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WDC team at UN Ocean conference

Give the ocean a chance – our message from the UN Ocean Conference

By Ed Goodall | 6th July 2022
I'm looking out over the River Tejo in Lisbon, Portugal, reflecting on the astounding resilience...
We need whale poo 📷 WDC NA

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...
Humpback whale underwater

Climate giants – how whales can help save the world

By Vicki James | 14th June 2022
We know that whales, dolphins and porpoises are amazing beings with complex social and family...
Black Sea common dolphins © Elena Gladilina

The dolphin and porpoise casualties of the war in Ukraine

By Erich Hoyt | 7th June 2022
Rare, threatened subspecies of dolphins and porpoises live in the Black Sea along Ukraine's coast....
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...
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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.