrid Found in the Arctic
20 Jun 2019
Live Science
Event
Exhausted and Starving Polar Bear Wanders Into Siberian City
Norilsk, Krasnoyarskiy, Russia
19 Jun 2019
The Moscow Times
Event
13-year-old girl bit by sea lion in ‘very rare’ attack at Pismo Beach
Pismo Beach, California, United States
19 Jun 2019
The San Luis Obispo Tribune
Event
Dead Walrus (
Odobenus rosmarus divergens
)
St. Michael, Alaska, United States
16 Jun 2019
LEO Network
Event
Booming anchovy population helps salmon, orcas
15 Jun 2019
KIRO
Event
2 more gray whales found dead near Kodiak Island
12 Jun 2019
Anchorage Daily News
Event
18 Dead Seals near Kotlik
Kotlik, Alaska, United States
10 Jun 2019
LEO Network
Event
Little Ice for Bearded Seal (
Erignathus barbatus
) Hunting
Kivalina, Alaska, United States
7 Jun 2019
LEO Network
Event
Another dead grey whale found off B.C. coast
Boundary Bay, Canada
6 Jun 2019
CBC
Event
Beached Grey Whale (
Eschrichtius robustus
) near Turnagain Arm
Placer Creek
3 Jun 2019
LEO Network
Event
Pod of Pilot Whales Unexpectedly Spotted in Westfjords
Isafjordur, Westfjords, Iceland
31 Aug 2018
Iceland Review
Event
Nunavut hunter killed by polar bear and cub
Naujaat, Nunavut
29 Aug 2018
CBC
Event
Giant 50,000 pound whale washes up on beach shore
Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States
27 Aug 2018
ABC13 Houston
Event
Record Numbers Of Beaked Whale Deaths Cause Alarm
Galway, Ireland
27 Aug 2018
Afloat.ie
Event
2nd right whale death of year reported off of Massachusetts
Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States
26 Aug 2018
Associated Press
Event
Rare Walrus Sighting in East Iceland
Isafjordur, Westfjords, Iceland
26 Aug 2018
Iceland Review
Event
Tests find dead seals had avian flu and distemper viruses
Portland, Maine, United States
23 Aug 2018
Lewiston Sun Journal
Event
Nine Whales Stranded in Eastfjords
Reykjavík, Reykjavík, Iceland
23 Aug 2018
Iceland Review
Event
New England Seals Test Positive for Avian Flu and Distemper
Lewiston, Maine, United States
23 Aug 2018
NOAA
Event
Sea Lion (
Eumetopias jubatus
) Sighting in Utqiaġvik
19 Aug 2018
LEO Network
Event
Over 30 dead harbor seals wash ashore in southern Maine in 2 days
Saco, Maine, United States
13 Aug 2018
Press Herald
Event
Bottlenose Whales Spotted in Northern and Eastern Fjords
Þórshöfn, Northeast, Iceland
3 Aug 2018
Iceland Review
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