Singapore to halt sourcing and breeding dolphins

Singapore’s Resorts World Sentosa will stop sourcing wild dolphins for its aquarium and suspending its captive breeding program.

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⟦Webber et al.⟧ Monitoring Risso's Dolphins in the Northeast Atlantic: A Deep Learning Approach to Classify Echolocation Click Detections https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70180?af=R 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science
B.C. Ferries alters Northern Expedition schedule amid efforts to avoid hitting humpback whales
The Northern Expedition ferry, serving Prince Rupert and Haida Gwaii, is travelling at lower speeds in an effort to reduce the risk of hitting humpback whales and other marine mammals in the region.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-ferries-humpbacks-north-9.7170977?cmp=rss
⟦Tatom-Naecker et al.⟧ First application of quantitative fatty acid signature analysis in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and its implications for diet estimation in free-ranging cetaceans https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2026.1804181/full 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science
Frontiers | First application of quantitative fatty acid signature analysis in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and its implications for diet estimation in free-ranging cetaceans

IntroductionQuantitative fatty acid signature analysis (QFASA) can provide species level diet estimates integrated over weeks to months, which are valuable f...

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WHASER, a 3D printed device for capturing whale data in the field

While the Atlantic humpback whale has recovered from being on the brink of extinction in the mid 20th century, the species is still threatened by humans and fishing operations. Entanglement in fishing

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Here's what to know about Timmy, the humpback whale that's sick and stranded in the Baltic Sea https://phys.org/news/2026-04-timmy-humpback-whale-sick-stranded.html 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science
Here's what to know about Timmy, the humpback whale that's sick and stranded in the Baltic Sea

A humpback whale's likely final days in the Baltic Sea have been livestreamed across the globe as multiple rescue efforts failed to coax it back into deeper waters while the marine mammal gets sicker and weaker.

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B.C. Ferries alters Northern Expedition schedule amid efforts to avoid hitting humpback whales
The Northern Expedition ferry, serving Prince Rupert and Haida Gwaii, is travelling at lower speeds in an effort to reduce the risk of hitting humpback whales and other marine mammals in the region.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-ferries-humpbacks-north-9.7170977?cmp=rss
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PFAS detected in dolphin milk may pass from mothers to calves

Researchers have found that a group of chemicals known as PFAS can be transferred from mother dolphins to their nursing calves, adding to the evidence that these persistent contaminants can be transferred from mothers to offspring during early development.

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Stranded and dying, the German whale is a parable of our troubled relationship with these sea giants

Even as we empathise with these intelligent animals, our relentless push for resources kills them in their thousands, just as whalers once hunted them to the brink of extinction

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