In 2013, 8 percent of the bottlenose dolphins living in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon perished. New investigations have revealed that the highly intelligent marine mammals may have starved because their…
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Today, as part of a coalition of more than 100 environmental organisations from six continents, Marine Connection is supporting an open letter by OceanCare, calling on governments to include a…
Morgan, the only female orca at Loro Parque on the Spanish island of Tenerife, has given birth for the second time; this time, it’s a male. Morgan’s first calf, who…
The Makah Tribe has submitted a permit application to NOAA Fisheries that, if approved, will allow it to hunt up to 25 eastern North Pacific gray whales over 10 years,…
The permit deadline to move five dolphins from Attica Park Zoo (APZ) in Greece to Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA), Florida is fast approaching, and to move these animals across the…
A recent study has revealed whales including right whales, gray whales, and humpbacks transport vital nutrients from urine, placentas, carcasses, and sloughing skin across oceans that help to keep marine…
After 10 years plus, the whalers of Barrouallie have decided to stop the hunt of orcas, an issue Marine Connection has been addressing for some years. We are therefore delighted…
Disney Cruise Line (The Walt Disney Company subsidiary) sells onshore excursions to passengers, including closely interacting with dolphins in captive facilities around the Caribbean, Bermuda and Mexico. The company currently…
In December 2024, Marine Connection sent a letter supported by 33 organisations to the French Government urging them to retire Wikie and her son Keijo, the two remaining orcas at…
With the unfortunate news of the recent death of a newborn female orca within the beloved southern resident orca population, we welcome new rules now in place to ensure boaters…
