The Latest Breaking News from the Strait of Gibraltar

Thousands of tonnes of 'Rugulopteryx okamurae', an invasive seaweed from Southeast Asia, are accumulating on the beaches of the Strait of Gibraltar and the southern coast of Spain, constituting what local ecologists describe as a serious threat to regional biodiversity.

Across the Strait of Gibraltar sit Tangier and Chefchaouen – two cities teeming with appeal for those keen to escape the UK’s cold weather but also avoid the crowds in more touristy Spain, says Alice Morrison

Memes galore centered on the “orca revolution” have inundated the online realm. They gleefully depict orcas launching attacks on boats in the Strait of Gibraltar and off the Shetland coast.

White Gladis was so hellbent on stopping boats in the Strait of Gibraltar that she engaged in attacks instead of protecting her newborn calf.

A pod of killer whales bumped one of the boats in an endurance sailing race as it approached the Strait of Gibraltar

A pod of killer whales bumped one of the boats in an endurance sailing race as it approached the Strait of Gibraltar

The crew experienced a rather tense few minutes when a group of killer whales laid siege to their yacht near the Strait of Gibraltar.

As the crew motored inshore after the encounter, one of the orcas reappeared, chased the boat into the marina and tore off what little fiberglass was left on the two rudders.

Orcas living off Europe’s Iberian coast recently struck and sunk a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar. Scientists suspect that this is the third vessel this subpopulation of killer whales has capsized since May 2020, when a female orca believed to be the originator of this behaviour suffered a traumatic…