A lone killer whale off Canada’s Pacific coast will be relocated back to U.S. waters, where it is hoped he will join his family, Canadian officials decided this week.

Many unexplained strandings and deaths of marine mammals could be caused by soundwaves from underwater military sonar equipment, zoologists believe. Full Story

Since the recent capture of a wild orca, the first of its kind in Russian waters, disturbing information has emerged about the death of a young animal during the capture activities.

The 2nd leg of this project has just been conducted in West Cork’s waters between Sept. 27th – Oct. 3rd, and we can confirm that the inshore movement of large rorquals is underway.

As we stood on Baltimore pier on Fri. 19th, all we could think was that the weather forecasters had got it wrong. The light wind and calm sea augured well for the whale-watching weekend ahead. All we could do was hope it lasted. The 14:15 ferry from Baltimore produced a small group of harbour porpoise

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The scientific panel advising Canada on what to do with Luna the killer whale, has recommended an attempt be made to reunite him with his family in U.S. waters.

Shockwaves from scientific tests carried out by the Spanish navy have killed four giant squid – one the length of a bus – off Spain’s coast in recent days, the head of a marine protection agency said yesterday.

Scientists are trying to find out what caused two enormous squids, one of them 40 feet long, to wash up dead on Spain’s northern coast. Full Story

Icelandic whalers have killed a minke whale in a whale watching bay, just south of Reykjavik, despite promises from the Ministry of Fisheries that the whalers would steer clear of whale watching areas.

Faroe islanders have been hunting for pilot whales for centuries, giving them valuable food stocks for the winter. But to animal rights activists, the kill is cruel and unnecessary. The BBC’s Nick Haslam witnessed a whale hunt.