December 2016

• Whale in East River on New Year’s Eve — See Photos (NBC4 New York, 12/31/16). Read more here. See more photos here.

• Migrating Grays Thrill Whale Watchers Off Oregon — See Photos (NPR, 12/26/16).

• Obama Nixes Oil, Gas Exploration in Arctic Gray, Humpback Feeding Areas (The Olympian, 12/24/16).

• Researchers Videotape False Killer Whales Taking Baitfish from Hooks off Hawaii — See Photo (Science Daily, 12/24/16). See video here.

• Study: New, Long-Lasting Tags Record Days, Weeks of Uninterrupted Information on Whale Behavior (See Photo & Chart, Phys.Org, 12/23/16).

• Study: Learning to Take Food from Humans Ups Risk of Injury for Dolphins in Sarasota Bay (Marmam, 12/22/16). Read the study here.

• 18-Year-Old Male Southern Resident Orca Found Dead Suffered “Blunt Force Trauma” — See Photos (Vancouver Sun, 12/22/16). Read more, see more photos and video here, here, here, here and here.

• Study: Morbillivirus Contributed to 2013 Dolphin Die-Off in Australia — Read Study (Royal Society Open Science, 12/21/16).

• Charter Operator Worries for Humpback Mother, Calf Caught Inside Reef in Australia — See Photo & Video (ABC.net.au, 12/21/16).

• Transient Orcas Thrill Whale Watchers Off Catalina — See Photos & Video (The Orange County Register, 12/20/16).

• Groups Fight Pipeline Expansion Threatening BC’s Southern Resident Orcas — See Photos & Video (Seattle PI, 12/20/16). Read more, see more photos and video here and here. Listen to radio interview here.

• Orcas Ignore Swimming Buck off B.C. — See Photos (CBC News, 12/19/16). See video here.

• Study: Strange “Boitwang” Recorded in Marianas Trench Probably Made by Baleen Whale, But Which One & Why? — Hear Recordings (Science Alert, 12/19/16). Read more here. See more photos and video here. Read the study here. Listen to recording loop here.

• Study: Humpbacks May Disrupt Oca Seal Hunts Out of Instinct to Protect Own Offspring, Not Seals — See Photos (The Mercury News, 12/16/16).

• Newest Plan to Save Last 60 Vaquita: Hold Them Captive in Gulf, Hope They’ll Breed, Not Die — See Photo (Phys.Org, 12/15/16).

• Drone Films Unstudied Offshore Orcas Catching, Sharing Shark Meal — See Video (Seeker, 12/15/16). Learn more here.

• Researcher Thinks Right Whales May Stick Around Georgia This Year, Hopes for Bumper Baby Crop — See Photos (SavannahNow, 12/14/16).

• Watching Bryde’s Whales Newest Tourist Offering in Thailand — See Photo (Phys.Org, 12/13/16).

• Researcher Gets Photos of Orcas Hunting Beaked Whale off Western Australia — See Photos (abc.net.au, 12/12/16).

• Go Whale Watching by  Ferry in Bay of Biscay, See Dolphins, Sharks, Too  — See Photos (The Herald, 12/9/16).

• NOAA Feels Bad about Euthanizing Humpback Stranded in Moriches Bay — See Photo (West Hampton Patch, 12/6/16).

• Feds: Keeping 500 Feet Away from Critically Endangered Right Whales Applies to Drones, Too — See Video (Florida Today, 12/9/16).

• Researcher Finds Way to Decode Info on Whale Health, Reproduction, Stress Contained in Baleen — See Photo (Phys.Org, 12/9/16).

• Gulf of Mexico’s Bryde’s Whales Proposed for Endangered Species List — See Photos (Tampa Bay Times, 12/9/16). Read more here.

• U.S., Canada Developing Systems to Warn Ships of Whales, Reduce Ship-Strike Deaths — See Photos (CBC News, 12/8/16).

• Finding: As Sea Ice Declines, Orcas Move North, Kill Bowheads, Carcasses Wash Up as Food for Polar Bears who Can’t Hunt Seals due to Declining Ice (CTV News, 12/8/16).

• NOAA Lists Threats to Right Whales Returning to Calving Grounds Off FL, GA, SC (PalmBeachPost.com, 12/7/16).

• Humpbacks Circle, Inspect Boat Off New Caledonia — See Photos & Video (Grind TV, 12/5/16).

• Sea Shepherd Launches New, Faster Ship in Fight against Japanese Whaling — See Photo (Express.co.uk, 12/5/16).

• Photographer Captures Beautiful Underwater Images of Humpbacks in Tonga — See Photos (Wired, 12/5/16).

• Finding: Less  Ice Opens Way for Orcas to Hunt Belugas in Hudson Bay — See Photo & Video (CBC News, 12/4/16).

• Study: Migrating Humpbacks Breach, Slap Water to Communicate — See Photo & Video (New Scientist, 12/2/16).

• SeaWorld Team Rescues Bottlenose Stranded on Sanibel Island FL — See Photo (ClickOrlando.com, 12/2/16).

• Endangered Population of False Killer Whales Makes Rare Appearance Off Northern Hawaiian Islands — See Photos & Map (The Garden Island, 12/1/16).

• Offshore Killer Whales Thrill California Whale-Watchers — See Photos & Video (The Orange County Register, 12/1/16).

November 2016

• The Winding Road to Discovering a New Whale Species: One Researcher’s Story — See Photos (Phys.Org, 11/30/16).

• Researchers Find New Group of Bottlenose Whales Off Nova Scotia, Worry about Effects of by Seismic Testing — See Photos (CBC News, 11/30/16).

• Researchers Pose Theory of How Whales Became Filter Feeders — See Photos, Illos & Video (Phys.Org, 11/30/16). Read more, see more photos and video here and here.

• Researchers Prepping for Right Whale Calving Season Off Northeast Florida (The St. Augustine Record, 11/29/16).

• Sea Shepherd: Ruling against Us Could Help End Whale Slaughter  in Faroes — See Photo (The Copenhagen Post, 11/28/16).

• Drone Captures Beautiful Footage of Humpbacks Off Cape Town SA — See Video (Times Live, 11/28/16). Also see video here and here.

• Essay: Did the Humpback Stranded in Moriches Bay Have to Die? — See Photos (Greater Patchogue, 11/27/16). Read more here and here.

• Finding: Bowheads Could Live More than 200 Years — See Photos (Alaska Dispatch News, 11/26/16).

• Menhaden (Bunker) Boom from Fishing Quotas Draws Whales to NY, NJ Waters — See Photos & Video (NJ.com, 11/25/16). See more photos here.

• Humpback Stranded in Moriches Bay is Euthanized — See News Report (Pix 11, 11/23/16). See more video here.

• Good News / Bad News: Humpbacks Returning to BC Waters / Fishing Nets, Gear Entangling, Killing Them  — See Photos (CBC News, 11/23/16). Read more, see more photos here. See news report here.

• More Humpbacks — Now in Long Island Sound — See Photos (Ctpost, 11/22/16).

• Humpback Still Exploring Hudson River — See Video (abc7ny.com, 11/21/16). Read more here. See more photos and video here and here.

• Humpback Stranded on Sandbar in NY’s Moriches Bay — See Video (Newsday, 11/21/16). Read more, see more video here and here.

• Researchers ID New Beaked Whale Species in North Pacific — See Drawing (COSMOS, 11/21/16).

• Humpback Spotted Off Staten Island — See Video (silive.com, 11/20/16).

