Rescuing Foggy the Humpback Whale
Foggy and Grommet are well known to whale-watching boats off the coast of Nova Scotia. The two humpback whales are rarely seen apart from each other.…
Navy Dolphins Scout for Mines in Croatia
Last week, six dolphins took off from their HQ at the U.S. Navy’s Marine Mammal Program in San Diego on a flight to Zagreb, Croatia. Their…
Shamu’s Exercise Machine
SeaWorld is planning to install exercise machines for the orcas it holds captive at its marine circuses.
Orcas like Tilikum, SeaWorld’s biggest killer whale, who has killed three people and now spends most of his time languishing motionless in a small tank, could get some longer-distance swimming time.
Should we give SeaWorld a thumbs-up for this?
Surfing with Dolphins
This is what happens when a good photographer, a surfer and some dolphins all happen to meet up at the same time. The place was Kalbarri,…
Want to Sell a Book about Dolphins? Call Them Dumb!
(Sept. 12, 2013: Note: Justin Gregg has responded to this post, saying that he was seriously misquoted in the London Sunday Times article we reference below. So…
Major Victory for Belugas
It’s being hailed as a very significant victory for the anti-captivity movement. Today, the U.S. government’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) denied the Georgia Aquarium’s…
Top Predator in Action
SeaWorld likes to talk of them as being part of “our family” – as though the top predator of the ocean can somehow be adopted and…
The Dolphin Who Escaped
She spent the first 10 years of her life in the ocean off the coast of South Korea with her family. Then, captured accidentally in a…
‘Hey you, Double-Squeak Clickety-Click!’
A new study explores how dolphins use their individual signature whistles (equivalent to their “names”) to stay in touch with each other. Not only do they…
SeaWorld Hits Back at Movie ‘Blackfish’
SeaWorld is clearly worried about the movie Blackfish, which opens in New York and Los Angeles this weekend, and across the country over the next month.…
More Dolphins Go Tail Walking
Call it a fad or a fashion, the latest craze, a new wrinkle, or just what the kids are doing these days. In the world of…
SeaWorld Hit with Another Violation
SeaWorld Orlando has been ordered by the federal government to pay a fine of $38,500 for a “repeat violation” of an Occupational Safety and Health Administration…
Dolphins as Midwives – the Latest Scam
What to say about the hapless, happy couple who flew from South Carolina to Hawaii in hopes of having a “dolphin-assisted birth”? It takes the scam…
Orca Family Cares for Disabled Calf
This young orca is missing her dorsal fin and her right-side pectoral fin. That means she can’t navigate well, and can’t catch food on her own.…
India Bans Dolphinariums
Good news, for a change! The Government of India has issued a nationwide ban on keeping dolphins in captivity. The ban had been under consideration for…
Orcas Race Boat
This may be the first ever video of orcas racing a boat for so long – an hour in this case. [readon] The boat was carrying…
Are There ‘Better’ Ways to Kill Dolphins?
A new study by four scientists is arguing for more “humane” ways of killing the dolphins at the annual Taiji massacre in Japan. (That’s the massacre…
Dolphin Funeral Procession
Tourists on a whale-watching expedition off the coast of California were hoping for something like a dolphin stampede. Instead, they found themselves witnessing a funeral.
Conversation with a Whale
“I’m a whale. Not to brag, but my brain is really, really big.” “I’m a human. My brain is really big, too. In fact, we humans…
Did Military Dolphins Go AWOL?
A prank photo from Fox News in Australia The story was that three dolphins trained for action by the Ukrainian Navy had gone missing. Worse, they…