Over recent days, four common dolphins, mainly juvenile, have washed up dead on beaches near Aberystwyth and Tywyn in Wales, prompting an investigation from authorities to confirm if there is…
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Despite similar markings, a dead orca spotted off the Oregon Coast in the summer of 2022 was not southern resident, K44 but from a transient orca population. While the carcass…
We were recently alerted to the news that a bottlenose dolphin held at Primorsky Aquarium, Russia died in late September of this year. A post-mortem was conducted, however the cause…
A US court has temporarily banned imports of New Zealand fish caught in the habitat of the Māui dolphin because the country’s Marine Mammal Protection Act is weaker than its…
The Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat at The Mirage, Las Vegas is closing permanently. The decision to shut down the attraction and move the captive dolphins was announced earlier this…
The population of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales continue to decline, new numbers released suggest that only about 340 of the whales were alive as of 2021, a sharp…
More than 3,000+ dolphins and whales are held in tanks around the world, purely for the benefit of humans and sadly, another dolphin calf has been born in captivity. This…
Marine Connection is thrilled to report that one of the orcas freed from the infamous whale jail, was spotted by a member of the crew whilst filming Frozen Planet II…
Criminal proceedings are to commence over the large number of dolphin deaths in the Black Sea. Ukrainian prosecutors say the Russian military is to blame for the dolphin deaths in…
An investigation into the deaths of three bottlenose dolphins which were previously kept at the Mediterraneo Marine Park in Malta showed levels of “negligence and mismanagement” and that the matter…
