Thanks for joining us today for our inaugural episode of Keep Them Wild: the wildlife news podcast! This week we'll be covering the fish die offs in Texas , California sea lion die offs (July 2023) , the 2022 seal deaths in New England (2022), the orca whale boat attacks (June 2023), the new octopus species found in Costa Rica (July 2023), and Iceland's new whale hunting policies (June 2023). Articles and Resources:

• Fish Die Offs in Texas:https://www.npr.org/2023/06/12/1181661320/fish-kill-texas-beaches-explainedhttps://txmarspecies.tamug.edu/fishdetails.cfm?scinameID=Brevoortia patronus

• California Sea Lion Die Offs:https://www.npr.org/2023/07/11/1186747010/sea-lions-sick-dying-southern-california-coast-algal-bloom-algaehttps://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/toxic-algal-bloom-spreads-along-california-coast-poisoning-sea-lionshttps://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/toxic-algal-bloom-suspected-dolphin-and-sea-lion-deaths-southern-california

• The 2022 Seal Deaths in New Englandhttps://now.tufts.edu/2023/03/15/bird-flu-associated-hundreds-seal-deaths-new-england-2022-tufts-researchers-find

• Orca Whale Boat Attackshttps://www.npr.org/2023/06/13/1181693759/orcas-killer-whales-boat-attackshttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-has-a-group-of-orcas-suddenly-started-attacking-boats/

• The New Octopus Species Found in Costa Ricahttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/octopus-nursery-costa-rica-deep-sea-new-species

• Iceland's New Whale Hunting Policies. https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/no-future-iceland-cancels-wale-hunt-over-animal-welfare-concerns/https://www2.whoi.edu/staff/mmoore/we-are-all-whalers/

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