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.
ORCA ( www.orcaweb.org.uk ) has just received news of the live stranding of two Melon-headed Whales close to La Rochelle on the Biscay coast of France. Full Story
A new website ( www.shannondolphins.ie ) dedicated to the resident bottlenose dolphins in the Shannon estuary has been launched by the Shannon Dolphin and Wildlife Foundation. On this website you will find information on the bottlenose dolphins in the Shannon estuary including their conservation management, ongoing research and monitoring and about attempts to establish sustainable
A single humpback whale that was photo identified in 2001 and 2002 has returned to the waters off Galley Hd, West Cork on the 6th, 8th and 9th Sept. This is the third consecutive year this whale has been identified in the same location. It’s distinctive, damaged dorsal fin and tail fluke markings were first
A new dolphin at SeaWorld San Antonio represents the latest breakthrough for scientists trying to preserve the Earth’s endangered marine life, officials of the aquatic park said today.