dolphins

10 Surprising Dolphin ‘Superpowers’

10 Surprising Dolphin ‘Superpowers’

By Fino Menezes Everyone adores dolphins. Intelligent, inquisitive and playful, these special creatures have captivated humans since the dawn of time. But dolphins didn’t get to where they are by accident — they needed to develop some pretty amazing superpowers to cope with their environment. These extraordinarily intelligent creatures have been seen to display culture, […]

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    Whales and Dolphins Found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch for the First Time

    Whales and Dolphins Found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch for the First Time

    By Chandra Salgado Kent Scientific research doesn’t usually mean being strapped in a harness by the open paratroop doors of a Vietnam-war-era Hercules plane. But that’s the situation I found myself in several years ago, the result of which has just been published in the journal Marine Biodiversity. As part of the Ocean Cleanup’s Aerial […]

    Canada Passes ‘Free Willy’ Bill Banning Whale and Dolphin Captivity

    Canada Passes ‘Free Willy’ Bill Banning Whale and Dolphin Captivity

    By the end of June, it will be illegal to keep whales and dolphins in captivity in Canada, the Huffington Post reported Tuesday. The so-called “Free Willy” bill passed the Canadian House of Commons by an overwhelming majority Monday, CBS News reported. It now must pass through a process called “royal assent” in which either […]

    Marine Heat Waves Could Threaten Dolphin Survival, Study Suggests

    Marine Heat Waves Could Threaten Dolphin Survival, Study Suggests

    Climate change could have a deadly impact on dolphins and other marine mammals. That’s the saddening implication of a study published in Current Biology Monday. Researchers looked at what happened when a marine heat wave scorched waters off the coast of Western Australia in 2011. What they found was that the survival rate of dolphins […]

    1,100 Mutilated Dolphins Have Washed Up on French Beaches Since January

    1,100 Mutilated Dolphins Have Washed Up on French Beaches Since January

    A record number of dolphins have washed up dead and mutilated on French beaches, and scientists don’t know exactly why. Activists say 1,100 dolphins have washed up on France’s Atlantic coast since January, but the number could be as much as 10 times higher than that, as many likely sink instead of washing ashore. Researchers […]

    6 Dolphins Stranded on SoCal Beaches in 14 Days

    6 Dolphins Stranded on SoCal Beaches in 14 Days

    A surprising number of dolphins are washing up on Southern California beaches this February, and the Pacific Marine Mammal Center (PMMC) wants to know why. The PMCC has responded to six beached dolphins in just 14 days, it said in a Monday press release. By this time last year, it had only responded to one […]

    A Record 589 Sea Turtles Killed By Florida’s Toxic Red Tide

    A Record 589 Sea Turtles Killed By Florida’s Toxic Red Tide

    Florida’s longest red tide in more than a decade has killed scores of the state’s most iconic marine animals. The current outbreak, which began in October 2017 off southwest Florida, has been tied to a record 589 sea turtle deaths and 213 manatee deaths, the Herald-Tribune reported, citing figures from the Florida Fish and Wildlife […]