Meet the legendary pink river dolphins
Botos don’t look or live like other dolphins. Flamingo-pink all over with super-skinny snouts and chubby cheeks, they certainly stand out in a crowd. And they never set a flipper in the ocean – home is the fresh, flowing waters of three mighty South American river basins: the Amazon, Orinoco and Tocantins-Araguaia. The botos’ magnificent realm…
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The secrets of orca beach life
Rubbing on smooth pebbles is a generations-old cultural tradition for a particular group of orcas off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. Cameras allow our partners at OrcaLab to take you right into the orcas’ fascinating, hidden world … Orcas are deeply cultural beings: the ultimate team players, it’s difficult not to admire their devotion…
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A humpback whale teacher named Salt who helps keep you and me alive
Salt is a remarkable whale. In fact she’s probably the most famous humpback whale in the world. She was one of the first humpbacks to be identified back in 1975 when researchers began recognising and cataloguing individuals, and we know that she’s at least 46 years old. She has 15 children and is a great…
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My magical island adventure – proof you don’t have to leave the UK to have amazing dolphin encounters
You don’t have to travel outside of the UK to enjoy awesome wildlife encounters. Around 28 species of whales, dolphins and porpoises make their homes here, visit to breed and raise their young or travel through to feed on the rich marine wildlife. At Whale and Dolphin Conservation we run research and education projects and…
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Our volunteer citizen scientists are making waves in Scotland
I’m lucky enough to do a job that I love. For the last seven years I have been managing Shorewatch, our incredible citizen science project in Scotland. The world of whales, dolphins and porpoises is elusive. Some species live at great depths, spending only brief moments at the surface of the water to allow a…
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Success for emergency rescue after dolphins got trapped in Scottish harbour
I’m stationed for a month on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. We’ve run a successful field research project here for 12 years and have already succeeded in getting the Scottish government to create protected areas, including for the Risso’s dolphins who live around this incredible island. But that’s not my story here.…
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