LEO Network - Search Resultshttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net2024-03-28T22:23:49Zhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/Images/logo.pnguuid:AE4F089F-1E65-43F5-BBD9-A73BE801A95CWhale feeding frenzy off NSW south coast2021-09-13T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T22:23:49ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Bermagui, New South Wales, Australia</h3><p>September 13, 2021</p><p>A mega-pod of more than 100 humpback whales have been spotted in a feeding frenzy off the NSW south coast.The aquatic mammals often pass through Bermagui with their young on their long journey back to Antarctica from the warmer northern waters. The whales were seen working together to catch a large school of bait fish. It's only the second time the spectacle has been caught on film - after a mega-pod was witnessed feeding at the same spot last year. </p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/EBA921D6-787E-4390-8F1E-25FCB67A47C1'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/AE4F089F-1E65-43F5-BBD9-A73BE801A95C'>Read more...</a></p></div>-36.419 150.06355uuid:6C12777E-2505-456C-95F7-1A1DB78C8420'It was a special day': Transient orcas set sightings record as population thrives on B.C. coast2021-09-08T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T22:23:49ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Winslow, Washington, United States</h3><p>September 8, 2021</p><p>Nearly 30 transient orcas were spotted in the Salish Sea around British Columbia and Washington state over the Labor Day weekend, a positive sign for the species, according to local whale watchers and researchers.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/8717D7AA-64C9-4D0D-AC26-5C500C9A074B'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/6C12777E-2505-456C-95F7-1A1DB78C8420'>Read more...</a></p></div>47.6672370345052 -122.503051757813uuid:0F8727CC-464D-4C4E-A678-18E9F9CA6B98Marine vomit spread along the western coast of Norway2021-09-01T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T22:23:49ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Engøysundet, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway</h3><p>September 1, 2021</p><p>A self-cloning and invincible enemy invades coastal areas. The carpet sea squirt (Didemnum vexillum) or “marine vomit” have been observed nearby Stavanger and Bergen. Large yellow flakes has spread on the seabed and kills everything beneath. It may grow on boats and can spread along the coast. </p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/C16F5CA1-65B2-44E2-BE7A-C389C54D6CE3'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/0F8727CC-464D-4C4E-A678-18E9F9CA6B98'>Read more...</a></p></div>58.981063 5.7468243uuid:40542B65-F83B-41BF-80A1-16722BDC7618Seal hunters come across frozen beached bowhead whale 2020-11-29T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T22:23:49ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Taloyoak, Nunavut, Canada</h3><p>November 29, 2020</p><p>A family out seal hunting in Nunavut came across a very rare sight when they happened upon a full-size, beached, frozen bowhead whale, along with plenty of polar bear tracks nearby. "That was a very, very amazing sight. Its my first time to see a bowhead," said Panigayak.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/34F61F1C-FF0C-43D3-B109-C3EF76F977AB'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/40542B65-F83B-41BF-80A1-16722BDC7618'>Read more...</a></p></div>69.5333 -93.5333uuid:94375EDA-C8A7-46E4-8EAB-AAB9A5C3D7BFNearly 100 whales die in mass stranding in New Zealand 2020-11-25T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T22:23:49ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand</h3><p>November 25, 2020</p><p>Nearly 100 pilot whales have died in a mass stranding on the Chatham Islands, New Zealand's Department of Conservation said Wednesday.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/38FF19AB-F1E8-4760-8740-7435EED4EC4E'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/94375EDA-C8A7-46E4-8EAB-AAB9A5C3D7BF'>Read more...</a></p></div>-43.9513888888889 -176.561111111111uuid:01B63248-2DE9-4F3D-B983-05360FC78164England's largest grey seal colony set to welcome record 4,000 new pups 2020-11-18T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T22:23:49ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Wells-next-the-Sea, England, United Kingdom</h3><p>November 18, 2020</p><p>England's largest grey seal colony is expected to see a record baby boom of 4,000 new arrivals this year. The seals thrived on the low levels of disturbance and mortality of the pups in the first few weeks of life, and a lack of natural predators on the long shingle spit where they have their young.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/85EC2824-2D71-4A19-AA04-566848C05577'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/01B63248-2DE9-4F3D-B983-05360FC78164'>Read more...