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    Noise Pollution Forces Whales and Dolphins From Their Homes

    Noise Pollution Forces Whales and Dolphins From Their Homes

    By Jason Bittel Waves lap at motionless heaps of blubber and fins and the sun bears down on chapped skin. Gulls start to, well, do what gulls do. This heartbreaking scene happened in January when nearly 100 false killer whales became stranded along a remote shore in the Florida Everglades. Authorities tried to steer the […]

    Watch Sea Shepherd Ship Sail with Megapod of Dolphins

    Watch Sea Shepherd Ship Sail with Megapod of Dolphins

    On Feb. 25, while patrolling the waters of the Gulf of California for Operation Milagro III, the M/V Sam Simon sailed through a megapod of dolphins with numbers estimated to be more than 1,000 individuals. The elation and joy of this sight comes with the realization that many of these dolphins’ lives will be cut […]

    Another Baby Dolphin Dies Thanks to Tourist Selfies

    Another Baby Dolphin Dies Thanks to Tourist Selfies

    By Brianna Acuesta In an incident that’s shockingly similar to what happened one year ago in Argentina, beachgoers pulled a stranded baby dolphin from the water to capture photos of him and take selfies. Unfortunately, the incident resulted in the baby’s death, showing that Argentinians did not learning anything from the last time they pulled […]

    82 False Killer Whales Dead in Massive Stranding Off Everglades National Park

    82 False Killer Whales Dead in Massive Stranding Off Everglades National Park

    Ninety-five false killer whales were stranded off the coast of Hog Key in Florida’s Everglades National Park over the weekend. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) wrote in a Facebook post this morning that 82 animals are now confirmed dead and 13 are unaccounted for. Earlier reports put the death toll at 81. https://twitter.com/NOAAFish_SERO/status/821063024467386368 […]

    3 Pictures That Will Make You Think Twice Before Visiting a Marine Park

    3 Pictures That Will Make You Think Twice Before Visiting a Marine Park

    Sea Shepherd Conservation Society launched a series of images today illustrating the tragic fates met by real-life captive cetaceans. The images come just as the holiday season begins and families are making choices about how to spend their money on entertainment. The pictures are being published to educate and deter travelers around the world from […]

    Everglades Dolphins Have Highest Level of Mercury Ever

    Everglades Dolphins Have Highest Level of Mercury Ever

    Researchers have discovered that bottlenose dolphins residing off the Florida Everglades have higher concentrations of mercury contamination than any other population of the mammals in the world. Contamination levels of mercury (T-Hg) in Lower Florida Keys (LFK) and the Florida Coastal Everglades (FCE) dolphinsScience Direct The study, published in the journal Environmental Pollution, examined the […]