• New Zealand Town Dependent on Whale-Watching Tourism Thrilled that Whales Have Returned after Quake — See Photos & Video (Stuff.co.nz, 11/20/16).

• Japanese Set Out Whaling Again, Sea Shepherd Ready to Fight (Newshub.co.nz, 11/20/16).

• Melting Arctic Ice Forces Belugas to Change Migration Routes (Natural Science News, 11/19/16). Read more, see video here.

• Obama Administration 5-Year Plan Bans Drilling in Arctic Waters — See Photos & Video (Fortune, 11/18/16). Read more, see more photos here.

• Humpback Spotted Near Statue of Liberty — See Photo (Gothamist, 11/17/16). Read more here. See video here, here, here, here, here and here.

• New Acoustic Buoy Picks Up Calls of Sei Whale, Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale in New York Bight (Phys.Org, 11/16/16). Read more, see more photos here

• New Zealand Quake Isolates, Raises Seabed of Town Dependent on Fishing, Whale-Watching — See Photos & Videos (Stuff.co.nz, 11/17/16). Read more here. See more photos and videos here.

• Study: North Atlantic Long-Finned Pilot Whale Calves Spend Lots of Time with Adults Who Aren’t Mom — See Photo (New Scientist, 11/16/16).

• Proposed Bitumen Pipeline Port would Be Final Blow for Vancouver’s Struggling Resident Orcas (The Guardian, 11/16/16).

• Dwarf Sperm Whale Hangs Around Cape Town Harbor — See Photos (News 24, 11/15/16).

• Death of Female Southern Resident Orca Bodes Ill for Population Recovery — See Photos (CBC News, 11/14/16).

• U.S. Navy To Expand Sonar Testing in Home Waters to Endangered Orcas, Other Marine Mammals (OPB.org, 11/14/16).

• British Polar Swimmer Swims in Antarctic Waters to Support Creation of Marine Reserve — See Photos (Buzzfeed, 11/12/16).

• West Coast Canadian Shipping Routes May Change to Protect Endangered Resident Orcas (News 1130, 11/12/16).

• Study: Narwhals May Echolocate Better than Any Other Animal on Planet — See Photos (The New York Times, 11/9/16). Read the study here.

• 3 Fishman in Oman Find Floating Hunk of Ambergris Worth $3 Million — See Photo & Video Report (Seeker, 11/8/16).

• Study: Ancient Greenlanders Hunted Bowhead Thousands of Years Earlier than Thought (International Business Times, 11/8/16).

• Fed Agency Gets Heat for Ignoring Substandard Conditions in Orca Lolita’s Miami Seaquarium Tank — See Photo & Diagram (Broward Palm Beach New Times, 11/7/16).

• Report Ties Death of 3 Bottlenose Dolphins in San Diego to Navy MFA Sonar Exercises — See News Report (NBC San Diego, 11/7/16).

• Lunge-Feeding Whales Surface Next to Boat, Freak Out Sailor — See Photos & Videos (Daily Star, 11/7/16).

• Finding: Migrating Whales May Use Sea Mounts as Navigation Aids — See Video (IBTimes, 11/6/16).

• Solomon Island Officials Free 30 Dolphins Illegally Captured for Captive Trade (EcoWatch, 11/5/16).

• Annual Sardine Run Off South Africa Attracts Dolphins, Sharks, Whales… See Video (National Geographic, 11/4/16). Thanks to Kalia Doner for this item.

• 2 Pygmy Sperm Whales Found Stranded in Mississippi Marsh Returned to Gulf — See Video (UPI, 11/4/16).

• Mystery: Are Whales Making Pinging Sound that’s Scaring Off Marine Life in Nunavut? (Motherboard, 11/3/16). Read more, see photos here. See news report here.

• Study: Whale Song Sends Vibrations through Water, Vibrations Travel Farther than Sound (Science News, 11/2/16). Read more here. See photos and video here.

• Whale Expert Summarizes  IWC Reports: Great Whales Rebounding, Small Cetaceans in Big Trouble — See Photos & Hear Radio Report (CBC News, 11/2/16).

October 2016

• Australian Woman Finds Big Ball of Ambergris on Beach — See Photos (Geelong Advertiser, 10/29/16).

• International Commission Creates World’s Largest Marine Reserve in Antarctica — See Photos (EarthSky, 10/28/16). Read more, see more photos here. See news and video reports here, here and here.

• Lack of Salmon Stressing Pacific Northwest’s Southern Resident Orcas, Breeding Female Dies, New Calf Will Follow — See Photo (Times Colonist, 10/28/16). Read more here. See photos and news reports here and here.

• NMFS Declares Russian Beluga Population Depleted, Import Illegal (Animal Welfare Institute, 10/27/16).

• Russia’s Chukchi Community Wants “Stinky” Gray Whales Deducted from Total Allowed Take — See Photos (Daily Mail, 10/26/16).

• Underwater photographer Captures Images of Humpback Mothers & Calves Off Tonga — See Photos (The Guardian, 10/25/16).

• Pro-Whaling Nations Block Creation of South Atlantic Sanctuary at IWC — See Photos (DW.com, 10/25/16). See video here.

• Sperm Whale Sighted in Monterey Bay for 1st Time in 5 Years — See Photos (The Mercury News, 10/25/16).

• Study: Weak Bright-Light Vision May Increase Entanglement Risk in Right Whales, Bowheads (Science Daily, 10/24/16).

• Humpbacks Give Residents Rare Close-to-Shore Viewing in Digby, NS — See Photos (The Digby Courier, 10/23/16).

• Video Roundup: 9 Close Encounters with Whales — See Videos (Popular Mechanics, 10/21/16).

• Fin Whale, Species Seldom Seen in North Sea, Washes Up in Norfolk — See Photos (The Telegraph, 10/21/16). Read more, see more photos and video here and here.

• Researcher Partners with Inuits, Uses Drones to Capture Never-Before-Seen Bowhead Behaviors — See Video (UBC Science, 10/20/16). See more video here and here. Special thanks to Bethany Augliere for this item.

• Greenpeace Wants IWC to Create Whale Sanctuary in South Atlantic (Greenpeace, 10/20/16).

• WWF to Push Reducing Whale Deaths from Bycatch at IWC (WWF, 10/20/16).

• Doctor Predicts Concern over Mercury Levels in Whale Meat May Eventually End Faroe Island Hunt — See Photo (Atlas Obscura, 10/19/16).

• Study: 2 Sperm Whale Clans Leave Galapagos, 2 Others Arrive — See Photo (Phys.Org, 10/19/16). Read more, see another photo here.

• Proposed IWC Resolution: Living, Dead Whales &  Dung Essential to Healthy Oceans, Planet (New Scientist, 10/17/16).

• Finding: Humpback Families Return to Preferred Feeding Grounds for Generations (EurekAlert!, 10/17/16). Read more, see more photos here.

• Researchers to Monitor How International War Games Off Scotland Impact Dolphins & Whales (HeraldScotland, 10/17/16).

• WWF Drones Capture Southern Right Whale Mother-Calf Interactions Off Australia — See Photos & Video (The Huffington Post, 10/13/16). See more photos & video here.

• Report: Fishermen Still Killing River Dolphins for Catfish Bait in Brazil — See Grisly Photo (IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group, 10/13/16).

• Bottlenose Kill Harbour Porpoise Off Cornwall, England — See Photos & Video (RT, 10/12/16).

• Bryde’s Whales Dying in Thailand Just as Whale-Watching Takes Hold — See Photos & Video Report (ABC News, 10/11/16).

