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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...

Actor Stephen Fry backs WDC campaign

Actor, Stephen Fry has backed WDC latest campaign to stop the brutal Japanese dolphins hunts by urging his five million followers on Twitter to sign WDC’s petition to ban the annual dolphin hunt off the coast of Taiji, Japan.  

Our campaign exposes the true cruelty behind the methods used by the fishermen in Taiji. In his post on Twitter, Fry shared the link to the harrowing YouTube WDC campaign video wrote – “Help stop the horror behind the killing of dolphins in Taiji. Check out the shocking footage. Sign the petition.”