The residents of Fanalei Island, in the Solomon Islands, say the lucrative hunts will help them buy land elsewhere and move off their sinking home. A pod of dolphins off the coast of South Malaita ...

The Humboldt Current’s orcas have yet to be assigned to an ecotype, and documenting their dolphin-hunting provides clues about where this population might belong, researchers reported Thursday ...

Australian snubfin dolphins were only discovered as a distinct species in 2005, according to Whale and Dolphin Conservation, ...

The scientists’ observations of the dusky dolphin hunting, published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, also revealed that the Menacho pod were sharing their food. Food sharing is ...

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FANALEI ISLAND, Solomon Islands — The call of a conch shell roused the dolphin hunters from their beds. Under moonlight, the six men shuffled to the village church. There a priest led them in a ...

In the meantime, though, Dysphemic is donating 100% of the track's proceeds to Action for Dolphins (AFD) in the charity's fight to end dolphin hunting and captivity. The Australian nonprofit ...

Japan's controversial dolphin hunting season has begun, despite opposition from around the world. The hunt, which started last week and lasts about six months off the coast of Taiji in Wakayama ...

The eight-foot-long bottlenose dolphin was found dead with its head missing last month on the shore of Lea-Hutaff Island, N.C., north of Wilmington.