• Expert Worries about Declining Sperm Whale Population in Dominica, Loss of Unique Culture — See Photos, Hear Recordings (The New York Times, 10/9/16). Find the study on population decline here.

• Report: The Real Reason Japan Keeps Whaling? Jobs — See Photos & Video Report (Seeker, 10/8/16).

• Baby Humpback Tries to Help Mom Stuck on Sandbar in Australia —See Video (International Business Times, 10/8/16). See more video here.

• Researchers, Lobstermen Look for Ways to Reduce Whale Entanglement — See Photos & Video (WBUR, 10/7/16).

• Finding: Endangered Southern Resident Orca Died of Infection from Unsterilized  Tag (Phys.org, 10/7/16). Read more here and here. See a news report here.

• Book Review: The Orca Who Changed the World Tells Story of First Captive (The Bellingham Herald, 10/6/16).

• Some of the Evidence that Dolphins, Whales Mourn their Dead — See Photos & Video (Dogonews.com, 10/5/16).

• Resort Owner Records 3 Humpbacks Singing Near Yacht  Off Great Barrier Reef — Hear Recording (The Cairns Post, 10/4/16).

• Drone Captures Humpback Behavior Off Australia — See Photo & Video (DailyTelegraph.com.au, 10/4/16).

• 8 Orca Calves Born to Pacific NW’s Southern Resident Community Still Doing Well — See Photos (San Juan Islander, 10/4/16). Read more, see more photos here.

• Researcher: Lots of Right Whales in Bay of Fundy This Summer, Much Still Unknown about Their Lives  — See Photos & Video, Listen to Radio Report (CBC News, 10/3/16).

• Humpback Breaches Near Snorkelers in Tonga — See Photos & Video (The Huffington Post, 10/1/16).

September 2016

• Orca Researcher Recalls Birth, Development of Photo-ID — See Photos & Video (Hakai Magazine, 9/30/16).

• Humpbacks, Orcas, Seals: Bertie Gregory Visits Pacific Northwest for Nat Geo Digital Series — See Video (Nat Geo WILD, YouTube, 9/28/16).

• Canadian Researchers Use Underwater Drones to Track Right Whales — See Photo & Map (CTV News, 9/28/16). View and explore the map here.

• Iceland Tests Using Sound to Warn Minkes Away from Dangerous Construction Noise — See Photo (New Scientist, 9/28/16).

• Climate Change May be Driving Whale Beachings in Chile — See Photo (Phys.org, 9/28/16). Read more, see another photo here.

• Second Right Whale Dead in Maine, Third Freed from Entanglement (Portland Press Herald, 9/27/16). Read more, see more photos and video here.

• Humpback Population Exploding in SE Alaska — See News Report (KTVA, 9/26/16).

• Drones Capture Footage of Orcas Hunting, Sharing Seal in Norway — See Photos & Video (ZME Science, 9/26/16).

• NOAA Using Buoys to Listen for Cuvier’s Beaked Whales Off California — See Photo (treehugger, 9/26/16).

• Pregnant Cuvier’s Beaked Whale Washes Up in Nags Head, NC (Daily Tarheel, 9/26/16).

• Young Adult Female Right Whale, Dead of Fishing-Gear Entanglement, Trucked through Portland, Maine — See Photos (Portland Press Herald, 9/25/16). Read more, see photo of her live here.

• California Governor Signs Bill Paying Crab Fisherman to Retrieve Lost, Abandoned Traps that Could Entangle Whales (CBS SF Bay Area, 9/24/16).

• New Report Makes Last-Ditch Plea to Save Vaquita — See Photos (The Huffington Post, 9/23/16). Read more, see more photos here.

• Australian Expert Surprised, Concerned by Humpback Boom — See Photos (ABC.net.au, 9/23/16).

• Golden Retriever Almost Becomes Orca Snack in British Columbia — See Video (castanet.net, 9/23/16).

• Suction-Cup Camera Lets Researchers Dive, Feed with Foraging Humpbacks — See Video (Phys.Org, 9/22/16). Read more here.

• Drone Films Speedboats Driving into Dolphins off New Zealand — See Video (GrindTV, 9/22/16).

• Rare Grey Morph Southern Right Whale Spotted off Tasmania — See Photos (the mercury.com.au, 9/22/16).

• Study: Baby Belugas Develop Adult Dive Capacity by Age 1 (New Scientist, 9/21/16).

• Russian Researchers Claim Evidence that Dolphins Use Words, Sentences (The Christian Science Monitor, 9/12/16). Read more, see spectrogram here.

• New PBS Series Offers Glimpse of Humpback Whale Nursery in D. R. — See Video (Mashable, 9/11/16).

• Canoeist Films Dolphins Herding Mullet in Mud-Bubble Nets in Weeki-Wachee FL — See Video (Fox 13, 9/9/16).

• Study: Southern Right Whales Approach Boats that Show Respect, Dive and Evade Those that Don’t (Marmam, 9/7/16). Find the study here.

• Diver Films False Killer Whales Hunting Mahi-Mahi off Hawaii — See Video (Khon 2, 9/7/16)

• Taiji Begins Annual Dolphin Slaughter (Collective Evolution, 9/7/16).

• Paper: Disappearing Arctic Ice Bad for Polar Bears, Good for Whales — See Photos & Video (The Sydney Morning Herald, 9/6/16).

• 9 of 14 Humpback Populations Taken Off Endangered List (Phys.Org, 9/6/16). Read more, see more photos and video here. See news report here.

• Sailing Group Capture Drone Footage of Humpbacks Circling Boat Off New Caledonia — See Video (Sploid.gizmodo.com, 9/6/16).

• Sailor-Carpenter Has Rare In-Water Encounter with Humpbacks in Tonga — See Photos (News.com.au, 9/6/16).

• Man Jumps Out of Kayak to Swim with Wild Orca in New Zealand — See Photos & Video (Daily Mail, 9/5/16).

• Researchers Get Drone Footage of Rare White Right Whale Calf off SW Australia — See Video (ABC.net.au, 9/5/16). Read more, see more photos and video here and here. See best video here.

• Orcas Give Fisherman Thrilling Close Pass Off Australia — See Video (Perth Now Sunday Times, 9/4/16).

• Faroe Island Singer-Musician Defends Whale Hunt — See Video (The Spectator, 9/3/16).

• Fisherman Thrilled, Little Frightened by Lengthy Close Encounter with Curious Humpbacks Off Australia — See Photos & Video (Daily Mail, 9/3/16).

• Researchers Track Wild Dolphin that Breathes through Mouth instead of Blowhole  — See Photos & Video (Earth Touch News Network, 9/2/16). Read more, see diagram here.

• Researchers Spot 5-8 White Orcas in 1 Group in Russian Northwest Pacific — See Photo (Independent, 9/1/16). See more photos here. See video here.

•  Study: Last Surviving North Atlantic Right Whales Threatened by Fishing-Gear Entanglement, Drop in Birthrate — See Photo (Science Daily, 9/1/16). Read more here.

• Drone Films Orcas Killing, Sharing Seal — See Video (Breaking News, 9/1/16).

• NMFS: Army Corps Plan to Divert Mississippi River Sediment into Gulf Poses Unacceptable Threat to Resident Bottlenose — See Photos (The Times-Picayune, 9/1/16).

August 2016

• 100,000 Icelanders Sign Petition to End Whaling — See Photos (Iceland Monitor, 8/31/16).

• Rare Beaked Whale Carcass Washes Up in California — See Photos (The Mercury News, 8/31/16).

• Drone Captures Right Whale Mother-Calf Interaction in New Zealand — See Photo & Video (Stuff.co.nz, 8/31/16).

