27 November - Humpback Whales have been found to have a type of brain cell that only humans, the great apes, and other cetaceans have, suggesting that they are more intelligent than previously thought. Read more...
22 November - Viewing the practice as inhumane, many marine biologists and zoo and aquarium administrators join together to protest dolphin drive hunting in Japan. Read more...
26 September - Police urge people not to approach "Dave", a dolphin in the English Channel, after kayakers are seen harassing him. Read more...
25 September - Minister of Conservation Chris Carter is to open a whale and dolphin training workshop. Read more...
20 September - U.S. District Judge Ralph Beistline issues a stay to ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. over government requirements that effects of seismic oil exploration on Bowhead Whales over a large part of the Chukchi Sea be monitored by the company. Read more...
7 September - Money is being raised for an operation to give an artificial tail to a Bottlenose Dolphin who lost hers near Cape Canaveral. Read more...
6 September - Iceland is to begin exporting whalemeat from its "scientific research" catch to the Faroe Islands against CITES regulations. Read more...
25 August - Cape Cod environmentalists search for a severely wounded Humpback Whale that swam away after a rescue in what specialists are calling the worst incident of entanglement they have seen in 20 years. Read more...
18 August - Norwegian whalers harpooned only half their quota of 1,052 Minke Whales in 2006, prompting reports that the demand for the food had decreased. Read more...
12 August - 20ft Minke Whale and another smaller sea mammal (possibly a Harbour Porpoise) have been washed up dead on the shore at St. Bees beach, Cumbria, UK. Read more...
