After three flights and a long days travelling, Fiacc O’Brolchain, Liam Lysaght, Jim Wilson and myself had finally arrived in the Cape Verde islands! As the mid-term crew change for the IWDG humpback whale expedition, our eagerness to get here had kept us going for the day and we even managed to keep our spirits
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At least 10 humpback whales encountered.
Joining the Expedition team in Sal, I really didn’t know what to expect, and wondered was this a good idea? Knowing little about cetaceans and even less about the sea, the thought of spending two weeks at sea seemed like a good idea from the comforts of landlocked Kilkenny on a January day when I
Two dolphins rescued after beaching on the County Down coast have died, the Department of the Environment has said. BBC
A lonely killer whale that captured the hearts of thousands and became the object of an emotional tug-of-war between biologists and Natives on Canada’s Pacific Coast was feared dead on Friday.
When my little man back home in West Clare is asked where have his slippers gone, he often answers they must be somewhere. The same could be said for humpback whales off Cape Verde. In 2003, we literally sailed into a group of at least six and maybe up to a dozen whales on first
Two dolphins stranded on the coast of County Down have been rescued and sent back out to sea. BBC
We sailed south from Boa Vista to Maio on March 2nd without any sightings, but the following day the 3rd was to see our 2nd encounter as skipper Joe Aston picked up some activity ahead of us. We spent the next two hours with this group of 3 humpbacks, in what can only be described
Pirate trawlers will be tracked by a new database as part of a planned crackdown on illegal fish catches worth $9.5 billion a year that are adding to strains on global stocks, a report said on Friday.
Second report from the expedition team to Cape Verde.