dolphins

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 […]

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    More Than 17,500 Square Miles Protected for Hawaii’s False Killer Whales

    More Than 17,500 Square Miles Protected for Hawaii’s False Killer Whales

    Monday the National Marine Fisheries Service designated 17,500 square miles of ocean as protected critical habitat for Hawaii’s false killer whales, a dolphin species whose numbers have dwindled to around 150 in the wild. The new rule, responding to legal action by the Natural Resources Defense Council, designates critical habitat from a depth of 45 […]

    Hunting, Fishing Cause Dramatic Decline in Amazon River Dolphins

    Hunting, Fishing Cause Dramatic Decline in Amazon River Dolphins

    By Claire Asher Populations of two species of river dolphin in the Amazon are halving every decade, according to the results of a twenty-two year survey. The Amazon rainforest is home to the Amazon river dolphin, or Boto (Inia geoffrensis) and the Tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis). But the results of a long-term study published in PLoS […]

    Dolphin Dead on Gambian Beach Blamed on Pollution From Chinese Factory

    Dolphin Dead on Gambian Beach Blamed on Pollution From Chinese Factory

    A dolphin was found dead on a beach in Gungur, a coastal town in The Gambia, aggravating local concerns over pollution being dumped into the ocean by a Chinese fish processing factory, Africa News reported Sunday. Heartbreaking photos of the incident were tweeted out by Togo human rights advocate Farida Nabourema Saturday. A dead dolphin […]

    Taiwanese Humpback Dolphin Gets Protected Under U.S. Endangered Species Act

    Taiwanese Humpback Dolphin Gets Protected Under U.S. Endangered Species Act

    The National Marine Fisheries Service protected rare Taiwanese humpback dolphins on Tuesday, listing the species as “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act. The decision comes in response to a March 2016 petition from the Animal Welfare Institute, Center for Biological Diversity and WildEarth Guardians seeking U.S. protections to help prevent the extinction of a population […]

    Deepwater Horizon Anniversary: Trump Administration Ignores Advice on Preventing Explosions, Injuries, Blowouts

    Deepwater Horizon Anniversary: Trump Administration Ignores Advice on Preventing Explosions, Injuries, Blowouts

    The Trump administration is ignoring advice from the bipartisan commission that investigated the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster as officials move to repeal offshore drilling safety regulations adopted in its aftermath. Friday is the eighth anniversary of the explosion that killed 11 oil workers and caused more than 210 million gallons of oil to flow uncontrolled […]

    Trump Administration Offers 77 Million Acres in Gulf of Mexico to Oil Industry

    Trump Administration Offers 77 Million Acres in Gulf of Mexico to Oil Industry

    The Trump administration is holding the biggest offshore oil and gas lease auction in U.S. history Wednesday, offering all 77 million acres of unleased, available federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico. The sale comes as administration officials seek to rescind drilling safety rules approved after the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, reduce royalties paid by […]

    How France Exterminates Its Dolphins

    How France Exterminates Its Dolphins

    From January through March, an average of 6,000 dolphins are killed each year on France’s west coast by large industrial trawlers and vessels fishing in pairs (nets dragged between two trawlers). That number could be as high as 10,000, according to the Pélagis Observatory, based in La Rochelle. That’s more than the number of dolphins […]

    Irish Parliament Votes to Ban New Fossil Fuel Exploration

    Irish Parliament Votes to Ban New Fossil Fuel Exploration

    Ireland’s Dáil Éireann, the country’s lower house of parliament, voted 78-48 Thursday to advance a bill to stop the government from issuing new contracts for both on and offshore oil and gas exploration. Despite strong opposition from the Irish government, the legislation was backed by thousands of activists, campaigners, parliamentarians as well as a surprising […]