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H5 avian influenza detected for the first time in elephant seals

Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut Province, Argentina

13 Sep 2023

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	Harbor seal with patchy fur Port Heiden, Alaska, United States 5 Nov 2022 My Maps
	New peril for gray whale survival? Predatory orcas spotted in Baja calving lagoon Campo Pachico, Baja California Sur, Mexico 21 Oct 2022 Los Angeles Times My Maps
	Sea otter lunch for bald eagle McDonald Spit, Alaska, United States 4 Oct 2022 My Maps
	Dead sea otter Seldovia Village, Alaska, United States 2 Oct 2022 My Maps

2 Oct -
5 Nov 2022

Unregulated ships cruise over speed agreements

Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada

22 Sep 2022

NUNAVUT NEWS

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Akureyri bottlenose whale found dead

Akureyri, Northeast, Iceland

5 Sep 2022

RÚV

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5 - 22
Sep 2022

Polar bear with cub visits Diomede School

Diomede, Alaska, United States

5 Nov 2021

The Nome Nugget

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Here winter has become two months shorter

Bodø, Nordland, Norway

4 Nov 2021

NRK

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4 - 5
Nov 2021

	Rare clash between two distinct kinds of orcas in the Salish Sea — and the endangered fish-eaters won Point Roberts, Washington, United States 12 Oct 2021 KNKX Public Radio My Maps
	Rare beluga whale sighting in Puget Sound stirs excitement — and concern Seattle, Washington, United States 4 Oct 2021 Cross Cut My Maps
	Where's Wally? The wandering celebrity walrus is spotted in Iceland Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland 22 Sep 2021 ArcticToday My Maps
	Trichinella advisory issued for Coral Harbour Coral Harbour, Nunavut, Canada 15 Sep 2021 Nunatsiaq News My Maps
	In August, scientists saw rare right whales twice in Alaska waters Barnabas Trough 13 Sep 2021 Alaska Public Media My Maps
	Whale feeding frenzy off NSW south coast Bermagui, New South Wales, Australia 13 Sep 2021 dailytelegraph My Maps
	'It was a special day': Transient orcas set sightings record as population thrives on B.C. coast Winslow, Washington, United States 8 Sep 2021 Vancouver Island My Maps
	Marine vomit spread along the western coast of Norway Engøysundet, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway 1 Sep 2021 NRK My Maps

1 Sep -
12 Oct 2021

	Seal hunters come across frozen beached bowhead whale Taloyoak, Nunavut, Canada 29 Nov 2020 CBC My Maps
	Nearly 100 whales die in mass stranding in New Zealand Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand 25 Nov 2020 CNN My Maps
	England's largest grey seal colony set to welcome record 4,000 new pups Wells-next-the-Sea, England, United Kingdom 18 Nov 2020 Evening Express My Maps
	Emaciated fin whales wash up dead on French shores Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez, Pays de la Loire, France 17 Nov 2020 Reuters My Maps
	New evidence suggests spate of Killer Whale-on-boat violence not tied to revenge but to fun 15 Nov 2020 BeachGrit My Maps
	Humpback whales have been spotted in an Australian river Kakadu National Park. 15 Nov 2020 Stuff My Maps
	Russian scientists discover huge walrus haulout in Arctic circle Kara Sea 6 Nov 2020 Reuters My Maps
	Dead humpback whale floating in waters off Cape May County Sea Isle City, New Jersey, United States 5 Nov 2020 nj My Maps