• New Sea Shepherd Ship Fast Enough to Catch Japanese Whalers — See Photos & Video (CNN, 8/31/16).

• Writer Laments Irony of “Dolphin Day” in Japan, Mourns Inhumanity to Dolphins & Whales (The Guardian, 8/30/16).

• Lucky Whale Watchers Get Up-Close Visit from Humpback in Bay of Fundy —  See Video (Yahoo News, 8/30/16). Read more here.

• Boaters Flip Out over Orca Sighting off Cape Cod — See Video (Boston, 8/26/16).

• Crew Cleaning Sailboat Hull Visited by Humpback in Australia — See Video (7 News.au, 8/25/16).

• Sperm Whale Researcher: Whales, Primates Both Live Complex Social Lives (Motherboard 8/24/16).

•  Conservationists Protest Fed Auction of Drilling Leases in Gulf,  Impact on Climate, Underprivileged, Marine Mammals (The Guardian, 8/24/16).

• NOAA Want Swim-with-Dolphin Tour Boats to Stay Away from Spinners in Hawaii — See Video (The Washington Post, 8/24/16). Read more here. See photos here. See news report and more video here.

• Lots of Southern Right Whale Mom/Calf Pairs This Year Off Australia — See Photo (ABC.net.au, 8/24/16). Read more, see video here.

• Seal Escapes, Frustrates Orcas by Clambering on Boat in BC — See Video (Kirk Fraser, YouTube, 8/23/16). See more footage here.

• Diver/Photographer Captures Rare Video of Melon-Headed Whales, Pygmy Killer Whales in Hawaii — See Video (Maui News 8/22/16).

• Kayakers, Breaching Humpbacks Almost Collide in BC — See Video (Nature World News, 8/22/16).

• Researchers: Can Captivity in Sea Pens Save Vanishing Vaquita? — See Photo & Listen to Radio Report (PRI, 8/22/16).

• Orca Hurls Sea Turtle into Air Off Ecuador — See Video (RT, 8/20/16).

• Report: Japanese Tourists Swim with Dolphins in Cove Used to Slaughter Them — See Photos & Video (The Dodo, 8/19/16).

• Analysis: NMFS Ignores Court Ruling to Protect Marine Mammals from Navy Sonar (The Huffington Post, 8/18/16). Read more here.

• Study: Skull, Bones Found in Arctic Belonged to Unknown Species of River Dolphin — See Photo & Rendering (The Washington Post, 8/17/16).

• Dolphins Seen More Often Off New Jersey, Paddle Boarder Has Serene Encounter — See Video (NJ.com, 8/16/16). Read more, see video of dolphin rescue here.

• Investigation: Whales Still Dying from Ship Strikes, Statistics Under-Reported— See Chart & Videos (NBC News, 8/16/16).

• Severely Entangled Young Right Whale Freed in Bay of Fundy — See Photos & Listen to Radio Broadcast (CBC News, 8/15/16). Read more here.

• NOAA Using Drones to Monitor Right Whales in Cape Cod Bay— See Photo (Wicked Local Yarmouth, 8/15/16).

• Learn a Little about the Amazon River Dolphin — See Video Report (Wired, 8/15/16).

• Explore.org Introduces Beluga Cam! — See Photos (The Witchita Eagle, 8/15/16). Read more, see more photos and video here. See live beluga cam here.

• Researcher Lou Herman, Famed for Studies of Dolphin Language Comprehension, Dies at Age 86 (The New York Times, 8/12/16). See a short video of Dr. Herman’s advice to aspiring dolphin researchers here.

• NOAA/NMFS Publishes Rule Giving International Fisheries 5 Years to Reduce Marine Mammal Bycatch (Marmam, 8/12/16). Read the entire rule in the Federal Register here.

• New Zealand Surfers Criticized for Getting to Close to, Touching Right Whales — See Photos & Video (Stuff, 8/12/16). Read more, see more photos and video here.

• Orcas, Humans, Pilot Whales Only Mammals to Experience Menopause, Scientists Probe Benefits — See Photos & Videos (BBC News, 8/11/16). Listen to the full radio segment here. Listen to a shorter radio report here.

• Study: Shipping Noise Disrupts Humpback Foraging in North Atlantic (The Guardian, 8/10/16).

• Western Australia’s Swim-with-Humpbacks Experiment Deemed Success — See Photos & Video (The Huffington Post, 8/8/16).

• Southern Resident Orca “Granny,” Age 100 +, Spotted Off San Juan Islands — See Photos (The Dodo, 8/4/16).

• Fossil Suggest Dolphins Developed Ultrasonic Hearing before Echolocation (COSMOS, 8/1/16). Read more here.

July 2016

• Young Wild Beluga Gets Friendly with Villagers in Newfoundland (CTVNews, 7/29/16).

• Whale Carcass in Alaska ID’d as Unknown Species of Beaked Whale — See Photos (National Geographic, 7/26/16).

• White Humpback Believed to be 30-Year-Old Migaloo Sighted Off Australia — See Photo (Phys.Org, 7/26/16). Read more, see more photos and video here.

• Buck Island’s Bottlenose Dolphins Get Friendly with 1 Lucky Boy — See Photo (EcoWatch, 7/24/16).

• Study: Humpbacks Often Rush to Save Other Species from Orca Attack — See Photos & Video (Science, 7/22/16). Read more, see more photos and video here and here.

• 70 Whales Dead for 2 Months Discovered on Remote Beach in Southern Chile — See Photo (Channel NewsAsia, 7/21/16).

• Drone Films Humpback Just Being a Humpback Off Newfoundland — See Video (CBC News, 7/19/16).

• 2 Rehabilitated Pygmy Killer Whales Released Back into Gulf — See Video (SunHerald, 7/19/16).

• Trained Rescuers Advise Public: Don’t Push Stranded Dolphins Back in Water (CapeCod.com, 7/19/16).

• Court Rules NMFS was Wrong to Let Navy Use Sonar that Harms Marine Mammals (The Christian Science Monitor, 7/16/16). Read more here, here, here and here. Learn more about how ocean noise affects marine mammals here. Learn more about efforts to reduce ocean noise here.

• Hector’s Dolphins Get in Some Early Morning Surfing off New Zealand — See Video (the inertia, 5/15/16).

• Friendly Dolphins Invite Paddleboarder to Play Seaweed Game Off New Jersey — See Video (UPI, 7/14/16).

• Photo-Naturalist Tony Wu Documents Giant Gathering of Sperms in Indian Ocean — See Photos (bioGraphic, 7/12/16). Learn more about Tony Wu here.

• Orcas Repeatedly Bump Fisherman’s Boat Off Newfoundland — See Photos (VOCM, 7/11/16). Read more, see another photo here.

• Humpback without Flukes Washes Up Dead in New Zealand — See Photos (stuff.co.nz, 7/11/16) See more photos and video here.

• Researchers Document Apparent Grieving Behavior in Striped Dolphin Off Greece — See Video (Marmam, 7/7/16).

• Faroe Islanders Butcher Some 50 Pilot Whales in Annual Slaughter — See Graphic Photos & Video (RT, 7/7/16). Read more here and here.

• Footage Seems to Show Humpbacks & Dolphins Playing Together Off Hawaii — See News Report (khon 2, 7/5/16). Read more, see more video here and here.

• Snorkelers Get Too Close to Lunge-Feeding Humpbacks Off California — See Video (Express, 7/5/16).

• Dolphins, Surfers Share Waves Off Cornwall — See Photos (The Telegraph, 7/4/16).

