When we think about UK cetaceans, most of us imagine a leaping dolphin or rolling porpoise. But with over 30 species inhabiting UK waters, it’s easy to forget the diversity that surrounds us. The Sea Watch Foundation database currently holds 23,134 sightings of bottlenose dolphins sin
‘More masks than jellyfish’ – The Guardian, June 2020. In the midst of a pandemic that had taken over our lives, the concept of a possible “mask invasion” of our oceans was an unbearable thought! Headlines like these are becoming ever more common, shocking us into taking responsibilit
In the summer of 2018, one orca mother known as J35, carried her deceased calf at the surface for a record-breaking 17 days. The calf died shortly after birth and was ultimately not recovered to perform a necropsy to determine the cause of death. Although J35 lived in the Puget Sound