But in Japan’s Wakasa Bay, swimmers are on high alert for yet another underwater threat: dolphins—or, according to some theories, a lone male bottlenose dolphin who seemingly likes to bite and ...

TAIJI, Japan (CNN)-- Mention a dolphin to someone in the United States and they'll think about a trip to Sea World or the 1960s-era TV program "Flipper." Talk about a dolphin in rural Japan and ...

Notojima Aquarium in Ishikawa Prefecture reopened all facilities on March 22 after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake on New ...

It’s not clear whether the orca is a true albino or its white coloring was caused by another medical condition.

The dolphin was seen during the summer at more than one swimming beach on the Sea of Japan side of Japan, where it gave swimmers “love bites” of the sort that dolphins typically give one another.

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 ...

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 ...

An aquarium in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, which was severely damaged by a powerful earthquake that devastated the ...

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images This is not the first time that Japan has balked at showing unflattering films that were well received in Hollywood. “The Cove,” a documentary about a dolphin hunt ...

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 ...