Dolphins

New sanctuary for captive whales and dolphins

The effort to establish the retirement community for cetaceans started two years ago when the Whale Sanctuary Project, based in the United States, announced it was looking at sites in North America where it could set-up a large seaside enclosure.

Dolphins use names among themselves

In animal communication research, vocal labeling refers to incidents in which an animal consistently uses a specific acoustic signal when presented with a specific object or class of objects.

Whales and dolphins can naturally muffle loud sounds

Instead of wearing earplugs at a rock concert, imagine you could simply tune a dial inside your ears to lower the volume and protect your hearing.

Boats and social isolation the bane of bottlenose dolphins in Panama

Although the common bottlenose dolphin is not endangered, scientists have raised concerns with regards to a specific population of them inhabiting the Bocas Del Toro Archipelago in Panama.

Alternative feeding strategy observed in Bryde's whales

Some whales feed by lunge-feeding, in which they open their mouth wide and lunge forward. The massive quantity of water—including small fish—that ends out in their mouths is then strained through a series of baleen plates.

Foundation donates US$2 million to marine mammal and ocean-focused nonprofits

Ocean Conservancy, Oceana, The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund to Receive Funding Over Five-Year Period to Enhance Marine Conservation, Research and Education Related Efforts

On Tuesday 22. August 2017, The Pacific Life Foundation announced  a $2 million grant to four national marine mammal and ocean-focused nonprofit agencies.

High pregnancy failure in southern resident killer whales due to nutritional reasons

From 2007 to 2014, 35 pregnancies were detected among the endangered southern resident killer whales in the inshore waters of Washington State and British Columbia. Eleven of these were successful and resulted in the birth of a calf.