dolphins

Drone flights have revealed an odd couple of the deeps.

A U.S.-based animal protection group is touring coastal Nova Scotia communities in hopes of finding one interested in becoming a retirement home for whales and dolphins raised in captivity.

Air Canada and WestJet Airlines Ltd. are joining a growing wave of companies that have cut ties to SeaWorld, in sync with the spirit of a bill to ban whale and dolphin captivity and in the wake of concerns raised by animal rights advocates.

An endangered orca's "tour of grief" is over after she spent nearly three weeks towing her dead calf around the Pacific Ocean, researchers said on Sunday, August 12, 2018.

A small Newfoundland community has become fixated on the plight of six dolphins trapped by ice in its harbour.

Animal advocates across Canada are celebrating victory this week as the Vancouver Aquarium confirms that it will no longer display whales or dolphins.

Whale-watching is a growing tourist business in many parts of the world, and delegates to an international whale conference in South Africa say guidelines to protect the animals are needed.

Residents of a Newfoundland island have managed to pluck at least three dolphins out of thick pack ice and carry them to open water, even as hope fades for a humpback whale trapped in Cook's Cove.

Ontario's animal welfare agency says a recent inspection of Marineland found no issues of concern at the park, which faces 11 animal cruelty charges.

Keeping whales and dolphins in captivity will no longer be allowed across Canada under legislation that passed on Monday, June 10, 2019, drawing celebrations from activists and politicians who called it a significant development for animal rights.