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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 75,000 times. That's 75,000 dolphin watches carried out as part...
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 country of the Faroe Islands, many people have raised their...
Fin whale

From managing commercial slaughter to saving the whale – the International Whaling Commission at 75

By Chris Butler-Stroud | 30th November 2021
Governments come together under the auspices of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to make decisions that affect whales (and more recently dolphins and porpoises too)...
Two beautiful Hector's dolphins leap just off new Zealand's coast.

Progress for our campaign as New Zealand takes action to protect dolphins from fishing nets

By Sarah Dolman | 25th November 2021
Following our long-running campaign to save endangered Hector's dolphins, the New Zealand government has announced action … but will it be enough? Hector's dolphins live...

COP26: Did we persuade world leaders to listen to the ocean?

By Ed Goodall | 23rd November 2021
As the dust settles after the United Nations Climate Change conference in Glasgow, it's a good moment to reflect on what we achieved there for...
This dolphin was trapped in a plastic ring but, thankfully, successfully freed. Photograph was taken by Q. Gibson, University of North Florida, under the authority of NMFS LOC No. 14157

To save whales, dolphins and the world, we need a global treaty on plastic pollution

By Sonja Eisfeld-Pierantonio | 16th November 2021
Millions of tonnes of plastic enter the environment every year impacting ecosystems and species. Plastic has been found in the air, rain, our bodies and our food chain. Emissions of...
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