• Western Australia Approves Trial Swim-with-Humpbacks Program (Marmam, 7/3/16). Read more, see photos and video here.

June 2016

• Attempt to Free Entangled Blue Whale Ends in Failure — See Video (The Washington Post, 6/30/16). Read more, see photos and video here, here and here.

• Finding: Sperms in the Azores Speak Their Own Minds — See Photo (EurekaAlert 6/0/16).

• Well-Known Orca “John Coe,” Age 40-Plus, Spotted Off Irish Coast — See Photos (The Irish Times, 6/30/16). Read more, see more photos here.

• Please Don’t Feed Wild Dolphins: Here’s Why — See Video (The Island Packet, 6/30/16).

• Anglers to Release Hatchery Salmon in BC River to Boost Southern Resident Orcas’ Diet (takepart, 6/27/16). Read about a U.S.-Canadian proposal to save endangered Northern and  Southern Resident orcas here. Read about  U.S. restrictions on whale-watching boats here.

• New Buoy Will Record Whales in New York-Area Waters — See Photo (Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 6/27/16). Read more, see more photos here.

• Whale Fossils Found in Landfill in Irvine, CA — See Photos & News Report (The Orange County Register, 6/22/16). See more photos here.

• New England Lobster Industry, Scientists Team Up to Save Right Whales from Entanglement (takepart, 6/20/16).

• BC Conservationists Sue to Protect Resident Orcas from Increased Tanker Traffic, Noise (News 1130, 6/19/16).

• Tropical Short-Beaked Dolphins Make Unusual Appearance Off Northwest Coast— See Photos (The Seattle Times, 6/17/16). See more photos here.

• Dolphin Researcher, Computer Scientist Try to Decipher Dolphin Sounds — See Video Report (PBS News Hour, 6/15/16).

• Surfers Share Shore with Humpbacks near San Francisco— See Video (CBS SF Bay Area, 6/15/16).

• Report: Norway Now World’s Number 1 Whale-Killer (Mint Press News, 6/14/16). Read more here.

• Study: All Living Sperm Whales Descended from Single Female (Hakai, 6/14/16).

• Opinion: U.S. Should Ban Seismic Testing Off Atlantic Coast (The Post and Courier, 6/13/16).

• Kayaking Guide Saves Dolphin Stranded on Beach in Namibia — See Video (One Green Planet, 6/11/16). Learn more here.

• Paddleboarders Have Lovely Encounter with 2 Gray Whale Mom-Calf Pairs Off Laguna Beach — See Video (UPI, 6/10/16)

• Study: Individual Right Whales Have Distinct Voices — Hear Recordings (Syracuse.com, 6/8/16).

• Study: Sperm Whales Off Dominica Divide into 2 Families with 2 Dialects, Families Don’t Mix — See Photos & Video Report (Motherboard.Vice.com, 6/8/16). Read the study here.

• Officials say Chinese White Dolphin Population up from 1,500 to 2,060 in 5 Years (The Hindu, 6/8/16).

• Activists Suspect Dead Fish, Whales Washing Up in Vietnam Linked to Steel Plant Wastewater Emissions — See Photos & Video (Global Voices 6/7/16).

• Drone Captures Rare Footage of Threatened Bryde’s Whales Foraging off Auckland — See Video (The Aucklander, 6/6/16). Read more, see more photos and video here.

• Monterey Bay a Whale-Watching Hot Spot Right Now — See Photos (East Bay Times, 6/4/16).

• Critic Gives Thumbs Up to New Documentary on Humpback Whales (Quad City Times, 6/2/16).

• Solomon Islanders Stopped from Selling Wild Dolphins to Captive Facilities (RNZ, 6/2/16).

• Humpback Caught on N.C. Sandbar Frees Itself — See Video (CBS 6, 6/1/16).

• Study: Killer Whales Spread through World’s Oceans as Humans did on Land — See Photos (Cosmos, 6/1/16).

May 2016

• Wrong SatNav Directions Lead Couple to Stranded Dolphin in Scotland — See Photos (STV News, 5/31/16)

• New Mekong River Dam Threatens Endangered Irrawaddy Dolphins, Villagers’ Way of Life (The Jakarta Post, 5/30/16).

• Cruise Ship Docks in Alaska with Dead Endangered Fin Whale on Bow — See Photo (Alaska Dispatch News, 5/30/16).

• Report: Dolphins in Indian River Lagoon, FL Survived Brown Tide (TCPalm, 5/23/16). Learn more about the Indian River Lagoon dolphins here.

• Seldom-Seen Hector’s Beaked Whale Strands in South Australia — See Photo (Discovery News, 5/23/16).

• Military, Marine-Mammal Experts Agree: Oceans Are Too Noisy (Richmond-Times Dispatch, 5/21/16).

• Phuket Officials Tell Tour Boats to Keep Distance from Resident Dolphins — See Photo (Phuket Gazette, 5/21/16).

• Tiny Maui Dolphin, Found Off New Zealand, More Endangered than Vaquita — See Photos, Diagrams, Video Report (HuffPost, 5/20/16).

• Researchers Probe Information Contained in Sperm Whale Coda Clicks (Marmam, 5/20/16). Find the study here.

• Orcas Get Up Close to GoPro Towed Behind Boat — See Video (cnet.com, 5/18/16). See strong footage of orcas hunting dolphins here.

• Fishermen Film Orcas Attacking Grey Whales Off California — See Videos (sfist, 5/18/16). See larger format videos here.

• Researcher Watches Transient Orca Mom Hunt Dolphin as Offspring Observe Off California — See Photos (National Geographic, 5/17/16). Read more, see more photos of the transients here.

• So Beautiful: Paddleboarder, Dolphins Keep Quiet Company Off Avalon, NJ — See Video (NJ.com, 5/17/16).

• American, Canadian Scientists to Track Northern Right Whales’ Shifting Migration (CBC News, 5/17/16).

• Threatened St. Lawrence Estuary Beluga Population Get Heightened Legal Protection — See Photos (CBC News, 5/17/16).

• 27 Pilot Whales Beach in Baja, 24 Die — See Photo (The Sydney Morning Herald, 5/16/16). See video here.

• Study: Vaquitas Close to Extinction, Down from 100 to 60 in 2 Years — See Photo (Phys.Org, 5/14/16). Read more here. See a short documentary about efforts to save the Vaquita here.

• Report: Navy Sonar May Have Killed Dolphins Found Dead on S. California Beaches in October (Hawaii Tribune Herald, 5/13/16).

• Documentary Sonic Sea on Ocean Noise Pollution Premieres on Discovery 5/19 — Watch Trailer (Discovery.com, 5/12/16). Learn more about the film here.

• Taiwan’s Pink Dolphin May Win Protection (Courthouse News Service, 5/12/16).

• Humpbacks Visit San Francisco Bay, Experts Worry for Their Safety — See Video (SFGate, 5/12/16). See news report here.

• Taiji  Still Selling Dolphins Caught in Drive Hunt Documented in The Cove (Japan Today, 5/12/16).

• Drone Records False Killer Whales Hunting Shark Off Sydney — See Video (The Australian, 5/10/16).

• Advocates Want Old Arctic Drilling Permits Cancelled to Protected Waters Used by Narwhals — See Photo (TakePart, 5/9/16).

• Tour Operators Worry Recreational Drones Harass B.C.’s Killer Whales — See Photos (Vancouver Sun, 5/6/16).

• Drone Captures Video of Grey Whale Mothers & Calves Off California — See Video (The Orange County Register, 5/6/16).