</a></p></div>52.9772 0.9778uuid:9F6E64A6-6B81-48DE-901B-CCFA9970BCE5Emaciated fin whales wash up dead on French shores2020-11-17T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T22:23:49ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez, Pays de la Loire, France</h3><p>November 17, 2020</p><p>Marine biologists are investigating the deaths of at least six whales found washed up on Frances western shores with no apparent sign of having been hit by a ship or caught in a trawler's net.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/8610A3A8-1B95-4F12-8CB6-C64975C47562'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/9F6E64A6-6B81-48DE-901B-CCFA9970BCE5'>Read more...</a></p></div>46.71308 -1.92583uuid:D0F80F3A-824D-4AB2-8DBA-A5DBE53BF0DANew evidence suggests spate of Killer Whale-on-boat violence not tied to revenge but to fun2020-11-15T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T22:23:49ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3></h3><p>November 15, 2020</p><p>It was first reported, here, two months ago, that a pod of Killer Whales off the coasts of Spain and New Spain (i.e. Portugal) was exhibiting never-before-seen behavior in carrying out coordinated attacks on boats. </p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/BB457EC3-F97A-433E-BCBA-566A0FE90DC7'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/D0F80F3A-824D-4AB2-8DBA-A5DBE53BF0DA'>Read more...</a></p></div>39.74290609668 -9.50993869839044uuid:4AFC0ECD-1CC9-432D-BCA0-B8422C605AEFHumpback whales have been spotted in an Australian river2020-11-15T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T22:23:49ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kakadu National Park.</h3><p>November 15, 2020</p><p>East Alligator River is full of crocodiles, not alligators, and now humpback whales. If it came to a fight, who would win?</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/2198EDC3-AEF6-4A6A-8338-CA39321A15FA'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/4AFC0ECD-1CC9-432D-BCA0-B8422C605AEF'>Read more...</a></p></div>-12.4211111111111 132.673055555556uuid:0BC0853E-C47C-43D5-AF73-080184484E68Russian scientists discover huge walrus haulout in Arctic circle2020-11-06T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T22:23:49ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kara Sea</h3><p>November 6, 2020</p><p>Scientists in northern Russia have discovered a huge walrus haulout on the shores of the Kara Sea where their habitat is under threat from shrinking ice and human activity. The haulout, a place of refuge where walruses congregate, reproduce, and socialise, is located in a remote corner of Russia's Yamal peninsula, and scientists say they counted over 3,000 animals there last month. </p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/0CF02A74-80B6-4686-8A5B-08227DBA405E'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/0BC0853E-C47C-43D5-AF73-080184484E68'>Read more...</a></p></div>77 77uuid:6E4D64E8-2F7D-425D-8A66-894CE47CF90DDead humpback whale floating in waters off Cape May County2020-11-05T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T22:23:49ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Sea Isle City, New Jersey, United States</h3><p>November 5, 2020</p><p>The whale has likely been dead for several days.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/5F98EBBA-9221-4523-9804-AD1CB7E5F47F'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/6E4D64E8-2F7D-425D-8A66-894CE47CF90D'>Read more...</a></p></div>39.15345 -74.69294uuid:FB3E219D-FDD1-43DD-B8FA-0D0A78E38FD5Mysterious Mass Deaths of African Cape Fur Seals Alarm Conservationists2020-10-29T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T22:23:49ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Walvis Bay, Erongo, Namibia</h3><p>October 29, 2020</p><p>The beaches of Namibia have been filled with thousands of seal fetuses. The problem was first detected in August, when observers began to see an unusual number of abortions and prematurely killed pups on the beaches of Pelican Point. Current estimates indicate about 5,000 have died in Pelican Point alone, although the precise reasons are still unknown. </p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/E8075BBA-D1CB-43A2-9E3C-792E6F8D8C45'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/FB3E219D-FDD1-43DD-B8FA-0D0A78E38FD5'>Read more...</a></p></div>-22.9575 14.50528uuid:13ED63B2-331C-4D24-A0CB-5CCCE338D6EDDeep-diving whale dies after swimming up river2020-10-27T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T22:23:49ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom</h3><p>October 27, 2020</p><p>Finding the deep-diving species so far inland was incredible. Rescuers made a sterling effort to save the 21ft-long animal found in a tributary of the River Clyde near Glasgow Airport. Two died after stranding on shores of the Firth of Clyde and another in the Western Isles.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/489365F3-E203-41B6-A14D-E5E065295621'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/13ED63B2-331C-4D24-A0CB-5CCCE338D6ED'>Read more...</a></p></div>55.86515 -4.25763uuid:AC669D04-0788-47CA-9A58-BE7FEA020DA7Whale in Gare Loch rescue attempt found dead2020-10-26T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T22:23:49ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Rosneath, Scotland, United Kingdom</h3><p>October 26, 2020</p><p>The animal was part of a pod which rescuers hoped would swim to deeper water before a major military exercise.