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Acoustic Engineer Creates Stunning Visual Representations Of Cetacean Songs
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Acoustic Engineer makes scientific art out of whale and dolphin songs
Sardine Run 2009 - First Images
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Underwater photography from the 2009 Sardine Run in South Africa
Timor Seeks Help To Protect Whale, Dolphin Hotspot
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The government of East Timor says it plans to establish a national park to protect a bounty of dolphins and whales
WWF-"Mekong Dolphins On The Brink Of Extinction"
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Pollution in the Mekong River has pushed the local population of Irrawaddy dolphins to the brink of extinction, a new report by WWF has revealed
Climate Change Affecting Marine Mammals
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More dolphins, porpoises and whales could be at risk from the effects of climate change than was previously thought, a new study has claimed
Pakistan's Blind Dolphins
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Dolphin numbers are declining as fishermen deplete their stock of food, pollution worsens, and a network of barrages restricts their movements. Falling water levels due to declining rain and...
Deafness in Dolphins
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Researchers have concluded that repeated loud sonar blasts can cause temporary loss of hearing in dolphins
Video: DPG Expedition Report, Socorro
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The first of our DPG underwater photography & video expeditions for 2009 was to the Revillagigedos Archipelago, more commonly called Socorro, known for its large resident groups of friendly giant...
The Sardine Run - The Ultimate Underwater Photography Adventure
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An amazing account and underwater photography from the Sardine Run by Alexander Safonov
Thousands Of "Rare" Dolphins Found in South Asia
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WCS researchers have discovered a stronghold for one of the world’s rarest freshwater dolphins, the Irrawaddy, deep in the waterlogged jungles of Bangladesh. The scientists counted nearly 6,000 of...
Mass Whale Stranding In Australia
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About 80 whales and dolphins were stranded Monday on a remote southwest Australian beach
Dolphins Rescued
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A group of White Beaked dolphins were trapped in icy waters off the coast of Seal Cove and rescued by heroic residents
Debate Over NJ's River Dolphins
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A debate on whether to move a pod of dolphins from the frigid waters of New Jersey has begun
DPG Expeditions: Sardine Run, July 2009, 2010, & 2011
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Join us during one of nature's wildest spectacles. We are running very limited size Sardine Run trips for the next three years
East Timor, Home of Whales & Dolphins
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Researchers from Australia have uncovered a dolphin and whale paradise off the coast of East Timor
Brazil Declares Whale Sanctuary Along Entire Coast
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva today signed a federal decree establishing the Brazilian Whale and Dolphin Sanctuary, reinforcing protection for all cetacean species in Brazilian...
Whales, Dolphins Boost Tourism Hopes For East Timor
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Australian scientists hope that a hot spot of whale and dolphin activity near East Timor will spark an ecotourism boom for East Timor
Dolphin Population Stunted By Fishing Activities
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Despite broad "dolphin safe" practices, fishing activities have continued to restrict the growth of at least one Pacific Ocean dolphin population
Genetic Testing Reveals New Dolphin Species
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DNA analysis of bottlenose dolphins off the Southern Coast of Australia revealed a new species, fifty years after the last was discovered
Call For Protests On Cruel Dolphin Tests
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The Taiji Whale Museum is conducting experiments to determine the quickest way to separate the mother from its calf.
Lifeguards on Dolphin Duty
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Lifeguards add an extra duty in also watching out for Maui's dolphins in New Zealand.
Anacondas, River Dolphins, & Piranhas
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Amos Nachoum shoots Anacondas, River Dolphins nad Piranhas in Brazil's Amazon River
Tail Walking on Water
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According to scientists, dolphins that have been trained in captivity are not the only ones tail walking on water
Vulnerable Taiwan dolphins in danger
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An environmental group on Wednesday called on Taiwan's government to protect one of the most endangered dolphins in the world
Marinelife Undertakes A Scientific Survey for Whales and Dolphins in Scotland
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Marinelife, the UK based marine conservation charity, has undertaken a scientific survey for cetaceans in the waters north of Scotland to and around Iceland during a cruise aboard the Marco Polo as...
Hi-tech 'Pinger' to Save Dolphins From Fishing Nets
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Conservationists in Cornwall are planning to use a hi-tech sonic device in a battle to save the last group of bottlenose dolphins to swim in English waters
Dolphin Call Tells Calf Who's Mum
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Female bottlenose dolphins whistle 10 times more often than usual after giving birth in order to help newborns recognise who is "mum"
Fishermen Blamed for Surge in Deaths of Dolphins and Whales
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Scientists have reported a surge in the number of dead whales, dolphins and porpoises washing up on Cornish shores after lethal encounters with nets and other fishing gear
Net Gain for Endangered Dolphins
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The rarest marine dolphin in the world - down to 111 individuals following decades of entanglement in fishing nets - is to receive protection over more of its range from the New Zealand government...
Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean Dolphin Populations Improving
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The numbers of Northeastern offshore spotted and eastern spinner dolphins in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean are increasing after being severely depleted
Project: Whales Whisperers
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Making music with whales, killer whales and dolphins
Mystery of Dolphin Mass Stranding
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Post-mortem examinations of some of 26 dolphins found dead in Cornwall have revealed no clues as to the cause of a mass stranding
Dolphin Bling Gets Girls
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Just as men can use fast cars or showy clothes to impress the ladies, so too do male Amazon river dolphins show off stuff to woo the opposite sex
Dolphin Saves The Day
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A dolphin guided two stranded whales to safety after human attempts to keep the animals off a New Zealand beach failed, a conservation official said on Wednesday
Five nation, 13 River Dolphin Census to Help Conservation on Two Continents
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A milestone in the protection of the world's engangered river dolphins has been achieved with the successful completion of an ambitious 13 river, five nation census survey of South America's river...
Exfoliating Scrubs Join List of Plastics Harming Marine Mammals
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Whales and dolphins may be under threat from the tiny pieces of plastic found in exfoliating facial scrubs
Mekong Dolphin in Danger, Say Experts
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A sharp drop in the number Mekong dolphins born in Cambodia has renewed fears for the survival of the rare mammals, wildlife experts said on Wednesday
Limits Upheld on Sonar Use in Navy Tests
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Japanese Villagers Eat Mercury-Laden Dolphin Meat
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CNN.com reports this morning on "Fried dolphin on menu in japanese town". I do not want to bear on the ethical issues of harvesting dolphins. Every culture has their animals they eat that other...
Judge Restricts Navy's Use of Sonar
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For the second time in less than a week, a federal court has found that a Navy anti-submarine training program threatens to subject whales and other sea creatures to harmful blasts of sonar and...
Legal Protection For Ganges River Dolphin
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Over the course of time, there have been many dolphins that have been on the verge of becoming extinct. There are legal protections against killing dolphins and the Ganges River Dolphin is no...
Costa Rican Ban Whale and Dolphin Hunting
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Over the weekend the Costa Rican President Oscar Arias along with Environmental Minister Robert Dobles signed a decree that would protect whales and dolphins
Dolphins Baffle Marine Experts
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It's hard to visualise but the intelligent and ever-friendly dolphin can also be a determined killer
Concern Over Decline in Dolphins
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More pressure is being put on the European Commission (EC) to take action to reduce the number of dolphin deaths off Devon and Cornwall's coastline
Dolphins Play with Robotic Seaplane
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It's a bird, it's a plane -- no, it's the Flying Fish, a new unmanned seaplane developed at the University of Michigan that has demonstrated the ability to take off, fly and land autonomously in...
Video: Stranded Dolphins Rescued
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A dozen dolphins stranded on a Tasmanian beach were saved by volunteers who waded through cold ocean water to make the rescue
Deciphering Dolphin 'Talk'
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Scientists are starting to decipher the strange "whistle language" spoken by dolphins.
One project has identified nearly 200 different whistles, some of which have been linked to specific...
Whales May Have Evolved from Raccoon-sized Creature
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In the search for a missing evolutionary link to modern whales, scientists have come up with an unlikely land cousin -- a raccoon-sized creature with the body of a small deer
Dolphins & Whales 3D IMAX Film
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Jean-Michel Cousteau and the Mantello Brothers Join Forces To Protect Cetaceans with New IMAX 3D Theatre Documentary Film Dolphins And Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean
Why Deep-Diving Mammals Don't Black Out
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Some seals and dolphins can hold their breath underwater for a cheek-popping hour or more without passing out from lack of oxygen.
Definitely don't try this at home. Humans can't make it more...
Baby Dolphins Don't Sleep
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Challenging the idea that growing baby dolphins need rest
Cambodia, UN Launch Project to Save Dolphins
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Cambodia and the UN have launched a joint project aimed at saving endangered Irrawaddy dolphins from extinction, the international body's World Tourism Organization said Tuesday.
The Mekong...
Hundreds Of Dolphins Die on Beach
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More than 250 dolphins were beached and died late last week on Boa Vista, one of the islands of the Cape Verde archipelago
Call for action to save Wales marine life
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WWF Cymru is calling on Prime Minister Gordon Brown to include a full Marine Bill in the Queen's Speech to save wildlife in Wales for future generations.
