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Whales are our climate allies – meet the scientists busy proving it

By Ed Goodall | 28th June 2022
At Whale and Dolphin Conservation, we're working hard to bring whales and the ocean into...
Minke whale © Ursula Tscherter - ORES

The whale trappers are back with their cruel experiment

By Vanessa Williams-Grey | 17th May 2022
Anyone walking past my window might have heard my groan of disbelief at the news...
Boto © Fernando Trujillo

Meet the legendary pink river dolphins

By Alison Wood | 10th May 2022
Botos don't look or live like other dolphins. Flamingo-pink all over with super-skinny snouts and...
Risso's dolphin entangled in fishing line and plastic bags - Andrew Sutton

The ocean is awash with plastic – can we ever clean it up?

By Sonja Eisfeld-Pierantonio | 7th March 2022
You've seen pictures of plastic litter accumulating on beaches or marine wildlife swimming through floating...
Fin whale

Is this the beginning of the end for whaling off Iceland?

By Vanessa Williams-Grey | 15th February 2022
I'm feeling cautiously optimistic after Iceland's Fisheries Minister Svandís Svavarsdóttir wrote that there is little...
Mykines Lighthouse, Faroe Islands

Understanding whale and dolphin hunts in the Faroe Islands – why change is not easy

By Marna Frida Olsen | 8th February 2022
Most people in my home country of the Faroe Islands would like to see an...

Dolphin scientists look like you and me – citizen science in action

By Alice Walters | 1st February 2022
Our amazing volunteers have looked out for dolphins from the shores of Scotland more than...
Atlantic white-sided dolphins

The Faroes dolphin slaughter that sparked an outcry now brings hope

By Marna Frida Olsen | 25th January 2022
Since the slaughter of at least 1,423 Atlantic white-sided dolphins at Skálafjørður in my home...
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You Certainly Know How To Make An Entrance Sundance !

By ruthsmyth | 20th April 2013

Hi Everyone,

I’m delighted to tell you that Sundance has eventually turned up at Chanonry Point, and, as you can see he is as shy and retiring as ever !

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©WDC/Charlie Phillips

Great to see the big guy leaping after a salmon – welcome back sir !

Best Wishes,

Charlie.