Beluga Mimics Human Sounds
Education
Researchers in the US have recently reported in Current Biology findings from a study showing the apparent mimicry of a Beluga whale mimicking human voice. Although it has been known that cetaceans can mimic sounds, this is the first to…
Summer Loving & New Calves to Care for
Education, Research
Boaters and swimmers are being reminded to give dolphins space as the summer calving period begins. Although calving can occur all year round, Dr. Liz Hawkins from Dolphin Research Australia says this time of year we see a peak in the…
Dolphin Seeks Help from Divers in Hawaii
Education“A dolphin tangled in fishing line sought help from a diver in the waters of Hawaii.
The amazing encounter on January 11 2013 was captured on video and the diver, Keller Laros, spent the better part of eight minutes tending to the needy…
Summer Education Program
Education, Events
Our Dolphin Research Australia summer education program is now in full swing! For the month of January our dolphin education team are providing children (and their parents) a unique learning experience. Children can learn all about dolphins,…
Give a Dolphin Gift this Christmas
Education Having trouble finding a great gift for a loved one? How about giving a special gift to them this Christmas & making them a Dolphin Guardian!!! By becoming a Dolphin Guardian, they'll be helping to safe guard our dolphins from the threats…
Dolphin Workshop Nambucca Success!
Education, Events
The first of the Dolphin Sighting Network workshops, held on 22nd September 2012 at Nambucca Heads (Gumbaynggirr), NSW, was a great success! We had a great turnout from the local Gumbaynggirr community who learnt all about the ecology…
Navy Training Causes Whale Death?
Education
A 3-year-old member of an endangered orca population in the Pacific North West found dead on a Washington State beach recently was blown up, according to Ken Balcomb, director of the locally-based Center for Whale Research.
The body of…
Humans implicated in multiple dolphin deaths
Education
Human interference has been linked to multiple deaths of dolphins in recent months in Australia. In December two neonate bottlenose dolphin calves were found to have fatal injuries from human interference. One was found washed…
Dolphins & Plastics
Education
Throughout the world, the levels of plastic debris are increasing dramatically. Recent research into the levels of plastic ingestion in Fransiscana dolphins (Pontoporia blainvillei) from Argentina demonstrate the levels of exposure coastal…
New Insight into Humpback Whales
Education
Tourist accidentally reveals new insight into humpback biology
In the past decades researchers have discovered a lot about the secret life of humpback whales and their migration. This species is known to travel incredible distances…
Dolphin Sighting Network Workshop
Education
Come and learn all about dolphin biology and ecology at our upcoming Dolphin Sighting Network Workshop, 6th August 2010 at the Gecko House, Currumbin, Qld. The workshop covers all sorts of topics including how dolphins feed, how they recognise…
Oil Spill Effects Cetaceans of the Gulf
Education The Gulf of Mexico oil leak continues to spill out over 4 million litres (higher end estimate) of oil each day and is one of the worst that has occurred on Earth. It began over 70 days ago and now stretches along 190km of coastline. The…
Marine Debris Causes Whale Deaths
Education
A recent paper published in the Marine Pollution Bulletin reports on the results of the cause of death of two sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) stranded in 2008 along the coast of California. The cause of death was a result of the…
Snubfin dolphins under threat
Education
The Australian snubfin dolphin, which closely resembles the Irrawaddy dolphin, is Australia’s only endemic dolphin species. These dolphins are found in small, isolated populations inhabiting shallow coastal waters around northern Australia…
Plastic debris in stomach of gray whale
Education
On April 18th, on the other side of the world, an adult male gray whale was found dead on the shores of West Seattle in the United States. Although the cause of death is not currently known, researchers from Cascadia Research found some…