HONOLULU (AP) - The world's only known whale-dolphin hybrid has given birth to a playful female calf, officials at Sea Life Park Hawaii said Thursday. The calf was born on Dec. 23 to Kekaimalu, the ...

Lori Marino is the president and founder of the Whale Sanctuary Project. She teaches about captive wild animal welfare at New York University. One afternoon in 1861, 11-year-old Sally Putnam wrote of ...

The House of Commons in Canada passed a bill that would make it illegal to hold whales, dolphins and porpoises captive. The "Free Willy" bill passed on Monday. Currently, there are only two aquariums ...

Canada's House of Commons passed a bill Monday to make it illegal to hold a whale, dolphin or porpoise captive, punishable by fines up to $150,000 USD. It's known colloquially as the "Free Willy" bill ...

There's a handful of whales, three in particular, that I constantly think about and wonder how they're doing.' ...

Mexico is making global headlines after passing sweeping legislation that will free around 350 captive dolphins from entertainment venues across the country. With unanimous Senate approval in June ...

A maritime museum in Pakistan's most populous city, Karachi, is housing an unlikely trio for a whale and sea lion show that begins this week and owes its existence to the growing role of Russia in the ...

This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. The boat circled a pod of killer whales ...

Newly released footage of two killer whales and 12 dolphins that have been left behind at the closed Marineland Antibes in France has led to increased calls for them to be safely rehomed The marine ...

How big they are: From 5 to 32 feet (1.5 to 10 meters) long, depending on the species Dolphins live in almost every ocean, except most tend to avoid the cold waters in the Arctic and around Antarctica ...