There is scientific consensus that human activity through whale-watching is causing an
increasing amount of damage to the natural environment, which poses critical challenges to …

Preservation of endangered species is now recognized as a relevant component of regional
and global conservation actions achieved through the maintenance of the remaining …

Highlights•Technological advances provide new insights into marine mammal
behaviour.•We highlight four areas of technological advances.•Aerial systems …

Simple Summary Animals of countless species, wild as well as tame, can now entertain
tourists on their holidays. The popularity, however, of animal-based tourism comes with …

In recent years there has been significant interest in modelling cumulative effects and the
population consequences of individual changes in cetacean behaviour and physiology due …

With underwater sound levels rising due to increasing vessel activity, there is a pressing
need to better understand the potential distances for which masking impacts on acoustically …

Relatively scant information is available on the Risso's dolphin in comparison to the other
species regularly present in the Mediterranean Sea. Recently, its conservation status has …

Understanding of cetaceans' trophic role and the quantification of their impacts on the food
web is a critical task, especially when data on their prey are linked to deep-sea ecosystems …

Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) of the Bocas del Toro archipelago are targeted by
the largest boat-based cetacean watching operation in Panama. Tourism is concentrated in …

The Amazon's ability to draw tourists is thought to be strongly associated with the opportunity
to have sight of and interact with iconic wild animals. Tourism leaders are calling for the …