New population estimates released Ten EU Member States have carried out a survey of the distribution and abundance of whales and dolphins in Europea...

No hope left for the remaining dolphinsThe Irrawaddy dolphin has lost the battle for survival in Laos. The WWF declared the species functionally ext...

Negative effect on biodiversity Along the coast of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, many dolphins die in gillnets set up to protect swimmers and sur...

Evidence against them obtained in secret Three Peruvian fishermen were tried in court on August 16th for killing dolphins and using their bodies a...

New hope for Mekong River's dolphinsNewly born calf spotted with mother: Break out the cigars and champagne: A young dolphin calf and her mother have...

In northern Chile at La Higuera, near the island of Chañaral, there is a marine sanctuary where about 80 percent of the world's wild population of ...

Since I started teaching freediving courses in 2004 things have changed a lot on both the national and international freediving scene. More and more ...

For my first Mares blog I have decided to write about one of the most exiting projects I’m involved in: Darewin. Darewin is the brainchild of Fab...

Belize begins seismic surveys at the World Natural Heritage Site of the Belize Barrier Reef In late October 2016, Belize announced plans to conduct...

Every year, over the months of June/July, we spend 40 days on South Africa's "Wild Coast" waiting for the mass migration of sardines which moves up th...

The funny thing about paradise is, it is always somewhere far, but not where you are at the moment and paradoxically home is only sweet, when you ar...

The Privilege of Diving What was your first window to the ocean like? Through mine everything was black and white, it could speak and had no remot...

Mares – 'just add water' and your 'pure instinct' will come to life, so you can explore the 'extended range' ahead of you! I guess you all know ...

Sea Shepherd has launched a campaign called Operation Driftnet focusing on the illegal and destructive method of driftnet fishing in the Indian Ocea...

German environmental organisations have called for a more effective level of marine protection in the North and Baltic Sea by Federal Minister of Fo...

The famous Särkänniemi Amusement Park in Tampere, Finland will close its dolphinarium in early 2016. Currently, there are still four bottlenose ...

Getting Up Close And Personal With Residents Of The Reef If Paradise exists on Earth, it must be nestled right here in Yap in the South Pacific, u...

For Your Fun In The Sun When temperatures start to drop during those winter months in Germany, many of us would be heading for the next best place...