A dolphin died over the weekend at a SeaWorld sister park after colliding with another dolphin during a guest interaction program.
... seas off Spain, before spreading to the French Mediterranean coast. In all, 160 dead striped dolphins and white whales were found on French beaches. Altogether, more than a thousand were found around ...
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand plans to ban commercial fishing near its coast and set up marine reserves to protect the rare Hector's dolphins, a government minister said on Thursday
... interpretation of whether these abundance estimates indicate Eastern Tropical Pacific dolphins are recovering and the degree to which the fishery and other factors affect the conservation of these ...
... the sediments of the Bay and researchers are concerned that dredging activities may increase the dolphins' exposure.
"Sediment contains mercury, which is likely to have originated from historical ...
... to produce and detect ultrasonic frequencies for communication and for echolocation -- bats, dolphins and whales, and some rodents -- which suggests that this ability could be limited to mammals. ...
Between 12 to 14 dolphins - including at least three calves - have been frolicking in Jersey Shore rivers for the past two weeks, the likely result of a wrong turn inland following schools of fish.
Research has found that new protection measures to be put in place in New Zealand will slow, but not stop, the decline of Hector's dolphin.
The rarest marine dolphin in the world - down to 111 individuals following decades of entanglement in fishing nets - is to receive protection over more of its range from the New Zealand government ...
(AP) -- Authorities protecting a dolphin family in a New Jersey river are stepping up enforcement over the July Fourth holiday.
... journal Biodiversity and Conservation, has revealed a disturbing rise in the number of whales, dolphins and porpoises found dead on Cornish beaches. The frequency of these mammals, collectively known ...
Scientists successfully removed a black rubber strap Tuesday that was wrapped around the head of a juvenile bottlenose dolphin, averting a life-threatening injury.
... doing just that. By studying the flippers, fins and tails of whales and dolphins, these scientists have discovered some features of their structure that contradict long-held engineering theories. ...
CLEARWATER, Fla., July 13 (UPI) -- A dolphin at a Florida rescue center was sized up for a new prosthetic fin designed to allow her to swim with more flexibility, marine experts say.
... over more of its range from the New Zealand government. The critically-endangered Maui's dolphins, living only along the west coast of New Zealand's North Island, could be functionally extinct within ...
