On Saturday, a rescue team was called to Chatham, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod to help five pilot whales. The International Fund for Animal Welfare worked with US Fish and Wildlife and harbormasters officials to rescue the mammals. In their efforts, they were able to help four of the five whales go back into deeper water….
Scientists have determined that they will euthanize a sick killer whale in France after efforts to rescue him failed. Since May 16th, a 13-foot-long orca has been seen in the River Siena. After miles of swimming between harbors, the whale ended west of Rouen. Scientists and marine specialists gathered to form a plan and try…
Scientists are worried that the rise in dolphin deaths is due to the Russian-Ukraine war. Since the start of the war, there has been an increase in cetaceans death in the Black Sea. Researchers believe that the heightened noise pollution in the air and water is causing this. Turkey and Bulgaria have also seen an…
Over 30 pilot whales died after being breached on a beach in New Zealand, on St Patrick’s Day. At 10 am on Thursday the New Zealand’s Department of Conservation posted on their facebook. It stated that 34 pilot whales were stranded on Farewell Spit with 29 dead. Five of them were still alive. By 11am…
Since January 24th, there have been dolphins spotted in River Ouse. According to the public and the British Divers Marine Life Rescue, there are three dolphins, two adults and one calf. The family has been spotted a few times now, with growing onlookers. While it is not uncommon to see dolphins near east Yorkshire, the…
For two months, rescue teams have been monitoring the status of an entangled dolphin calf in Clearwater, Florida. The calf and its mother, Matilda, were first spotted on December 4th, 2021 by Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute (CMA). The team along with Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) kept track of the pair and planned a…
On the second day of the new year, an eight month old dolphin was found on the shores of Gulf of Mexico at Fort Walton beach. According to the people that found the dolphin, it washed ashore. The beachgoers did the right thing, which was not to push the dolphin back into the water. Instead,…
The NOAA has proposed a rule that they believe will help protect spinner dolphins in Hawaii. The time-area closure proposal ensures that no human or vessel is to enter the protected shorelines from 6a.m to 3 p.m. daily. This means no swimming, snorkeling, surf boarding or using boats from morning until 3 in the afternoon….
If you’ve ever seen Dolphin Tale, you know who Winter the dolphin is. If not, she was a bottlenose dolphin that was rescued when she was around two months old. Winter lost her tail because it got caught in a lobster trap. The rope cut off blood circulation to her tail, which resulted in it…
You voted and the results are in! Luna the dolphin is here and ready to explore New York! Her first stop after riding Hawk250 is the Monguap falls in Forestburgh. A lot of people have gone to Mongaup Reservoir, never knowing that there is a magical waterfall under their noses. Luna has some great tour…
On Sunday evening, about 1,000 people were in Dingle, Ireland, saying goodbye to Fungie the bottlenose dolphin. This incredible lone dolphin has been living in Dingle for more than three decades. It’s believed that the dolphin was probably released from an aquarium in England and found himself in Dingle. It didn’t take long for the…
While Faroe Islands is beautiful, the scenes from the white-sided dolphins killing is anything but.Grindadrap in Faroese is the hunting of mammals, mainly whales, on these islands. This hunting tradition has been practiced for hundreds of years on these islands that are part of the kingdom of Denmark. According to the Faroese government each year…