Members of the public often contact Marine Connection wanting to volunteer but not knowing what they can do unless they have actual marine experience – there is however always something…
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Fungie was first spotted off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland in 1983 and has lived in and around Dingle Bay ever since, however, the male dolphin hasn’t been sighted…
Help be the voice for all the dolphins, whales and porpoises that have been taken from the wild in the name of entertainment, confined to tanks suffering in silence day…
For many years Marine Connection has been monitoring the phenomenon of solitary cetaceans and since November 2019 we have been networking with colleagues in the Svendborg area of Denmark, with…
In recent months off the coast of Galicia, northwest Spain, multiple sailing yachts (with a length equal to or less than 15 meters) have been damaged by killer whales ramming…
This year marks 50 years since the Vancouver Aquarium became the first in Canada to exhibit narwhals, with a young male (named Keela Luguk), being the first to arrive at…
We have received reports that one of the female dolphins known as Nau which was held at Acquario di Genova in Italy, has died. Nau was born at Gardaland Resort,…
An application by Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut, USA to import five captive-born beluga whales from Marineland, Niagara Falls, Canada for research has been passed by NMFS/NOAA, however strong restrictions with…
Each year Norway announces a self-imposed whaling quota, which for 2020 was nearly 1,300 minke whales. This season 12 boats took part in the hunts, slaughtering 462 whales through using…
Six northern bottlenose whales have died in what has been described as the largest live stranding of the species in the country’s history. The whales were discovered on Rossknowlagh Beach…