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Nov 2020

	Mysterious Mass Deaths of African Cape Fur Seals Alarm Conservationists Walvis Bay, Erongo, Namibia 29 Oct 2020 Latin America Herald Tribune My Maps
	Deep-diving whale dies after swimming up river Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom 27 Oct 2020 BBC News My Maps
	Whale in Gare Loch rescue attempt found dead Rosneath, Scotland, United Kingdom 26 Oct 2020 BBC News My Maps
	Scientists found plastic debris in the digestive track of southern right whale stranded in Argentina Puerto Madryn, Chubut Province, Argentina 23 Oct 2020 MercoPress My Maps
	Ten polar bears - six adults and four cubs - besiege a stalled rubbish truck in Russian Arctic 20 Oct 2020 Siberian Times My Maps
	Beluga Family Rescued From Low Tide by Russian Emergency Worker Chumikan, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia 15 Oct 2020 The Moscow Times My Maps
	Beached bowhead whales in Nunavut point to killer whale attacks Kugaaruk, Nunavut, Canada 13 Oct 2020 Nunatsiaq News My Maps
	Lone Scottish dolphin spotted off Denmark Svendborg, South Denmark, Denmark 12 Oct 2020 BBC News My Maps
	Eco disaster at Kamchatka peninsula with mass death of sea animals at precious Pacific beach Khalaktyrsky Beach 3 Oct 2020 Siberian Times My Maps
	Rare ‘Ugly Duckling’ Albino Seal Pup in Far East Russia Wins Hearts Tyuleny Island 10 Sep 2020 The Moscow Times My Maps
	A pair of stranded killer whales (and a sick sea lion) has biologists looking for answers Sitka, Alaska, United States 4 Sep 2020 Alaska Public Media My Maps

4 Sep -
29 Oct 2020

Utqiagvik celebrates first whale of season in November

Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States

19 Nov 2019

Arctic Sounder

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	How Did a Virus From the Atlantic Infect Mammals in the Pacific? 9 Nov 2019 New York Times My Maps
	Utqiagvik whalers still hope to land a bowhead as season wanes Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States 6 Nov 2019 Anchorage Daily News My Maps
	Dead Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Seldovia, Alaska, United States 21 Oct 2019 My Maps
	Humpback whale spotted in River Thames found dead Greenhithe, England, United Kingdom 8 Oct 2019 Sky News My Maps
	Humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae) Whale in the River Thames, off Rainham Erith, England, United Kingdom 8 Oct 2019 Twitter My Maps
	Another pygmy killer whale stranding hits Sugar Beach Kīhei, Hawaii, United States 25 Sep 2019 mauinews.com My Maps

25 Sep -
9 Nov 2019

62 whales die on Northeast beach

Þórshöfn, Northeast, Iceland

9 Sep 2019

RÚV

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Scientists monitoring new marine heat wave off B.C. coast similar to 'the Blob'

Northeast Pacific Ocean

5 Sep 2019

CBC

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5 - 9
Sep 2019

	Beached whale had 115 plastic cups in its stomach Wakatobi, Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia 20 Nov 2018 CTVNews My Maps
	Study finds healthy group of polar bears in sea near Alaska 16 Nov 2018 CBC My Maps
	Hundreds of sea lions take over docks of Cowichan Bay Duncan, British Columbia, Canada 14 Nov 2018 CHEK My Maps
	'Really shocking': Sperm whales spotted near Pond Inlet Pond inlet, Nunavut 3 Nov 2018 CBC My Maps
	Rarely seen whale stranded on Waikato beach dies Waikato Region, New Zealand 2 Nov 2018 Radio New Zealand My Maps
	Three new humpback whales identified off east Vancouver Island Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada 30 Oct 2018 CHEK My Maps
	Red tide has contributed to the deaths of nearly 190 Florida manatees, FWC says Florida, United States 29 Oct 2018 WFTS My Maps
	Jelly-like Meat Texture Found in Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida) Scammon Bay, Alaska, United States 29 Oct 2018 My Maps
	Dead Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) McDonald Spit, Alaska 26 Oct 2018 My Maps
	Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) living near Race Rocks Race Rocks Ecological Reserve, British Columbia, Canada 26 Oct 2018 My Maps
	Remote Hawaiian island vanishes underwater after hurricane East Island, Hawai'i 24 Oct 2018 USA TODAY My Maps
	'Son of the blob': Unseasonably warm weather creating new anomaly off B.C. coast Gulf of Alaska 18 Oct 2018 CBC My Maps
	Potentially deadly infection hits California sea lions Sausalito, California, United States 16 Oct 2018 ABC News My Maps
	Missing Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) Bed Larsen Bay, Alaska, United States 15 Oct 2018 My Maps
	Whaling captain, crew member die in boating accident Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States 8 Oct 2018 Arctic Sounder My Maps

