Ottawa, Ontario—S-203, the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act, has received Royal Assent, making the historic legislation, which ends the public display of captive cetaceans, official ...

The planned transfer of France’s last captive cetaceans to marine park facilities in Spain has reopened one of the most difficult debates in animal welfare: what should happen to marine mammals that ...

A major relocation plan involving dozens of beluga whales could reshape the future of captive marine mammals in North America. Canadian authorities have approved an agreement that would allow a ...

In 1995, the US Marine Mammal Commission (MMC) invited AWI’s Dr. Naomi Rose (then with another organization) to co-author a chapter on captive marine mammals for a book it was publishing on marine ...

CHICAGO, IL — Over the past decade, the health and wellbeing of marine mammals in captivity have received a lot of public scrutiny. Now, new research published is the largest ever to study how habitat ...

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Staff at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium have reared a special kind of fish known as a warty frogfish for the first time in captivity. Their success may hold broader lessons for raising marine species. Our ...