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Vaquita. Photo Thomas Jefferson

Scientific Committee gives first ever official species extinction warning

Photo: Thomas Jefferson We have welcomed the urgent call by experts to protect the vaquita...
blue whale

Whale fossil from Peru may have been heavier than blue whale

Scientists examining the bones of a 39 million-year-old ancient whale have concluded that it may...
Humpback whale © Christopher Swann

Humpback whales breach in synchronisation

Humpback whales are renowned for their incredible acrobatic displays, but a family in the USA...
Long-finned pilot whale

Unusual activity witnessed before pilot whale stranding

Just days after a pod of long-finned pilot whales stranded on an island in the...

Rainbow and her new baby

One of WDCS’s adoption dolphins, Rainbow, has a brand new baby!

Adopt a Dolphin Field Officer, Charlie Phillips, managed to get this beautiful photo of the pair of them and posted it yesterday on his blog.

Bottlenose dolphins are one of the best known and most loved of all dolphin species. Rainbow and her baby are part of a small group of these dolphins that live in the Moray Firth, Scotland.

To find out more about adopting Rainbow or one of her friends, visit our adoption pages.

Keep in touch with what they’re up to and see all the latest fantastic photos on Charlie’s blog.