"When free, marine mammals live in closely-bonded family groups, often swimming more than 100 miles a dayâ ¯and diving to depths of 300 meters. "Many captive cetaceans are further exploited by being ...
CHICAGO, IL — Over the past decade, the health and wellbeing of marine mammals in captivity have received a lot of public scrutiny. Now, new research published is the largest ever to study how habitat ...
The reportedly bankrupt former tourist attraction is closed to visitors, so the whales circle their decaying pools, while the ...
When I first met Russ Rector, in the spring of 2015, we talked about Lolita, Miami Seaquarium’s resident orca. Rector alleged the size of her tank, the smallest of any orca in captivity in the world, ...
Despite their name, killer whales (orcas) are actually dolphins.
SAN DIEGO – In 1959, the Navy stood up its Marine Mammal program here. With one dolphin, researchers set out to study how fast the creatures could swim, in an effort to improve ship and torpedo ...