The Baiji, or the Yangtze River dolphin, is classified as a separate family, which means that its functional extinction ...

Researchers released two captive-born porpoises in a river in China, monitored them and confirmed the first-of-its-kind project was a success. Photo from Xinhua / Wu Zhizu via The State Council ...

CBS reported that the Canadian government rejected Marineland's request to send the whales to China's Chimelong Ocean Kingdom theme park, with Joanne Thompson, Canada's fisheries minister, saying the ...

The House of Commons in Canada passed a bill that would make it illegal to hold whales, dolphins and porpoises captive. The "Free Willy" bill passed on Monday. Currently, there are only two aquariums ...

A Canadian theme park has laid out its plans to cull its beluga whales if its cash demands are not met. Marineland, a theme park near Niagara Falls, has said it will have to 'euthanise’ 30 of its ...

Thirty beluga whales were still alive on Oct. 9, despite Canada's Marineland park threatening to euthanize them if it did not ...