The marketing failure that's going to kill us all

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Amid the rising tide of the ocean's waves are floating ephemera of environmental marketing: A large orange billboard that says
Campaigns to help the environment aren't working. We need better messaging.

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Remarkable video showed a false killer whale twisting and twirling in front of divers. The species is known to socialize with humans, even bringing them large fish.

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Man free diving with false killer whales, Revillagigedo Islands, Socorro, Baja California, Mexico.
A man free diving with false killer whales, Revillagigedo Islands, Socorro, Baja California, Mexico.

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Whales swimming behind fishing vessels catch an easy feast of escaped fish, but experts warn this 'free meal' is risky, potentially lethal behavior

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Whales following a fishing trawler to catch escaped fish.
Whales follow behind the fishing vessel to catch fish that have escaped the fishermen's nets.

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The partial skeleton of an ancient whale shows it could've weighed nearly as much as a Boeing 747, making it one of the heaviest animals ever

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Reconstruction of Perucetus colossus in its coastal habitat, a manatee-like ancient whale with a tiny head and small limbs
Since its skull and limbs were missing, much about Perucetus colossus remains a mystery.

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They were slaughtered for their blubber, and nearly wiped out in Brazil. Decades later, humpback whales are making a comeback.

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A humpback whale breaches off in the coast of Ilhabela, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil July 22, 2023.
A humpback whale breaching off in the coast of Ilhabela, an archipelago in South-East Brazil, at the end of July.

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55 whales may have died in a mass stranding because they refused to leave the side of an injured female

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A view of dead whales after a mass stranding in North Tolsta, Isle of Lewis on July 16, 2023.

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New propellers with looped blades could help make the oceans quiet again, sparing both marine life and the climate

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Whales are turning up dead on beaches — and our online shopping addiction is partly to blame

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Beached humpback whale lies on beach alongside excavator
The remains of a male humpback whale lies on Lido Beach in New York in January 2023.

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Killer whales moms spend more time with their sons than daughters, and it may be threatening their survival

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Two adult killer whales breach the water. One is rubbing against the other.
Two Southern Resident killer whales.

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