The creation of a worldwide web, or network, of protected areas is urgently needed for the protection of whales, dolphins and the places important to their survival according to marine experts.
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A DISORIENTATED little porpoise had to be rescued from Derbyhaven beach, Isle of Mann where it was stranded this (Tuesday) morning. iomtoday
This dead adult male sperm whale was photographed by Airman Pat Reilly, 105 Squadron about 170 miles West of Loop Head, West Coast. Its appearance suggests it has been dead for some time with extensive scavenging by seabirds. The whale’s identity was confirmed from images which show its large bulbous head, forward positioned blow hole
Nearly a quarter of the world’s population of North Atlantic right whales, one of the most endangered species on earth, have gathered off Cape Cod in Massachusetts in a rare feeding frenzy, scientists say.
On Sat 28th February 14 IWDG members were met at Dublin airport by Faith Wilson and Pádraig Whooley for the trip of a lifetime to the Baja Peninsula, Mexico. After a night in LA we took a 2nd international flight to Loreto in Southern Baja California (BCS). Our Alaska Airlines flight tracked south along the
A one day cetacean identification and survey skills day is being held at Whitehead on Saturday 16th May. The day will consist of an indoor morning session covering an introduction to IWDG, survey activities and techniques, cetacean identification and data validation and submission. An afternoon land-based field session (weather dependant) at a local site will
Conference proceedings from the 2nd International IWDG conference on muc mhara, the harbour porpoise are available.
Strandhill, Co. Sligo was the scene today for one of Ireland’s rarer cetacean strandings – a True’s beaked whale Mesoplodon mirus. The animal was reported by Gary Waters to the Irish Seal Sanctuary (ISS) this morning (20/03/09) near the steps at the seaweed baths. The ISS immediately passed on the report to IWDG as it
eatherback turtles survived the extinction of the dinosaurs; in fact they are descendants of one of the oldest family trees in history, spanning 100 million years. But now leatherback turtles, the world’s most widely distributed reptiles, are threatened w
For the first time ever, a large whale, a North Atlantic right whale that had been severely entangled in fishing gear, has been sedated in order to make it possible for rescuers to remove 90 percent of the entanglement.