Captive Dolphin ‘Heals’ Unborn Babies? Oh Please.
The latest version of the old “dolphin assisted therapy” scam has pregnant mothers going to a resort in Peru where two captive dolphins supposedly make their…
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Hugs and Goodbyes
See you in Alaska! Visiting the Orcas Tuesday: Grandma J2’s Birthday Wednesday: Off to the Island First Sighting Thursday: T is for Transient Luna the Orca Who Wanted to Be…
The Whale Who Took Down SeaWorld
How SeaWorld Is Like Scientology
Navy Dolphins Scout for Mines in Croatia
Orca Dinner Party
Just Close Marineland Down!
There’s only one fitting conclusion to the investigations currently being conducted into the shocking conditions at the Canadian marine zoo Marineland, following the revelations by the…
Big Protest at Marineland Sends Visitors Home
A week of shocking revelations about conditions at Canada’s busiest marine park culminated in the largest-ever protest outside the gates of this zoo/circus. About 500 people…
Top Trainer Blows Whistle on Marineland
“The seal was writhing in pain … blood coming from his eye … The dolphin’s skin was flaking off … The water had gotten so bad…
Tommy Lee Gives SeaWorld a Drumming
Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee has told SeaWorld they can’t use any of his music at their marine circus acts. In a letter to John T.…
Blue Whale Poop–Bird’s Eye View
They’re the largest animals in the world. So it’s no surprise that they leave behind quite a trail of Number Two. The photo, captured by photographer…
When Dogs Meet Dolphins in the Ocean
Two delightful videos of dogs visiting with dolphins in the ocean. First, Kira, a black Lab, regularly joins a dolphin-watching expedition off the coast of Mozambique.…
The Super-Trendy Sponge Club
Fed up with the silly rituals of the Skull & Bones at Yale? Had enough of the Ivy Club at Princeton and the pricey clothes and…
SeaWorld Putting Trainers Back in Water with Killer Whales
Since the day six-ton orca Tilikum dragged his trainer, Dawn Brancheau, into the pool, savaged her and killed her, SeaWorld has kept all trainers out of…
Dolphin Societies Reunite
A population of dolphins that split into two societies in Moreton Bay, Australia, in the 1990s has come back together. Dolphins are known to engage in…
Video of SeaWorld Trainer’s Narrow Escape
This is the video of a killer whale trainer being dragged underwater in 2006 by one of the orcas at SeaWorld San Diego. It was released…
Are Dolphins Math Geniuses?
You have to be a math genius even just to understand the math skills that dolphins deploy when they’re out on a fishing expedition. The basic…
Dolphin Mourns Her Baby
She carried her baby out to her ocean home in what might be familiar to sailors in wartime as a “burial at sea.” [readon] A boatload…
Death at SeaWorld
More and more people are deciding not to take the family to these seaquariums. David Kirby’s new book, “Death at SeaWorld – Shamu and the dark side of killer whales in captivity”, will only propel the exodus. It’s an engrossing story that also raises serious questions about not just the ethics of keeping the world’s top predator in the equivalent of a bathtub for their entire lives, but also the safety of it.
Fourth of July – Spanish Style
Here in the United States, on the Fourth of July we’re celebrating life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In Spain, on the Fourth of July,…
Capturing Belugas to “Save” Them
The Georgia Aquarium is planning to capture 18 beluga whales from where they live in the Sea of Okhotsk in eastern Russia, and fly them halfway around the world to put them on display in Atlanta. Their explanation for doing this would be hilarious if it were not so sad and not such an unconscionable abuse of highly intelligent animals.
Dolphins May Be the Smartest of Us All
It’s all in the genes. And a bottlenose dolphin’s genes tell the story of just how smart these distant cousins of ours may be – smarter…
Reader’s Digest: Whales Are People Too
For the cover story of the Canadian edition of Reader’s Digest for July, Jeff Warren heads out onto the ocean to discover what we’re learning about…
Judge Rules SeaWorld Committed ‘Serious’ Violation in Death of Trainer
Tilikum in isolation after killing his trainer SeaWorld claims it can stop its enraged, depressed, captive orcas from killing their trainers by slapping the water to…
Why Newborn Beluga Whale Died at Aquarium
Mother Maris with her baby at the Georgia Aquarium The Georgia Aquarium is trying to explain why a newborn Beluga whale calf died there yesterday. But…