A dolphin has bitten two more swimmers on the arm, in what is believed to be the latest in a string of attacks on a Japanese beach. According to local media, at least one man was taken to hospital ...

But in Japan’s Wakasa Bay ... Researchers have observed dolphins successfully defending themselves from and sometimes even ...

Japan has started its controversial annual dolphin hunt in the coastal town ... has been conducting what it said were research missions killing hundreds of animals each year.

A recent issue of the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science contains the findings of a clinical veterinary and behavioral analysis of the killing methods being ...

The dolphin show was retained, but most staff members returned to their own aquariums on the Japanese mainland and many dolphins died as they were kept in unstable conditions. An expressway ...

Frisky dolphins sow fear among swimmers Foreign media outlets have been abuzz about the frisky dolphins frequenting Japanese waters for the past three years. According to the BBC, up to 18 ...

Marine experts say it is not unusual for dolphins to come close to beaches. The mammals inhabit a range of waters around Japan, according to Tetsuya Matsuoka, who manages the Notojima Aquarium in ...

Dolphins have wounded four people in a spate of attacks off the coast of Japan, according to reports in the local media. Japanese daily Asahi Shinbun, citing local police, said a dolphin injured a ...

AWI and others publically condemned the hunt and urged international action. Media attention exploded after the US Ambassador to Japan, Caroline Kennedy, made an online statement via Twitter: “Deeply ...