Learn more about the whales, dolphins and areas proposed for their protection along the route of the race. 

The Sundarbans Cetacean Diversity Protected Area in the Bay of Bengal is one of 12 Marine Protected Area Networks being proposed by WDCS to protect the world’s whales and dolphins

From the Indian Ocean Sanctuary to a new CMS Agreement? Where next for region-wide whale whale and dolphin conservation?

With the spotlight currently on the VOR activity in Kochi, thousands of miles away in the north of India and foothills of the Himalayas, the holiest River known to man shares with us her secrets…….. 

Today, Chris Butler Stroud, Chief Executive of our environmental partner WDCS delivered the opening speech at the Convention of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) in Rome, Italy

WDCS has announced that it will strengthen its program to avoid vessel strikes to whales. The announcement came after an incident

The proposed Ross Sea marine protected area has some of the most extraordinary wildlife on Earth including thousands of Antarctic minke whales and orcas, or killer whales.

From July through November every year, southern right whales come so close to the South African coast that you can almost take a “whale spout shower” from shore. It happened to me once.

As the racing yachts approach Cape Town, marking the end of the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, another wanderer of the sea is awaiting their arrival – the southern right whale. 

At the beginning of October 2008, West African range states signed an agreement to protect and conserve small cetaceans off their coasts.