A genetic study of whales suggests many more have been slaughtered than believed in the whaling frenzy that began in the 18th century, and shows populations have not recovered enough to allow hunting to resume, U.S. researchers said yesterday.

Villagers in the Solomon Islands have complained that large areas of coral reef are being destroyed by dynamite fishing to feed dolphins caught for export to overseas entertainment venues.

A marine biologist at the British Antarctic Survey has been killed by a seal, the first death of a BAS scientist on the icebound continent in 21 years, the organization said yesterday.

The waters of northern Europe should soon be safer for dolphins, thanks to a European Union plan. Full Story

Twenty-eight dolphins at the center of an international dispute over the trade in live animals appeared well Tuesday after flying from the South Pacific to the Mexican resort of Cancun, government officials said.

It was enough to make folks wonder whether celebrity whale Keiko had moved from the northwest coast down to Oslo: Thursday morning brought the first sightings of an orca in the inner Oslo Fjord in several years.

People who develop complex networks, like the World Wide Web or electricity grids, could learn a lot from the social behavior of dolphins, a New Zealand zoologist has found.

Officials will wait until Tuesday morning to bury a 40-foot male Baird’s Beaked whale that washed ashore at Ocean Beach near Kirkham Street in San Francisco Sunday afternoon.

A cargo plane arrived in the lawless Solomon Islands Monday to pick up wild dolphins captured to order for a Mexican syndicate in what activists have blasted as an environmental crime, regional media reported.