Tag: Ocean Wild Life

• Monday, February 3rd 2020 - 07:47 UTC

  Falklands home to the largest population of South American fur seals

  

  The Falkland Islands is home to the largest population of South American fur seals (Arctocephalus asutralis australis) in the world, according to a recent scientific paper.

• Monday, November 26th 2018 - 07:40 UTC

  New Zealand reports the death of some 145 pilot whales stranded in a beach

  

  Like it happened in the Falkland Islands earlier in the month a group of up to 145 pilot whales have died after becoming stranded on a beach on Stewart Island in New Zealand. The animals were discovered by walkers late on Saturday, strewn along the beach of Mason Bay.

• Wednesday, November 21st 2018 - 08:38 UTC

  Dead sperm whale in Indonesia had kilos of plastic waste in its stomach

  

  A sperm whale found dead in a national park in Indonesia had nearly 6kg of plastic waste, including 115 cups, in its stomach, park officials said on Tuesday. The 9.5m whale was found in waters near Kapota Island, part of the Wakatobi National Park, southeast of Sulawesi, the park said in a statement.

• Monday, September 17th 2018 - 08:37 UTC

  Falkland Islands Seven (and main) Wonders for Visitors: the spectacular wildlife

  

  Perhaps fittingly the King Penguin was chosen as number one in the Falkland Islands Tourist Board’s (FITB) 7 Wonders of the Falklands survey. Over the last three months FITB has asked past and present visitors to the Islands, as well as residents, what they would consider to be their seven wonders.