A well-loved Galveston Bay bottlenose dolphin has once again been spotted after disappearing for nearly a year. Nicknamed for its distinct dorsal fin, or lack thereof, Nub was sighted again on Aug ...

Miami Seaquarium's star orca, Lolita, who has spent more than 50 years in captivity, died on Aug. 19. She was set to bid adieu to her tiny tank in Florida and live out the rest of her days in her ...

The compromised welfare of captive orcas is evidenced, among other things, by broken and worn down teeth from chewing on concrete walls and metal gates and collapsed dorsal fins. Orcas in captivity ...

No. 2094 is one of thousands of dolphins registered in the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program’s database, each individual identified by the nicks and notches on their dorsal — or back — fins ...

The sole dolphin living in the Baltic Sea isn’t letting the lack of company silence him. Quite the opposite – he’s chatting away, emitting bursts of sounds of the type members of his species ...

The dolphin, described as small and slender with no dorsal fin, is typically seen in the cold water of the northwest. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 68°F.

One dolphin almost had it's dorsal fin completely severed. (Supplied: Dolphin Discovery Centre) A Biodiversity and Conservation (DBCA) spokesperson said the department was aware of four injured ...

Some orcas develop a collapsed dorsal fin while in captivity, but the phenomenon doesn't just affect captive orcas. Young children watch an Orca with a flopped over dorsal fin, at SeaWorld in San ...

Scientists are identifying Sydney’s dolphins using their dorsal fins, and are trying to better understand why they visit the harbour and what their movements are like. Credit: Wild Sydney Harbour ...

David Holroyd is a former top dolphin trainer-turned-whistleblower - who says as long as the unwitting public keep paying to see dolphins in captivity, the more animals will die painful deaths ...

A well-loved Galveston Bay bottlenose dolphin has once again been spotted after disappearing for nearly a year. Nicknamed for its distinct dorsal fin, or lack thereof, Nub was sighted again on Aug ...

The happiness level of dolphins in captivity has been studied for the first time - and it's produced some rather surprising results. Scientists studied dolphin behaviour at Parc Astérix, an ...