8 Oct -
20 Nov 2018

	Another minke whale washes ashore dead in Marshfield, adding to 'exceptional' year of die-offs Marshfield, Massachusetts, United States 3 Oct 2018 masslive.com My Maps
	Parasite found in walrus meat in Sanikiluaq, warns health department Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, Canada 27 Sep 2018 CBC My Maps
	Scientists stumble across endangered whale not seen in Canada in years Canada's Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone 26 Sep 2018 CTVNews My Maps
	Beluga whale sighting in Britain’s River Thames Gravesend, Kent, England, United Kingdom 26 Sep 2018 Washington Post My Maps
	Another Southern Resident killer whale is losing body condition, and researchers are concerned about the pregnant females Salish Sea 25 Sep 2018 Candace Calloway Whiting My Maps
	Warmer Arctic waters attract surprising visitors: clams, fish and whales 22 Sep 2018 Washington Post My Maps
	Thousands of Pacific walruses again herd up on Alaska coast Point Lay, Alaska, United States 13 Sep 2018 Anchorage Daily News My Maps
	Scientists baffled by number of whale deaths on the coasts of Scotland and Ireland Scotland & Ireland 11 Sep 2018 The Scotsman My Maps
	Hundreds of Seals Are Dying on the New England Coast Isles of Shoals, United States 7 Sep 2018 New York Times My Maps
	Gulf of Maine Water Temperatures Soar Near Record Highs After Ocean 'Heat Wave' Gulf of Maine 5 Sep 2018 The Weather Channel My Maps
	After 3 days, ‘stressed’ sea lion that ventured into Sitka can’t find its way back to the ocean Sitka, Alaska, United States 2 Sep 2018 Anchorage Daily News My Maps
	Toxic Chemicals Banned 20 Years Ago Finally Disappearing From Arctic Wildlife 1 Sep 2018 Smithsonian My Maps

1 Sep -
3 Oct 2018

	Beaufort Sea polar bears are spending more time on land — and becoming more exposed to land-based diseases, scientists find 30 Nov 2017 Arctic Now My Maps
	Woman comes face-to-face with polar bear after grocery shopping Resolute, Nunavut, Canada 26 Nov 2017 CBC News My Maps
	As Oceans Warm, the World’s Kelp Forests Begin to Disappear Tasmania, Australia 20 Nov 2017 Yale Environment 360 My Maps
	As traditional Alaska Native marine diets decline, vitamin D deficiency rises 17 Nov 2017 Arctic Now My Maps
	Toxic algae may have played part in sea bird die off Nome, Alaska, United States 17 Nov 2017 The Nome Nugget My Maps
	What's That We're Hearing? Sea Otters in the Salish Sea? Cortez Island, British Columbia, Canada 15 Nov 2017 BC Seakayak My Maps
	Polar bears in Churchill face bleak future, researchers warn Churchill Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 2 Nov 2017 CBC News My Maps
	Kincaid Beach Littered with Whale Parts Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska, United States 2 Nov 2017 My Maps
	130 dead seals have washed up on the shores of Russia's Lake Baikal Yelantsy, Irkutsk, Russia 31 Oct 2017 Mail Online My Maps
	What dolphin diets reveal about climate change's effects off the California coast California Bight 20 Oct 2017 latimes.com My Maps

