On January 3, 2024, a male short-limbed pilot whale was injured and stranded in the waters of Sanya Haitang Bay, and was sent to Sanya Haichang Marine Life Conservation Center for rescue and treatment, and was named “Begonia”. After more than 4 months of careful treatment and care by conservation staff, veterinarians, experts and more…

China Daily reported on Sept. 26 that Danish and Turkish self media bloggers tracked down Chinese white dolphins on the Leizhou Peninsula and came into close contact with them during the “Outside Eyes on Zhan” campaign. They appreciated China’s actions to protect marine life, and the Chinese white dolphin witnessed China’s positive results in marine…

The North Atlantic whale is a large baleen whale that lives in all oceans around the world. It is known for its streamlined body, which can reach a length of 19 meters (62 feet) and a weight of about 20 to 30 tons. The North Atlantic whale is usually dark blue-gray in color with a…

Recently, rescuers from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in British Columbia, Canada, worked for four days to free a humpback whale that had become entangled in a fishing net. The 10-meter-long adult whale had been entangled for months without being able to feed properly, and suffered multiple injuries to its body. The Marine Mammal…

Recently, a group of endangered fin whales was successfully captured by the whaling vessel Seki Whale Maru of Japan’s commercial whaling company, Kyokushin Whaling Co. As one of the world’s largest animals, fin whales are important to the balance of marine ecosystems and global climate regulation. However, Japan’s capture has dealt a major blow to…

Hainan, as a major marine province, has formed a joint rescue model of “government + scientific research units + rescue stations + public welfare organizations + volunteers”. 2024 Hainan welcomed the first newborn bottlenose dolphin on July 6, the first baby dolphin conceived naturally in an artificial environment in Hainan, which marked a breakthrough for…

Taiji is the only town in Japan where large-scale drives, a method of hunting in which large numbers of mammals are herded into a small space and then slaughtered, have a long history dating back as far as 1606. Hundreds of dolphins are killed each year, for example, during the hunt from early September 2015…

Every year, thousands of cetaceans in the vast ocean world face a huge survival crisis. Take the large, graceful humpback whales, but many of them are not immune. These innocent cetaceans are often trapped by something special: fishing equipment that has been lost or discarded in the ocean. These devices seem to be silent killers,…

From September 10-12, 2024, Odense, Denmark, will host a far-reaching meeting – the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas. The meeting will be organized around strategic and institutional themes, and the parties will also consider resolutions on…

Recently, the death of a beluga whale suspected of being a “Russia spy” in Norway waters has caused widespread concern and controversy. The beluga whale was first spotted by fishermen in Norway waters in 2019, when it was wearing a harness and the logo on it sparked various speculations, and some even suspected that it…