• Report:  Sperms Found Dead on German Beaches Died of Heart Failure, Ate Lots of Plastic  — See Photos & Video (DOGOnews.com, 5/6/16).

• Right Whale Calf Found Dead Off Chatham, Cape Cod — See Photo (Cape Cod Times, 5/5/16). Read more, see photos and video here and here.

• Humpback Bubble Feeds Feet from Dock in Alaska Marina — See Video (9news.com.au, 5/5/16). See more video here.

• Tour Smithsonian Museum’s Vast Collection of Whale Bones — See Video (Smithsonian Insider, 5/3/16).

• Estimate: Number of Humpbacks Seen in Hawaii This Season May be Lowest in 5 Years (Bristol Herald Courier, 5/3/16). Read more here.

• Right Whales Coming Closer to Shore, Upping Risk of Boat Strike in Cape Cod — See News Report (22News, WWLP.com, 5/2/16). Read more here.

• Mother Humpback Returns to San Juan Islands with 6th Calf — See Photos (San Juan Islander, 5/2/16).

• Small Whale Found Dead on S. Australia Beach May be Rare Dwarf Sperm — See Photos (ABC.net.au, 5/2/16).

April 2016

• California Whale-Watching Operation to be Featured on Nat Geo Wild’s United States of Animals — See Photos & Video (The Orange County Register, 4/29/16).

• Report: NOAA’s Whale SENSE Program Making Life Easier For Whale-Watching Boat Captains and Whales (JuneauEmpire.com, 4/29/16).

• Researchers Use Drones to Count Migrating Gray Whales — See Photos & Video (The Tribune, 4/27/16).

• Former Captive Dolphin Becomes Mother after Release Back into Wild — See Photo (National Geographic, 4/26/19). Read more, see more photos here.

• Rescuers Cut Fishing Line Off Entangled Humpback in Monterey Bay — See Video (The Mercury News, 4/25/16).

• Dead Whale Washes Ashore in California Surf Spot — See Slide Show (The Orange County Register, 4/25/16). Read more, see news report here. See video here.

• Whale-Watchers See Orcas Attack Gray Whale Mother-Calf Pair in Monterey Bay — See Video (SFGate, 4/25/16). See more video here.

• Experts Debate Pros, Cons of Getting in Water with Whale Research Subjects (Jefferson Public Radio, 4/22/16).

• 5 Right Whale Mother-Calf Pairs Spotted in Cape Cod Bay — See Photo (Martha’s Vineyard Patch, 4/22/16).

• Expert: Kimmy Schmidt Claim that Dolphins are Rapists Untrue — See Photos (Politifact, 4/22/16).

• Paddle Boarders Follow 2 Gray Whale Mom-Calf Pairs Off S. California Beach — See GoPro & Drone Video (The Orange County Register, 4/23/16).

• Tale of the Tail-Slapping Dolphins: How a Fisherman’s Video Became a Research Topic — See Photos & Video (Hakai Magazine, 4/21/16).

• Fossil  Tooth Find Proves Giant Sperms Once Roamed Waters Off Australia — See Photos (Herald Sun, 4/21/16). Read more here and here and here.

• Study: 6 Years after Gulf Spill, Dolphins, Other Marine Life Still Hurting (takepart, 4/20/16).

• NOAA Halts Satellite Tagging after Tagged Male Member of Endangered Southern Resident Orcas Found Dead (takepart, 4/19/16).

• Emergency Workers Rescue Orcas Trapped in Ice Off Eastern Russia — See Video (The Telegraph, 4/19/16). See more video here, here and here.

• Study: Prey-Sharing Among Northeast Pacific Orcas — Who Shares, When & Why (Marmam, 4/19/16). Read the whole study, see photos here.

• Researchers Plan First Circumnavigation of Antarctic to Survey Whales, Study Climate Change, Pollution — See Planned Route (Business Insider Australia, 4/19/16).

• Monterey Encounter: Orcas as They Should Be Seen — See Video (sfist, 4/18/16).

• Orca Attack Sparks Dolphin Stampede Off Monterey — See Video (ABC7 News, 4/17/16)/

• Whale-Watchers See False Killer Whales Feeding off California Coast — See Video (The Orange County Register, 4/17/16).

• Free-diving Researchers Record, Ponder Meaning of Sperm Whale Sounds — See Photo & Hear Recording (The New York Times, 4/16/16).

• Captive Study: Dolphin “Chatter” Linked to Problem-Solving — See Photos (New Scientist, 4/15/16). Read more here. See more photos and video here.

• Study: Cookie Cutter Shark Wounds Hold Clues to Whale Migration — See Photo (New Scientist, 4/15/16).

• Researchers, Conservationists Beg Obama to Protect Right Whales from Seismic Prospecting Off Atlantic Coast — See Photos (Huffpost Science, 4/14/16). Read more here, here and here. Sign a petition here.

• Visiting the Gray Whales at San Ignacio Lagoon: A Report (The Malibu Times, 4/13/16). 

• Researcher Lists Threats to Survival of Southern Resident Orcas — See Slide Show (Seattle PI, 4/12/16).

• Vancouver Kayaker Gets Too Close to Feeding Humpback — See Video (Metronews.ca, 4/12/16).

• Mississippi Gulf Experiencing New Spike in Dolphin Deaths — See Video (WIAT.com, 4/12/16).

• Report Links Deaths of Baby Dolphins along Gulf Coast to 2010 Spill — See Photos (The Times-Picayune, 4/12/16). Read more here.

• Rare Mekong River Dolphins Survive Dangerous Dry Season with No Deaths, 3 Births — See Photo (Earth Times, 4/11/16).

• 2 Young False Killer Whales Stranded on Mississippi Coast Still Alive at Gulfport Facility — See News Report (WWLTV, 4/8/16).

• British Columbia Researchers Devote Lives to Studying Dolphins, Whales off North Pacific Coast — See Photos (National Observer, 4/8/16).

• New Zealand Researcher-Couple Devote Lives to Studying Diminutive Hector’s Dolphins — See Photos and Video, Listen to Radio Broadcast (Radio New Zealand, 4/6/16).

• California Gets Serious about Reducing Whale Entanglement in Crabbing Gear — See Photos (The Press Democrat, 4/5/16).

• Japanese Court Rules Taiji Facility Can’t Bar Activists from Visiting Dolphins Captured during Annual Slaughter (Huffpost Green, 4/5/16).

• Study: Caribbean Sperm Whales Speak with Unique Accent — See Photo (Geographical, 4/5/16). Read more here.

• Study: Sperm Whales Do Ram, Ramming Could Have Sunk Whale Ship Essex — See Photo (Discovery News 4/5/16). Read more here. See diagram of sperm whale head here. See more photos, amazing underwater footage of sperm whale encounter here.

• NMFS Proposes Rule to Ensure Captive Industry Never Imports Russian Belugas (takepart, 4/4/16). Read more here.

• It’s a Spectacular Whale-Watching Season in Cape Cod (Cape Cod Today, 4/4/16).

• Dolphins Surf with Surfers off Australia — See Video (Daily Mail, 4/2/16).

• Right Whales Have Fewer Calves This Birthing Season (Savannah Morning News, 4/2/16).

• Why Are Dolphins Dying along Mississippi Gulf Coast? — See News Report (WWLTV, 4/1/16).

• Orca who Swam Up Irish River in ’77 ID’d Off Isle of Skype — See Photo (The Guardian, 4/1/16).

March 2016

• Human, Orca, Pilot Whale Females Only Species Known to Go Through Menopause (Chicago Tribune, 3/31/16).

