Chinese fishermen free bottlenose dolphin and release it into sea

Heart-warming footage shows Chinese fishermen saving a dolphin stranded on a beach before releasing it back to the sea The dolphin was spotted stuck on a remote beach in southern China yesterday Villagers dug away the surrounding mud and poured water over it to keep it alive They also helped professional rescuers carry the dolphin to … Read more

Marine experts herd five Northern bottlenose whales out of Scottish loch – before they swim BACK

Marine experts herded a pod of five Northern bottlenose whales out of a Scottish loch ahead of Europe’s largest military exercise this weekend – before they swam back in again.  The mammals have been in the firth of the Clyde for some weeks – attracting much attention when they entered a Greenock harbour last month. … Read more

Six bottlenose whales die in largest live stranding of its type in Ireland’s history

Six whales have died and another is ‘likely’ to perish in what is being described as the largest live stranding of the animals in Ireland’s history. The seven northern bottlenose dolphins were spotted stranded on a beach in Rossnowlagh, County Donegal, on the north west coast of Ireland, earlier today. Conservationists rushed to the beach in … Read more