
Free at last: Canada passes Act to prohibit dolphin and whale captivity
This week, Canada’s parliament passed a long awaited Act that will prohibits whales, dolphins and porpoises from...

Conservationists in Florida are making the ultimate effort to protect manatees from tourism
Captain Ross Files sees ripples on the surface of the water down a side canal and instructs Captain Steve Browning...

Arctic shipping routes could threaten "unicorns of the sea"
Narwhals, or the "unicorns of the sea," could be at risk from additional Arctic shipping routes as polar ice continues...

World's first beluga whale sanctuary will welcome new arrivals
In 2019, two beluga whales, named Little Grey and Little White, will be transported from the Changfeng Ocean World...

A spike in tailless whale sightings worries scientists
People have occasionally glimpsed tailless whales in western North America, but a recent spike in sightings has...

World's rarest marine mammal could face extinction under Trump administration
Under 30 vaquita porpoises live in the wild — but Donald Trump's administration may be violating federal laws...

Orca learns to mimic human speech for the first time
An orca has learned how to emulate human speech for the first time. Through an experiment conducted by researchers...

A beluga whale living with dolphins learned to "speak their language"
A beluga whale living in captivity with a pod of bottlenose dolphins learned to communicate using their unique...

Floridians rescue Manatees stranded on shores drained by Irma
Of all the destructive impacts of a hurricane, with its life-threatening storm surges and massive flooding, the...

Trump administration 'declares war' on West Coast turtles, dolphins, and whales
Environmentalists say President Donald Trump's administration has declared war on California marine animals after...

Heroic dolphins could save critically endangered porpoise from extinction
Seal Team 6, a squad of dolphins trained by the US Navy to locate undersea mines and other submerged objects, may...

NOAA has a plan to protect the oceans from troubling noise pollution
As if the world's marine animals didn't have enough to worry about -- with climate change, ocean acidification,...

World's rarest cetacean could be extinct by 2018 due to illegal gillnetting
The vaquita is the rarest, smallest and most endangered cetacean in the world. It's estimated that fewer than 100...

10,000 Walruses Come Ashore in Alaska as Arctic Sea Ice Declines
In an extraordinary phenomenon, an estimated 10,000 walruses have gathered on a small barrier island near Point...