• Japanese Whalers Kill 333 Minkes, including 207 Pregnant Females, in Antarctic — See Photos & Video (The Washington Post, 3/27/16).

• Stomachs of Sperm Whales Washed Up Dead on German Beach Filled with Junk — See Photos (Daily Mail, 3/25/16). Read more, see video report here.

• Drone Captures Fascinating Footage of Humpbacks Off Hawaii — See  Photos & Video (Daily Mail, 3/25/16).

• Australian Whale-Watching Guides Capture Pole-Cam Footage of Long-Finned Pilot Whales — See Video (UPI, 3/23/16).

• False Killer Whale Gives Birth Next to Whale-Watching Boat Off California — See Photos & Video (The Orange County Register, 3/23/16).

• Why Did 337 Endangered Sei Whales Wash Up Dead Off Southern Chile? (Collective-Evolution, 3/22/16).

• Proposal to Remove Humpbacks from Endangered List Ignores Threat of Fishing-Gear Entanglement (Center for Biological Diversity, 3/21/16).

• Beautiful, Beautiful Humpbacks — See Photos (Daily Mail, 3/20/16).

• Dolphins Briefly Join Bodyboarders Off Australia — See Drone Video (UPI, 3/18/16).

• Study: Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins Do Multistep Prepping of Cuttlefish Meals — See Photo (Phys.org, 3/18/16). Read more, see more photos and diagrams here.

• Study: Southern Right Whales Still Struggling to Survive — See Photo (TakePart, 3/16/16). Read more here.

• Critically Endangered Right Whales Returning to Cape Cod Bay — See Photos (The Guardian, 3/14/16). Read more here, here and here.

• New Commercial Swordfish Fishing Gear Could Reduce, Marine Mammal, Turtle Entanglement, Death — See Photos (The Sacramento Bee, 3/12/16).

• NOAA Preparing Rules to Protect Hawaii’s Spinner Dolphins from Humans Hungry to Swim with Them — See News Report (AP, 3/11/16). Read more here, here and here.

• Hundreds of Dolphins Head Somewhere in a Hurry Off Dana Point, CA — See Video (Eyewitness News ABC 7, 3/11/16). Read more, see more video here.

• Critically Endangered Right Whales Seem to be Heading to New, Unknown Feeding Grounds after Breeding Off Southeastern U.S. — See Photos (Fox 13 News 3/11/16).

• Researcher Develops Way to Passively Locate, ID Whales in Vast Swathes of Ocean (Digital Trends, 11/9/16).

• Drone Captures Humpback Tail-Sailing Off Maui as Calf Observes — See Video (Honolulu Star Advertiser, 3/9/16). Read more here.

• Dolphins, Gray Whale Join Surfers Off Southern California — See Photos (The Inertia, 3/9/16).

• Study: 3 Distinct Populations of Blue Whales ID’d Off Antarctica — See Photo and Diagram (The Conversation, 3/8/16).

• Dwarf Minkes, Once Thought Silent, Make Cool “Star Wars” Sounds — See Videos (Earth Touch News Network, 3/8/16).

• Snorkelers Encounter Pygmy Blue, Sperm Whales Off Sri Lanka — See Photos (Redbull.com, 3/8/16).

• Study: Different Groups of Long-Finned Pilot Whales Have Distinct Calls — See Photos (Daily Mail, 3/7/16).

• Researcher Will Use Culled Bowheads to Study Risks to Marine Mammals of Biotoxins Linked to Warming Oceans (Arctic Newswire, 3/6/16).

• Humpback Frees Self from Fishing-Line Entanglement Off California  — See Photo & Video (The Orange County Register, 3/5/16).

• Albino Gray Whale Not Seen in 7 Years Reappears Off Mexico with Calf — See Photo & Video (Discovery News, 3/4/16). See more video here and  here

• Conservationists Beg, Pressure Hong Kong to Protect Disappearing White Dolphins (South China Morning Post, 3/4/16).

• Pacific White-sides Hang Out with Paddleboarder — See Photos & Video (Daily Mail, 3/6/16).

• New Zealand Kayakers Watch, Film Dusky Dolphin Acrobatics — See Video (Stuff.co.nz, 3/4/16).

• Researchers Capture First Film of Rare Omura’s Whale Off Madagascar — See Photo & Video (USA Today, 3/3/16). See more photos & video here.

• Did Off-Shore Wind Turbines Cause Strandings, Deaths of 29 Sperm Whales in North Sea? See Photo (Townhall.com, 3/2/16).

• Group Blames Super-Trawler Fishing Nets for 28 Common Dolphin Strandings on Ireland’s West Coast — See Photo (Irish Mirror 3/2/16).

• Why Have 23 Endangered Franciscana Dolphins Washed Up Dead in Argentina? See Photos (Yahoo News, 3/2/16).

• Study: Whales Species Take Separate Tables at Annual Herring Banquet (Phys.Org, 3/2/16). Read more here.

• Can the Almost-Extinct Vaquitas Be Saved? See Photos (The Guardian, 3/1/16).

• San Diego Lifeguards want Freedom to Help Entangled Whales — See News Report (Fox 5, 3/1/16).

February 2016

• Study: Snake River Dams Deplete Salmon Southern Resident Orcas Need to Survive — See Photos (Pacific Standard, 2/29/16).

• Iceland Won’t Hunt Fin Whales, Will Hunt Minkes (grapevine.is, 2/29/16).

• Researchers Struggle to Make Sense of Global Marine Mammal Strandings (DNA India, 2/28/16).

• Sad News: 1 of Puget Sound Southern Resident Orca Population Babies Goes Missing (West Seattle Blog, 2/26/16). See more photos and news report here.

• Researchers Conduct Aerial Survey of Critically Endangered Right Whales Off Georgia — See Photos & Video (news.wgcu.org, 2/26/16).

• Fishermen Try to Help 2 Stranded Irrawaddy Dolphins, Outcome Unclear — See Photos & Video (The Daily Star, 2/26/16).

• Iceland Company Blames Japan Policies for Calling Off Fin Whale Hunt (Vice, 2/25/16).

• Iceland Will Not Hunt Fin Whales This Summer (The Guardian, 2/25/16). Read more here.

• NOAA Outlines Plan to Study, Protect Pacific Northwest’s Critically Endangered Southern Resident Orcas —See Photos (The Bellingham Herald, 2/25/16). Learn more, see video here.

• Researchers Track Critically Endangered Right Whales at Night — See Photos (Scientific American, 2/24/16).

• Kayakers Have Really Close Encounter with Feeding Humpbacks — See Video (One Green Planet, 2/24/16).

• Sea Shepherd Team Frees Humpback Entangled in Fishing Net — See Video (One Green Planet, 2/24/16).

• Study: North Atlantic Orcas Like to Eat Minke Whales (Mother Nature News, 2/23/16).

• Why So Many Sperm Whale Deaths in the North Sea? (global post.com, 2/19/16).

• Tragedy: Baby Franciscana Dolphin Strands on Argentina Beach, Dies after being Passed around for Selfies — See Photo (The Washington Post, 2/18/16). See graphic video here and here. See news report here.

• Photographer Takes Selfie with Humpbacks – See Photos (The Telegraph, 2/17/16). See video here.

• 2 Sperm Whales Wash Up Dead in Eastern China — See Photos & Video (Daily Mail, 2/16/16). See more photos and video here and here.

• Scientists Trying to Figure Out Why Sperms Beached in North Sea — See Photos (The Guardian, 2/15/16).

• Whales Woven in Willow for Park Exhibit — See Photos (BBC, 2/12/16).

