A small dolphin washed ashore on a remote section of New Zealand’s west coast in February 2026. To a casual observer, it might have looked like another marine stranding. Scientists saw something far ...

A small fine meted out to an Otago fisher, who killed a Hector's dolphin then lied to officials, underscores the failure to protect endangered species, a conservation group says. Māui and Hector's ...

Washington, DC—Update: Dolphinaris announced on Feb. 5 that it would temporarily close while an “outside” panel of veterinarians, pathologists, water quality experts and animal behavior specialists ...