A rare coincidence has resulted in University of Otago geologist Associate Professor Ewan Fordyce discovering a “new” species of ancient dolphin in the Waitaki Valley.

Dolphins off the South West coast are in danger of being wiped out, environmentalists have warned. Full Story

Euro MPs have called for a ban on warships using submarine-seeking sonar devices because campaigners believe they may be killing dolphins and whales. Full Story<

Ocean scientists have recruited wild arctic whales to their team to probe the waters deep beneath an Arctic island fjord for the first time. Full Story

The seal population off Canada’s Atlantic Coast is suffering because Ottawa continues to allow hunters to kill hundreds of thousands of the animals each year despite clear evidence the ice cover is rapidly thinning, activists said.

Biologists have been collecting the strange, scratchy calls of North Pacific right whales from the Bering Sea, eavesdropping on life among the rarest large cetaceans on the planet.

Liberal Democrat Matthew Taylor is urging the Government and the EU to investigate the escalating death toll of dolphins and porpoises in UK waters. Full Story

An autopsy on the baby dolphin found dead last week in the Port River, Adelaide, has revealed that the most likely cause of death was a severe strike to the head by a boat propeller.

A small dolphin known for assisting fishermen by driving fish into their nets may soon disappear from the great Asian river for which the animal is named.

This winter has been a bonanza for Puget Sound and Hood Canal residents who thrill at the sight of orcas, including one who was captured in Budd Inlet 27 years ago and eventually set free.