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 used in the notorious Taiji dolphin ...

Signs have been put in Fukui prefecture up telling swimmers to avoid approaching or touching the mammals. Swimmers have been injured in dolphin attacks on a beach in central Japan, officials say ...

There's been a lot of buzz online about frisky dolphins. These seemingly unassuming animals are attacking swimmers relaxing in the Sea of Japan. Among the victims is a child who had a close ...

Under Article VIII of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, signed in 1946, countries can "kill ... Dolphin Conservation (WDC) show that many countries other than Japan ...

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 ...

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 ...