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	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
	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

10 Sep -
15 Nov 2020

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

	Utqiagvik celebrates first whale of season in November Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States 19 Nov 2019 Arctic Sounder My Maps
	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

21 Oct -
19 Nov 2019

	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
	62 whales die on Northeast beach Þórshöfn, Northeast, Iceland 9 Sep 2019 RÚV My Maps
	Scientists monitoring new marine heat wave off B.C. coast similar to 'the Blob' Northeast Pacific Ocean 5 Sep 2019 CBC My Maps

5 Sep -
8 Oct 2019

Beached whale had 115 plastic cups in its stomach

Wakatobi, Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia

20 Nov 2018

CTVNews

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Study finds healthy group of polar bears in sea near Alaska

16 Nov 2018

CBC

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Hundreds of sea lions take over docks of Cowichan Bay

Duncan, British Columbia, Canada

14 Nov 2018

CHEK

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14 - 20
Nov 2018

	'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
	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

11 Sep -
3 Nov 2018

	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

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Sep 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
	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

13 Oct -
30 Nov 2017

	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 -
2 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

My Maps

Long Beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) Beaching

Sodwana Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa

12 Nov 2016

My Maps

12 - 13
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

10 Oct -
11 Nov 2015

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 -
1 Oct 2015

Sick Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)

Chefornak, Alaska, United States

29 Nov 2014

My Maps

Dead Orca (Orcinus orca) Whale

Wales, Alaska, United States

20 Nov 2014

My Maps

Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) with Hair Loss

Shishmaref, Alaska, United States

18 Nov 2014

My Maps

18 - 29
Nov 2014

Grey Seal

Truro, Massachusetts, United States

14 Sep 2014

My Maps

Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) Sighted at Possession Point, Southern Vancouver Islan

Sooke, British Columbia, Canada

1 Sep 2014

My Maps

Hairless Seal

Shishmaref, Alaska, United States

19 Oct 2013

My Maps

Unusual Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) Sighting

Sisualik Fish Camp, Alaska, United States

15 Sep 2012

My Maps

	Harp seals 29 Nov 2011 My Maps
	Ringed seal Wrangel Island, Chukotka, Russia 7 Nov 2011 My Maps
	Sick ringed seal Shishmaref, Alaska, United States 22 Oct 2011 My Maps
	Sick Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) Kodiak, Alaska, United States 17 Oct 2011 My Maps
	Ringed Seal Mortality 15 Oct 2011 My Maps
	Ringed seal stranding and mortality Point Hope, Alaska, United States 15 Oct 2011 My Maps
	Walruses suffer from similar disease afflicting Alaska ringed seals Point Lay, Alaska, United States 14 Oct 2011 Anchorage Daily News My Maps
	Stranded ringed seals Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States 13 Oct 2011 My Maps
	Mysterious disease killed scores of seals in Alaska Barrow, Alaska, United States 13 Oct 2011 REUTERS My Maps
	Mysterious disease takes toll on ringed seals in Alaska Arctic Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States 13 Oct 2011 Anchorage Daily News My Maps
	Sick Ringed Seal Koyuk, Alaska, United States 11 Oct 2011 My Maps
	Stranded Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida) Golovin, Alaska, United States 9 Oct 2011 My Maps
	Sick Ringed Seal Nome, Alaska, United States 7 Oct 2011 My Maps
	Sick Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida) Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States 3 Oct 2011 My Maps

3 Oct -
29 Nov 2011

	Marine Mammals	141
	Ocean / Sea	44
	Death / Die-off / Decline	25
	Unusual Range / Sighting	24
	Fish	11
	Food Security	11
	Unusual Animal Behavior	10
	Deformity / Disease / Injury	9
	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
	Agriculture	2
	Arachnids	2
	Livestock	2
	Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning	2
	Pets	2
	Transportation	2
	Pathogen	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	46
	October	53
	November	42

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