Sea Shepherd recently completed the first scientific expedition of a research campaign focused on the conservation of two species of endangered Amazonian river dolphins. To their surprise, during the 19-day expedition, they found three dead cetaceans, one with net marks and a possible harpoon injury and another with a possible harpoon mark. All three individuals […]
By Brett Wilkins Marine mammal experts this week expressed deep concern over the potentially devastating effects of the U.S. Navy’s recent detonation of 40,000 pounds of explosives off the Atlantic coast of Florida on sea life, while progressive observers blasted what they called the government’s misplaced spending priorities. The Navy set off the massive blast […]
Tourists on a whale-watching boat of the California coast were treated to a marvel of marine life last month: a dolphin “stampede!” That word for the phenomenon was coined by Dana Point Whale Watching, who posted a Youtube video of hundreds to thousands of common dolphins swimming in one direction March 19. “This is pretty […]
A groundbreaking international study has linked a potentially-fatal skin disease in dolphins to the climate crisis, and scientists predict that it’s only going to get worse. Dolphins around the world developed “fresh-water skin disease (FWSD)” when influxes of freshwater drastically reduced the salinity of coastal waters, causing the cetaceans’ skin to take on water to […]
Thousands of years ago, glacial runoff from Mount Kilimanjaro formed a deep basin off the coast of East Africa. Today, this oasis of deep, cool water provides coral reefs and marine life with a sanctuary from the rising temperatures of the climate crisis, allowing biodiversity to thrive. This unique refuge was discovered recently by scientists […]
Life-sized, ultra-realistic robotic dolphins could help end animal captivity by replacing living creatures in aquariums and theme parks. Edge Innovations, a New Zealand company that created of some of Hollywood’s most famous animatronic animals from movies like “Free Willy” and “Flipper,” has developed robot dolphins that look and act almost identical to their living counterparts. […]
Alexander Freund Pilot whales, sperm whales, beaked whales and deep-sea dolphins are the marine mammals most commonly involved in mass strandings. Baleen whales, on the other hand, a group to which all big whales except the sperm whale belong, strand very rarely. If these mammals become stranded, they can dry out, overheat, suffocate or suffer […]
By Andrea Germanos The federal government and fossil fuel industry announced at a legal hearing Thursday that seismic blasting will not be carried out in the Atlantic Ocean this year—and possibly not in the near future either—a development welcomed by conservation groups who lobbied forcefully against what they said would have been an “unjustified acoustic […]
Protestors filled the streets of Mauritius’s capital city, Port Louis, over the weekend to demand resignations of officials and an investigation into the oil spill that has jeopardized the future health of the country’s marine reserves, according to Reuters. The protests were catalyzed by more than a dozen dead dolphins with traces of oil washing […]
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