Species Profile: The Common Bottlenose Dolphin

Species Profile: The Common Bottlenose Dolphin

The Common Bottlenose Dolphin is probably the most recognizable dolphin species and it’s popular for its intelligence, friendliness and ‘smiling’ face. Learn all you need to know about these dolphins that are intelligent enough to spot large fishing boats and follow these boats for long distances seeking scraps of leftover fish.

Here’s Why There’s So Much Uproar About The Taiji Dolphin Hunt

Here’s Why There’s So Much Uproar About The Taiji Dolphin Hunt

The Taiji Dolphin Hunt remains one of the most infamous cultural activities to date. Taiji, a southwestern coastal town of Japan got into the limelight after the award-winning documentary film, “The Cove,” brought the world’s attention to the brutalities facing dolphins there. The small town is known for its supply of wild dolphins, especially bottlenose dolphins, to aquariums globally. Dolphins…

Species Profile: The Irrawaddy Dolphin

Species Profile: The Irrawaddy Dolphin

The beautiful Irrawaddy Dolphin is severely threatened and is now functionally extinct in Laos. The Irrawaddy dolphin is a euryhaline species of oceanic dolphins, i.e. they can tolerate a wide range of water salinity. Though very similar to the beluga whale in appearance, Irrawaddy dolphins are most closely related to the killer whale (orca). They are characterized by a…