Wink News reports that a deadly virus is killing dolphins on the east coast and may now be in the Gulf of Mexico. Just this week, scientists discovered the virus in a dolphin in the Florida Keys.
"Researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administratio...
The BBC report that oil spilt from a crashed tanker is threatening a rare dolphin sanctuary.
The government declared areas in the southern Sunderbans to be a dolphin sanctuary in 2011, after research suggested some 6,000 Irrawaddy dolphins lived in the area. The spilla...
The Mail Online in the UK reports that a rare albino dolphin has been captured by Japanese fishermen and could be sold for up to £300,000 to be displayed in captivity.
The fishermen killed 11 other dolphins in a shallow cove in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan, but put the al...
The Mongobay news reports the declining population of Indus River dolphins. Some dams on the river But some of the dams divert so much water to crops that the river effectively dried up in those sections for part of the year, and threaten the dolphins as a result....
Sputnik News report that the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s Special Forces have held its first training exercises with combat dolphins since the Crimean Peninsula was reunited with Russia, a military source in Crimea.
It reports that training exercises were held with comba...
Ecanadanow.com reports that in the Special Area of Conservation set up in the Moray Firth in the North Sea (between Scotland and the rest of Europe) 102 bottlnose dolphins were spotted in 2011, rising to 112 in 2012 and then 94 in 2013.
"The West Bengal forest department is all set to conduct a state-wide census of the endangered Gangetic dolphins and...
Census of Ganges Dolphins planned
January 6, 2015
The Australian.com reports a tiny baby dolphin being beachedf near Port Lincoln this week.
Fortunately picnicing couple Andy Wright and his wife...
Beached baby dolphin returned to its mother.
November 24, 2014
21 January 2015: It's not easy being a dolphin. According to reports in the Christian Science Monitor, deep dives may not be good for dolphin hearts....