In 2008, Marine Connection launched its first ‘Lone Rangers’ report, historically documenting solitary cetaceans around the world. The new, updated Second Edition has just been released and covers solitaries from…
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Tonga is one of the few places in the world where you can swim with humpback whales but at what cost to the animals? A new study by New Zealand’s…
Marine Connection welcomes the news today from Virgin Holidays that the company is to cease selling tickets to SeaWorld attractions and also, we believe, the Atlantis parks in Dubai and…
On May 7th, Planete Sauvage announced that the bottlenose dolphin known as Parel had given birth to a calf weighing around 12kg. This is the fourth birth at the park…
Maya, one of seven dolphins at the National Aquarium, Baltimore, has died after experiencing liver problems, inflammation and digestive issues. She first began showing signs of illness earlier this year…
Marine Connection welcomes the news that members of J, K and L pods have been seen on the West Coast of Vancouver and with them, the little youngster who scientists…
New research has found tourism operators could be putting dolphin populations at risk by allowing them to be fed by visitors to Western Australia (WA). The study from Murdoch University, which…
Whale researchers say it’s unprecedented that the southern resident killer whales are nowhere to be seen this year. The whales (J, K and L pods) are usually feeding on chinook salmon…
Today we remember the thousands of dolphins held in captivity around the world. Living in the confines of tanks and sea pens, with a very different and limited social environment…
As the summer holiday season approaches sadly many people still consider visiting a marine park to see dolphins or whales in captivity as a holiday excursion of choice, this is…