20 Oct -
30 Nov 2017

	Village besieged by polar bears as hundreds of terrorised walruses fall 38 metres to their deaths Ryrkaypiy, Russia 19 Oct 2017 Siberian Times My Maps
	'Huge' polar bear spotted in Iqaluit Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada 13 Oct 2017 CBC News My Maps
	This "flock of sheep" was actually an unprecedented gathering of polar bears Wrangel Island 2 Oct 2017 MNN - Mother Nature Network My Maps
	Investigation into washed up whale’s death begins in Alaska 28 Sep 2017 Eye on the Arctic My Maps
	California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) in Auke Bay Juneau, Alaska, United States 26 Sep 2017 My Maps
	The dead whale floating in Cook Inlet has washed ashore at Kincaid Park Cook Inlet, Anchorage, Alaska, United States 25 Sep 2017 Alaska Dispatch News My Maps
	64 walruses found dead at Point Lay haulout Point Lay, Alaska, United States 22 Sep 2017 The Arctic Sounder My Maps
	Disappearance of right whales from winter breeding grounds a mystery South Atlantic States Continental Shelf 17 Sep 2017 CBC News My Maps
	Stampede suspected as dozens of walruses found dead near Point Lay Point Lay, Alaska, United States 3 Sep 2017 Alaska Dispatch News My Maps

3 Sep -
19 Oct 2017

Kachemak Bay has seen massive die-offs of sea stars and other species. What’s going on?

Seldovia Village, Alaska, United States

13 Nov 2016

Alaska Dispatch News

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Long Beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) Beaching

Sodwana Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa

12 Nov 2016

My Maps

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Nov 2016

	Late Sea Ice Freeze Bring Together Seals and Caribou Kotzebue, Alaska, United States 11 Nov 2015 My Maps
	Entangled Humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae) Whale Unalaska, Alaska, United States 9 Nov 2015 My Maps
	Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) with Saprolegnia Mold Kivalina, Alaska, United States 3 Nov 2015 My Maps
	Dead Humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae) Near Birchwood Eagle River, Alaska, United States 19 Oct 2015 My Maps
	Dead Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) and Starfish (Phylum: Echinodermata) Prince of Wales Islands, Alaska, United States 10 Oct 2015 My Maps
	Are Vancouver's recent Gray Whale sightings the start of regular seasonal visits? Stanley Park Seawall, British Columbia, Canada 1 Oct 2015 Georgia Straight My Maps
	Dead Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) King Cove, Alaska, United States 23 Sep 2015 My Maps

23 Sep -
11 Nov 2015

	Marine Mammals	142
	Ocean / Sea	44
	Death / Die-off / Decline	26
	Unusual Range / Sighting	24
	Fish	11
	Food Security	11
	Unusual Animal Behavior	10
	Deformity / Disease / Injury	10
	Invertebrates	9
	Human Health	7
	Ice / Snow Change	7
	Unusual Size / Abundance	6
	Birds	6
	Sports / Recreation	6
	Surface Waters / Wetlands	6
	Cultural Impact	5
	Extreme Temperature	5
	Land Mammals	5
	Land	5
	Microbes	5
	Plants / Kelp	5
	Pollution	5
	Safety	4
	Seasonal Timing	4
	Weather	4
	Distemper	3
	Economic Impact	3
	Trichinosis	3
	Pathogen	3
	Agriculture	2
	Arachnids	2
	Livestock	2
	Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning	2
	Pets	2
	Transportation	2
	Air	1
	Algal Bloom	1
	Amphibians	1
	Debris / Trash	1
	Energy	1
	Erosion	1
	Extreme Wind	1
	Fisheries	1
	Forestry	1
	Harvest Change	1
	Buildings	1
	Insects	1
	ONEHEALTH	1
	Reptiles	1
	Storm Surge	1
	Cyclone / Hurricane	1
	Toxoplasmosis	1
	Tularemia	1
	Surface Waters / Wetlands	1

	September	47
	October	53
	November	42

	United States	56
	Canada	10
	United Kingdom	6
	Iceland	3
	New Zealand	2
	Norway	2
	Russia	2
	Argentina	1
	Australia	1
	Denmark	1
	France	1
	Mexico	1
	Namibia	1

	2023	1
	2022	6
	2021	10
	2020	19
	2019	9
	2018	27
	2017	19
	2016	2
	2015	7
	2014	5
	2013	1
	2012	1
	2011	25
	2010	6
	2004	1
	2002	1
	1999	1
	1997	1