Join WDC for STEM Week 2021!
Hey! Join me and Whale & Dolphin Conservation for STEM Week 2021! If you’re interested in signing up for a presentation below; click on the presentation title, fill out the Google form, and you will receive a Zoom link on Monday, October 18th. 1. How to Teach Biomimicry Tuesday October 19th 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. EDT…
Read MoreOrcas, sea lions, and viral videos
“What do I do?!” You may have seen the latest viral animal video involving a sea lion, some hungry orcas, and an unfortunate boater caught in the middle. While I found myself chuckling at the memes and the commentary as folks debated over what they would do in the situation – ferry the sea lion…
Read MoreMeet the 2021 WDC Interns!
Every spring and summer, we get to open up our office to interns from all over the world. These interns bring enthusiasm, passion, personal perspectives and hard work as they help us with many different aspects of whale conservation. Unfortunately in 2020, we weren’t able to have interns, but the year off gave us the…
Read MoreOrca Month 2021 – We are Family
We have come to the end of another amazing Orca Action Month, and for the second year in a row we took the celebration online, with (mostly) virtual events bringing together orca researchers, fans, and supporters from around the world. Orca Month began as Orca Awareness Month, created by our friends at Orca Network more…
Read MoreDid you know dolphins use tools? Meet the Shark Bay spongers …
Like humans, dolphins live in societies with unique cultures. Like us, they bond with others who share similar traditions and habits. In Shark Bay, Australia, bottlenose dolphin society is multicultural and awesome There are the beachers – dolphins who chase fish onto the seashore, temporarily beaching themselves in the process, and the shellers who lift…
Read MoreHumpback whale “swallows” a diver? Not exactly.
The recent story of a humpback whale “swallowing a diver” off Cape Cod has made global news. We are so happy that the diver is OK but we can’t quite “swallow” some of the misleading headlines. We are your resident whale nerds, here to clear some things up. For any media inquiries, please give us…
Read MoreThree new companies join the Whale SENSE community
I grew up in New Jersey, close enough to the coast that I could look forward to seeing dolphins in the waves during weekend beach days. It was here where my interest in whales and dolphins began. What I didn’t know (until I moved to Massachusetts) is that it wasn’t just dolphins that could often…
Read MoreGrowing up with the amazing Adelaide Port River dolphins
A group of bottlenose dolphins lives in the Port River in the city of Adelaide, Australia. Adelaide is also home to marine biologist Dr Mike Bossley who set up a project 32 years ago to study and protect these unique dolphins and WDC has supported Mike’s work for much of this time. He has some…
Read MoreWhales and dolphins have flippin’ awesome support bubbles
Friends and family all get involved in bringing up the younger generation of whales and dolphins. Losing the childcare provided by our extended families, childminders, nurseries and schools has put pressure on many families. We rely on these support networks to take care of our young while we do what we need to do to…
Read MoreA breath of fresh air – why I love studying beautiful Commerson’s dolphins
Lockdown in Argentina has been long and tough and so I was excited when restrictions eased and we could finally visit our Commerson’s dolphin field research project. After spending close to a year in confinement in my home city of Buenos Aries, it was literally a breath of fresh air to travel to the beautiful,…
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