iwdg – Coast Monkey

The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) have just launched their brand new educational resource for primary school children – ‘Ireland’s Blubber…

The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group advocate for a better understanding of cetaceans and their habitats through education and research, and they…

The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group welcome you to attend its upcoming talking tour about its recent Icelandic expedition in search of…

Marine Matters 8th August 2018

Multiple strandings of Cuvier’s beaked whales discovered on the Irish coast over the past few days is definitely a “cause for concern”…

The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) are setting off on a historic voyage from Ireland to Iceland on their research vessel Celtic…

The first humpback whale of the 2018 has been spotted off the Beara Peninsula. Following on from the exciting appearance of killer…

2017 has been another record-breaking year for whale and dolphin strandings. By 31st August there had already been 201 validated strandings logged…

Although whales can be been seen throughout the year, the most frequent sightings occur now in late summer and autumn when they come to…

The Irish Air Corp captured these amazing images of a whale carcass being scavenged by sharks 200km off the northwest coast of…

Marine Matters 6th April 2017

The first humpback whale of the 2017 whale season was spotted yesterday afternoon off the Beara Peninsula. Ireland is lucky to have…

Marine Matters 18th February 2017

2017 is the worst year on record for cetacean strandings in Ireland according to new figures released by the Irish Whale and…

Marine Matters 9th January 2017

Irish Whale and Dolphin members were the heroes yesterday when they came to aid of dolphins that had stranded at the mouth…

Although whales can be been seen throughout the year, the most frequent sightings occur now in late summer and autumn when they come to…