• Underwater Photographer Captures, (Mis?)Interprets Humpback Mother-Calf Interaction — See Photo & Listen to Humpback Song (HNGN, 2/12/16).

• Researchers Learn More about Diving, Foraging Behaviors of Belugas in Bering Sea — See Photos (University of Washington, 2/12/16).

• Gray Whale Calf Comes Really Close to Shore in Newport Beach CA — See Photos (The Orange County Register, 2/11/16).

• Right Whale Mom, Calf Visit Florida Inlet — See News Report (CBS12.com, 2/8/16). Read more, see more video and photos here, here, here and here.

• Why Japanese Whaling Continues — See Photos (BBC News, 2/8/16).

• Another Sperm Washes Up on England’s East Coast — See Photos & Video (The Guardian, 2/4/16). See more photos and video here, here and here.

• Warmer Waters Bring False Killer Whales to California Coast — See Photos (The San Diego Union-Tribune, 2/4/16).

• Researchers Film Pygmy Blues Swimming Really Fast Off New Zealand — See Video (Radio New Zealand News, 2/4/16). Read more, see photos here.

• Gray Whales Surf Off San Diego — See Photo & Video (Fox 5, 2/3/16).

• Sea Shepherd Drone Films Blue Whale Mother & Calf — See Video (ABC.net.au, 2/3/16). Read more here and here.

• Study: Ship Noise Harmful to Orcas, Dolphins and Whales (The Washington Post, 2/3/16). Read more here.

• Humpback, Dolphins, Porpoise Strand in Oregon — See News Report (KGW.com, 2/2/16).

• More Sperm Whales Wash Up Dead in North Sea — See Graphic Photos & Videos (Daily Mail, 2/1/16). Read more here.

• Once  True : Orcas & Men Hunted Whales Together in Australia (Ozy.com, 2/1/16).

• Study: Pollutants, Toxins Impair Marine Mammal Reproduction (The Irish Times, 2/1/16). Read more here.

January 2016

• Why are Sperm Whales Dying in the North Sea? (Smithsonian, 1/29/16). Read more, see more photos here and here.

• Researchers Study, Film Annual Gathering of Orcas in Hot Spot off Western Australia — See Photo & Video (The West Australian, 1/29/16).

• Researchers Studying Pygmy Blues Off New Zealand (Stuff.co.nz, 1/29/16).

• Documentary on Stranded Baby Beluga Airs on CBC-TV — See Photo (Times Colonist, 1/28/16). See video here.

• NMFS Decides to Keep Hawaii’s Humpback Whale Sanctuary Focused on Humpbacks (Maui News, 1/27/16). Read more, see more photos here.

• Feds Expand Protected Waters for Critically Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales (The Humane Society of the United States, 1/26/16). Read more here and here.

• Navy, Marine Scientists Teach Each Other How to I.D. Underwater Sounds (The Globe and Mail, 1/25/16).

• A 5th Sperm Whale Found Dead on England’s East Coast — See Photos & Video (The Guardian, 1/25/16). Read more, see more photos and video here, here, here, here and here.

• 3 More Sperm Whales Wash Up Dead on England’s East Coast — See Photos & Video (The Telegraph, 1/24/16). Read more, see more photos and video here and here.

• Huge Sperm Whale Beaches, Dies in Norfolk, England, 2 Others Return to Sea — See Photos (The Telegraph, 1/23/16). Read more, see more photos here. See video here.

• South African Team Frees 2 Entangled Humpbacks — See Video (enca.com, 1/22/16).

• Study: Humpbacks Ignore Sounds Meant to Warn Them Away from Fishing Gear (Phys.org, 1/22/16). Read more here.

• B.C. Researcher Proposes Preserving Quiet Zones for Sound-Sensitive Whales, Dolphins (Outside, 1/21/16).

• Fisherman Films Orcas on the Move Off Scotland — See Beautiful Footage (The Press and Journal, 1/21/16).

• Study: Young Whales Seem to Need, Benefit from Physical Exertion (Discovery News, 1/20/16).

• Researcher Beginning to Decode Sperm Whale Language — See Photos, Listen to Recording (Maclean’s, 1/20/16).

• 9th Baby Born into BC’s Endangered Southern Resident Orca Community since 12/14 — See Photo (King 5, 1/19/16). See video footage here.

• Researchers Spot Single Right Whale off South Carolina, Hope for More — See Photo (The Post and Courier, 1/17/16). Read more, see more photos and video here.

• Photographer Films Humpback Moments after Loss of Calf — See Photos & Video (Mirror, 1/17/16).

• More Sperm Whales Beach, Die on Dutch, German North Sea Islands — See Photos & Video (RT, 1/17/16). See more video here. Read more here.

• Researchers Learning More about Baja’s Blue Whales — See Photos (National Geographic, 1/14/16).

• Fishermen Catch Rare Glimpse of Beaked Whales Off Southern Australia — See Photo (Nature World News, 1/14/16).

• Researcher, Techies Developing New Way to I.D. Endangered Right Whales in Real Time — See Photos (The Atlantic, 1/14/16).

• Study: Decades after European PCB Ban, Levels in Porpoises, Dolphins, Orcas Still Too High — See Photo, Chart (Science News, 1/14/16). Read more here.

• 5 Sperms Strand, Die on Dutch Island — See Photos (Dutchnews.nl, 1/13/16). Read more here.

• Humans Checked Out by Curious Dusky Dolphins in New Zealand — See Video (One Green Planet, 1/12/16).

• Western Australia Wildlife Officials Use Explosives to Euthanize Beached Whales — See Photos, Video, Hear Radio Report (abc.net.au, 1/12/16).

• Chinese Demand for Fish Bladder Endangers Big Fish, Small Dolphin in Gulf of Mexico — See Photos & Video (The Guardian, 1/11/16).

• First Right Whale of Season Spotted in Cape Cod Bay (CapeCod.com, 1/11/16).

• Missing Humpbacks Finally Showing Up in Hawaii (LiveScience, 1/11/16).

• Study: Fate of Pacific Northwest’s Endangered Southern Resident Orcas Tied to Health of Chinook Salmon Stock (CBC News, 1/11/16).

• Study: Belugas Learn to Dampen Hearing against Loud Sound (Marmam, 1/8/16).

• Entanglement in Fishing Line Could Doom Right Whales in Gulf of Maine — Listen to Radio Report (CBC News, 1/8/16).

• Manitoba Wants Canada to Protect Hudson Bay Estuary for Belugas, Other Species — See Photos, Video, Listen to Radio Report (Radio Canada International, 1/8/16). Read more here.

• Photographer Captures Stunning Underwater Images of Belugas in Hudson Bay— See Photos (Earth Touch News Network, 1/7/16).

• Sunken Ships from 1871 Whaling Disaster Found in Arctic — See Video  (The Washington Post, 1/6/16). Learn more, see more video here.

• Lulu, Well-Known Female Member of Near Extinct Orca Population off Scotland, Found Dead on Isle of Tiree — See Photos (Earth Touch News Network, 1/5/16). Learn more, see more photos here and here.

• Bowheads May Benefit in Short Term from Warming Arctic (Discovery News, 1/5/16).

• 2 Sailing Friends Jump in Sea to Free Entangled Bryde’s Whale off Moro Jable, Spain— See Video (One Green Planet, 1/4/16). Read more here. See video and stills here.

• Warm Weather Delays North American Right Whales’ Arrival in Florida — See Photo (The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 1/2/16).

• B.C. Boaters Treated to Close Encounter with 2 Humpbacks — See Video (Global News, 1/2/16).