Just days after causing havoc in Port Phillip Bay in Australia on Friday last week, an elephant seal reappeared on a Mornington Peninsula beach. A regional operations manager with Victoria’s Conservation Regulator, Gleen Sharp said that he helped coax the massive seal away from danger last week.

Giant elephant seal weighing 500kg reappears along Victoria's coastline

Scientists have confirmed that dugong is now technically extinct in China as a result of widespread habitat deterioration and killings. The mammal has been given the greatest level of protection by the Chinese state council since it was designated as an important national animal in 1988.

Dugong’s functional extinction in China due to habitat destruction, ‘a wakeup call’ to prioritise efforts

Coronavirus travel restrictions have literally emptied waters around Hong Kong of boats and ferries and due to the quiet, Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins are making a comeback, giving scientists a once in a lifetime opportunity to study the impact of underwater noise on the aquatic mammals.

Rare dolphins make a comeback in quieter Hong Kong waters

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