The charity has made the plea ahead of...
Iran alarmed by mass dolphin deaths
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The mysterious "mass suicide" of 152 dolphins washed up on Iran's coast over the past month has alarmed environmentalists, with the blame pointed at regional fishing practices, officials said on...
Iran ponders mass dolphin 'suicide' mystery
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Tehran - The mysterious "mass suicide" of 152 dolphins washed up on Iran's coast over the past month has alarmed environmentalists, with the blame being placed on regional fishing practices,...
Green Fury As Oil Transfers Are Ruled Out Of Marine Bill
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THE controversial practice of transferring tonnes of crude oil between tankers will not be covered by a UK Marine Bill, it emerged yesterday, sparking fury among environmentalists. It was expected...
Tell New Zealand To Protect Endangered Dolphins
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After nearly 3 years of WWF campaigning, the New Zealand government has now finally issued its draft threat management plan for Hector's and Maui's dolphins.
But in a worrying move, even the...
Dubai Buys 30 Dolphins
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Up to 30 live dolphins will be exported from the tiny Pacific nation of the Solomon Islands to the Middle East next week, four years after the last such shipment to Mexico caused international...
Bodies Of Dolphins Packed In Sacks Found In Bihar
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Bodies of at least half a dozen endangered Ganges river dolphins have been found near a railway track at Hathidah in Bihar's Patna district. The dolphins had been cut into pieces and stuffed into...
OceanFest Celebrates Farallones Sanctuary
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A few miles beyond the Golden Gate Bridge, a wide diversity of aquatic plants and species coexist in an area under federal protection since 1981, when then President Jimmy Carter signed a bill...
World's Sharks Threatened By Kitchen Predator
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Conservationists have fought long and hard battles to save species such as elephants, the rhino, the giant panda, dolphins and whales. Now marine scientists and conservationists face one of their...
Trapped Whale Found Dead In Loch
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It had been hoped the whale would find its way back to sea
A badly injured whale which became trapped in a sea loch off Lewis has died, rescuers have confirmed.
The northern bottle-nosed whale...
Join Protest Of Annual Slaughter Of Dolphins In Japan
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On September 25, WDCS will join in a worldwide protest to denounce Japanus annual slaughter of dolphins during the 4th annual uA…aˆ?Japan Dolphin Day.uA‚A? The demonstrations will be held at...
Marine Life Paying Price For Shark Netting
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THIS spring and summer, more than 100 dolphins, sea turtles, whales, rays - and even dugongs and sea lions - will be trapped in nets designed to protect NSW swimmers from sharks.
However,...
Migrating Squid Drove Evolution Of Sonar In Whales And Dolphins, Researchers Argue
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Behind the sailor's lore of fearsome battles between sperm whale and giant squid lies a deep question of evolution: How did these leviathans develop the underwater sonar needed to chase and catch...
Increase In Fish Brings Huge Leap In Marine Mammals
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Dolphins, seals and porpoises could soon become a far more common sight along the Thames, scientists said today.
More than 100 of the sea mammals have been spotted in the river over the last...
Shark Nets Shown To Trap More Than Sharks
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Shark nets lining the coast of Australia are doing more harm than good by killing dozens of other marine species, a conservationist study has found.
The 150-metre long shark nets, reaching all...
Spain Warns Of Virus Threatening Dolphins
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Spain has asked authorities around the Mediterranean and adjoining seas for help in monitoring an infection which threatens a protected species of dolphin, warning it may become an epidemic....
Solomons To Resume Export Of Live Dolphins For Animal Shows
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Up to 100 will be allowed to be exported every year, according to the Solomons' fisheries minister, Nollen Leni. The dolphins are likely to be sold to marine parks, where they will perform in...
New Protected Areas To Be Set For Humpback Dolphins
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Nakhon Si Thammarat _ Thong Nien, Khanom and Sadej bays will be designated an environmental protection zone to safeguard the habitat of humpback dolphins, Natural Resources and Environment Minister...
Basking Sharks Spotted Off UK Coast
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Large groups of basking sharks have been spotted off the Cornish coast during an aerial survey.
The University of Exeter and Marine Conservation Society (MCS) recorded 18 basking sharks in two...
Raja Empat's Newest Dive Resort- An Introduction to Misool Eco Resort
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A Place Like No Other
Raja Ampat is considered by many to have the greatest marine biodiversity of any place on the planet. Recent findings are mind blowing, with approximately 1,000 species of...
