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End Commercial Whaling Renegade whale hunting threatens the survival of endangered species around the world News: Whales are still being killed across the world's oceans -- despite an international ban on commercial whaling -- by countries that exploit loopholes and label their hunts as "scientific research."
Protecting Whales from Dangerous Sonar NRDC takes the U.S. military to court to save marine mammals from underwater noise News: NRDC has been fighting for more than a decade for prudent safeguards that would protect whales and other marine mammals from military sonar exercises -- eventually taking the fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Give Swordfish a Break Conservation campaign helped restore North Atlantic swordfish and provided an example for future efforts. News: After a two-and-a-half-year campaign led by NRDC and SeaWeb to restore swordfish populations in the north Atlantic, the federal government in August 2000 announced measures to protect juvenile north Atlantic swordfish from fishing.
Whale Songs in the City
News: Whales have been recorded singing near New York harbor, but noise pollution puts them at risk.

Underwater Parks Protected areas in the oceans are as spectacular -- and important -- as national parks on land Overview: For more than a century, America has been protecting its most vital and beloved landscapes as national parks. But the fish, coral reefs and kelp forests of our oceans receive almost none of these protections, despite growing threats to marine life.
Lethal Sounds The use of military sonar poses a deadly threat to whales and other marine mammals News: Whales and other marine mammals face a grave threat from military sonar and other noise in the oceans. Manmade sound waves can drown out the noises that marine mammals rely on for their very survival, causing serious injury and even death.
Reviving Our Oceans Changing the way we think about and manage our oceans can help avert a crisis. Overview: Changing the way we think about and manage our oceans can help avert a crisis.
Global Warming Threatens Wildlife Climate change threatens species from your backyard to the Arctic. Index: Global warming is pushing wildlife over the brink. From melting sea-ice throughout the Arctic to increases in infectious diseases and loss of food, evidence of the impacts of global warming on wildlife is mounting. This index collects fact sheets on global warming's effects on threatened species.