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/C9323C8D-BB85-4172-99CB-2A589BF9BE10'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/AC669D04-0788-47CA-9A58-BE7FEA020DA7'>Read more...</a></p></div>56.0333333333333 -4.81666666666667uuid:CB426708-3491-4CF5-88EC-E5EB39E74DE9Scientists found plastic debris in the digestive track of southern right whale stranded in Argentina2020-10-23T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T22:23:49ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Puerto Madryn, Chubut Province, Argentina</h3><p>October 23, 2020</p><p>Scientists found plastic debris in the digestive tract of a southern right whale stranded in Argentina, according to a study from the Southern Right Whale Health Monitoring Program, co-led by the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine; and Instituto de Conservación de Ballenas in Argentina.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/06BB4734-4B73-4DDD-A5F9-6013FB757778'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/CB426708-3491-4CF5-88EC-E5EB39E74DE9'>Read more...</a></p></div>-42.7 -65.6uuid:739814A5-854B-4FA5-A0CA-39CC403737CFTen polar bears - six adults and four cubs - besiege a stalled rubbish truck in Russian Arctic2020-10-20T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T22:23:49ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3></h3><p>October 20, 2020</p><p>Fellow driver tries to scare the predators away as they climb inside the truck to reach food scraps. All predators look healthy and well fed, however the author of the video suggests that it could have been hunger that made them surround the truck.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/EF2E8A3C-3632-4C8D-AA89-86D1AD605164'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/739814A5-854B-4FA5-A0CA-39CC403737CF'>Read more...</a></p></div>74 56uuid:E45292A8-8263-41F9-9C3B-62BAE300C4D0Beluga Family Rescued From Low Tide by Russian Emergency Worker 2020-10-15T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T22:23:49ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Chumikan, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia</h3><p>October 15, 2020</p><p>Residents of the coastal Chumikan village reported two adult whales and one baby on Wednesday afternoon, on a shore of the Uda River that flows into the sea. Alexei Paramonov spent hours protecting the pod from wild animals and poachers and saved the baby whale from hypothermia. </p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/4C1322C3-93E5-437C-ABAC-3F4043AB7979'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/E45292A8-8263-41F9-9C3B-62BAE300C4D0'>Read more...</a></p></div>54.71857 135.3163uuid:BC32B912-232D-4283-B5BF-C48E63E3B7C6Beached bowhead whales in Nunavut point to killer whale attacks2020-10-13T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T22:23:49ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kugaaruk, Nunavut, Canada</h3><p>October 13, 2020</p><p>This past weekend a group of hunters on all-terrain vehicles found four dead bowhead whales lying on a beach about 60 kilometres north of the Nunavut community of Kugaaruk. Photos of the bowhead whales taken by Rene Kukkuvak, appear to have a torn tongues and rake-like gouges.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/8C4FFC2A-A02D-4031-B9AC-2A499A91D052'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/BC32B912-232D-4283-B5BF-C48E63E3B7C6'>Read more...</a></p></div>68.5339 -89.8251uuid:0B0FF352-DBE0-4DB4-8AF4-4C51BFF0BE98Lone Scottish dolphin spotted off Denmark2020-10-12T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T22:23:49ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Svendborg, South Denmark, Denmark</h3><p>October 12, 2020</p><p>The Moray Firth dolphins have been moving out of their normal range in Scotland waters. A dolphin known as Yoda is the latest member to be spotted far from home. Another Moray Firth dolphin has been seen in the Irish Sea. </p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/627D3917-7CD7-44C0-9A45-234ECD6047F3'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/0B0FF352-DBE0-4DB4-8AF4-4C51BFF0BE98'>Read more...</a></p></div>55.05982 10.60677uuid:E93061C8-6E27-4CD4-B255-96A7CC64C73FEco disaster at Kamchatka peninsula with mass death of sea animals at precious Pacific beach2020-10-03T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T22:23:49ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Khalaktyrsky Beach</h3><p>October 3, 2020</p><p>Khalaktyrsky Beach near Petropavlovsk is littered with hundreds of dead sea animals, from deep-sea Giant Pacific octopuses, to seals, sea urchins, stars, crabs and fish. Surfers were the first to raise alarm after problems with eyesight, fevers and throat aches.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/08D1EBA1-7FD9-470A-952F-BBCBD2DEECA2'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/E93061C8-6E27-4CD4-B255-96A7CC64C73F'>Read more...</a></p></div>53.0956733559302 159.011993408203