A new app from conservation charity Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust is set to transform the way that members of the public and boat operators can help gather vital scientific data about whales, dolphins and porpoises – collectively known as cetaceans – off Scotland’s west coast. W
Whales are not a taxon (a taxonomic category or group, such as a phylum, order, family, genus, or species), but an informal grouping of the infraorder Cetacea. This informal group encompasses a diverse group of marine mammals among which some of the longest-lived animals currently in
Vaquita, are a soon to be extinct species of cetacean found in the northern part of the Gulf of California. The reason for them going extinct? Fishing. Vaquita are often caught in gillnets used by illegal fishing operations in the marine protected areas which are there to protect them