The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, IFAW and the International Wildlife Coalition today called on the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to immediately undertake aggressive efforts to protect North Atlantic right whales. In the last six week

Ireland leads a black-list of EU countries for its sheer number of environmental offences and will join six other governments to face trial before the bloc’s top court, the European Commission said on Thursday.

A lone dolphin, named “Maurice” by locals, returned to the moorings at Brandon Pier, Co. Kerry on Jan 7th.

Rescuers have saved a dolphin swept over a Thai beach by the tsunami that devasted shores around the Indian Ocean, but failed on Wednesday to find her calf in a filthy lake left behind by the giant wave.

Pakistan wildlife staff measure the length of a dead blind dolphin near Sukkur, 480 km (300 miles) from Karachi December 31, 2004. Planet Ark

British Divers Marine Life Rescue – UK Cetáceos – Portugal Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit – Scotland Project Jonah – New Zealand

Wildlife workers in Cornwall are concerned about the future of a group of rare bottle-nosed dolphins after one was found dead on a beach. BBC

Twenty adult female sperm whales have been found washed up on a remote Australian beach but wildlife officials on Tuesday were unable to explain the third such mass stranding in the same area in a month.

A swift ascent from deep water may be just as dangerous for whales as it is for humans, Science magazine reports. Full Story

The European Commission abandoned plans on Tuesday to close off fishing areas in 2005 for severely depleted species such as cod, in the face of bitter opposition from EU governments such as Britain and France.