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Discover over 80 types of Whales and Dolphins

  • North Atlantic right whale

    Less than 500 of these large whales survive today.
  • Orca (Killer Whale)

    Male orcas spend their entire lives alongside their mothers.
  • Vaquita

    The world's rarest species of porpoise.
  • Sperm whale

    The largest toothed whale and a deep diver
  • Humpback whale

    Some humpback whales make the longest migration of any whale.
  • Narwhal

    Found in arctic polar waters, the long tusk of a narwhal is a tooth.
  • Beluga whale

    These white whales are known as the canaries of the sea.
  • Amazon River dolphin

    These amazing dolphins live in the Amazon rainforest.
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Trump Administration set to allow seismic blasting along US East Coast- coastal communities and marine mammals will be harmed

Coastal communities and marine mammals will be harmed
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Southern Resident orca

New actions announced in Canada to protect Southern Resident orcas

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North Atlantic right whale and calf

Canada urged to expand fisheries closures to save North Atlantic Right Whale

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Japan to withdraw from International Whaling Commission and start hunting whales for commercial profit

20 Dec | News

Legislation to kill sea lions signed into law

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European Union agrees ban on some single-use plastics

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Canada takes steps to phase out Atlantic salmon fish farms

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A new opportunity to stop Japan’s whaling?

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