Posts by Michelle Collins
FAQs About Marine Animal Rescue and Response With Sarah!
WDC recently announced our newest program – Marine Animal Rescue and Response! This program is getting up and running thanks to our newest staff member – Sarah McCormack, Stranding Coordinator! Now that Sarah has joined our team, we took the opportunity to ask her all of our questions about rescuing marine animals! Michelle: What does…
Read MoreFive Easy Ways to Make Your Holiday Season Eco-Friendly
‘Tis the season to be eco-friendly! Here are 5 ways to make your holiday season kinder on the environment. 1. Reusable gift wrapping Use gift boxes or bags that can be reused over and over again! This keeps wrapping supplies out of the trash and is a gift to our planet. If you choose to…
Read MoreWhale and Dolphin Conservation Joins Marine Mammal Stranding Network
We have good news for any whales, dolphins, seals, and porpoises in trouble from Marshfield to Plymouth, Massachusetts: there’s a new stranding response team in town! This newly formed team from Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) brings a wealth of experience and expertise in marine mammal stranding response. NOAA is very excited to welcome them…
Read MoreNew Baby Alert – First Right Whale Calf of the Season Spotted!
One little right whale calf couldn’t wait until the official start date of the North Atlantic right whale calving season to make an appearance! Thanks to the keen eyes of JD and Angie Grafton who were sailing off the coast of South Carolina, the first North Atlantic right whale mother and calf of the season…
Read MoreSix Questions With Dr. Michael Moore
We talked with Dr. Michael Moore of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution about his new book “We Are All Whalers”, working in whale conservation, and how we all can help whales. Give it a read! Dr. Michael Moore has a veterinary degree from the University of Cambridge and a PhD from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution…
Read MoreRest In Peace Winter, 2005-2021
Winter the dolphin was born off the coast of Florida in 2005 where it was expected she would spend her life, traveling with family and friends, occasionally delighting surprised humans as her pod surfaced nearby. Her life took a very different turn when, at just a couple of months old, she accidentally became entangled in…
Read MoreCourt Rejects Federal Attempt to Sink Right Whale Ship Strike Lawsuit
WASHINGTON— A federal court on Wednesday rejected the Biden administration’s effort to dismiss a lawsuit aimed at protecting critically endangered right whales from being run over and killed by ships and boats in U.S. waters. The case challenges the National Marine Fisheries Service’s unlawful delay in responding to rulemaking petitions on vessel strikes. The ruling…
Read MoreEnter to win a copy of “We Are All Whalers”
Synopsis of “We Are All Whalers” Relating his experiences caring for endangered whales, a veterinarian and marine scientist shows we can all share in the salvation of these imperiled animals. The image most of us have of whalers includes harpoons and intentional trauma. Yet eating commercially caught seafood leads to whales’ entanglement and slow death…
Read MoreCOP26 -Save the whales, save the world!
COP26 – the UN Climate Change Conference kicked off this week in Glasgow. This global summit brings together countries from around the world to talk about how to stop climate change. WDC staff are attending COP26 to advocate for protecting whales who are HUGE (pun intended) allies to fighting climate change. Wondering how whales help…
Read MoreNewly discovered whale species – introducing Ramari’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon eueu)!
Ramari Steward and nihongore skeleton Credit: Tanya Cumberland New species of whale includes “traditional” naming by carrying an Indigenous name and the name of a woman scientist. When a pregnant beaked whale stranded in New Zealand in 2011, an external examination identified her as a True’s beaked whale. Very little is known about beaked whales,…
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