UK Great White Shark Claim 'scaremongering'
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Coastguards and shark experts have dismissed claims of a great white shark sighting off the Cornish coast as 'scaremongering'. An unidentified creature was filmed breaching near a pod of dolphins...
Brazil Fishermen Caught Killing Dolphins
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A crew of Brazilian fishermen was captured on video killing 83 dolphins and joking about their illegal haul, Brazil's Ibama environmental protection agency said Tuesday.
The video obtained by an...
The Silent Wail Of Our Marine Life
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A source of protein-rich fat, sometimes to feed the hungry fisher folk, and at times to grease their boats, or simply to be sold as curios. That is the plight of marine life. Mechanised trawlers...
New Sonar Technology May Harm Whales
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Honolulu - The US government wants to extend by five years its rules allowing the Navy to use a new low-frequency sonar, despite objections from environmentalists that the technology may harm...
Turtles, Dolphins Continue To Wash Ashore In Phuket
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A green turtle weighing about 5.7 kilograms was found at Le Phang Beach at about 9 am Tuesday.
Kongkiat Kittiwattanawong, a biologist at the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC), told the...
Rubber Whale Helps Train Rescuers
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A lifesize two-tonne pilot whale, made of rubber, is helping to train groups of marine rescue volunteers in Gwynedd.
The course in Barmouth is being run with groups involved in rescuing seals and...
Chris Porter Speaks Out On Dolphin Issue
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The Director of the Solomon Islands Marine Mammal Education Center (SIMMEC) and Marine Exports Limited (MEL), Christopher Porter, released a press statement yesterday on the dolphin issue....
Dolphins Far From Home Could Signal Sea Warming
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Whales and dolphins from the Mediterranean are for the first time being regularly seen in northern Scottish waters.
Scientists say that the phenomenon may be the result of rising sea...
No They Are Not Dogs, They Are WILD Dolphins
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It is amazing how many of us out there, keep pushing nature... , we keep forgetting that marine life is wild and we are not supposed to treat them as pets. So that's why marine researchers are...
Five Dead Dolphins With Bullet Wounds Wash Ashore
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The first dead dolphin washed ashore with lacerations on its pectoral fin. The next showed up with a fatal bullet wound. Within a week, there were three more with bullets in their heads.
Federal...
Sanctuary Or Extinction For Maui's Dolphins
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A marine mammal sanctuary is our last chance to save Maui's dolphins from extinction, according to the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand. The society announced a proposal for...
Dolphin Ban In Doubt
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The capture of 20 wild dolphins in the Solomon Islands has sparked fears among environmental groups that the Government will overturn a ban on live dolphin exports.
The dolphins were captured by...
Big Shot - Compact Colossus
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Despite the sophistication of today's auto-everything cameras, it is still the photographer who takes the picture. Nothing could demonstrate this fact more strongly than 43-year-old Nacho Gil's...
Disturbed, Hungry And Lost - Climate Change Impacts On Whales
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Whales, dolphins and porpoises are facing increasing threats from climate change, according to a new report published by WWF and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) ahead of the 59th...
Rare Dolphin Sighting In English Channel
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A large group of 30 bottlenose dolphins was seen recently cruising the English Channel, United Kingdom conservation authorities said this week.
The bottlenose dolphins are one of the most...
Best Of British
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A DVD which showcases the best of British diving has been produced by the BSAC, together with underwater film-maker and BBC journalist John McIntyre. The Dive Master Insurance-sponsored DVD...
Penguins Die Agonising Deaths In Shark Net Trap
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Twenty-three of the birds suffered agonising deaths when they were caught in the massive net. They drowned in the trap, which was floating in Port Phillip Bay off Queenscliff.
Shocked wildlife...
Bite Back - Drift Nets
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New evidence has been produced showing that Italian fishermen are still using drift nets in the Mediterranean more than five years after they were outlawed in Europe. Drift nets were banned because...
U.S. can't alter 'dolphin-safe' tuna rules -court
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The U.S. government has arbitrarily and capriciously sought to ease rules for foreign fisherman on "dolphin-safe" tuna, a U.S. federal appeals court ruled on Friday in upholding current...
Algae Killing Sealife In California
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A bloom of ocean algae that produces a toxic acid has sickened and killed hundreds of birds, sea lions and dolphins in California, environmentalists said.
Birds and animals have been washing up...
Illegal Nets Still A Threat To Sea Life
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Illegal drift nets are catching whales and dolphins in the Mediterranean five years after they were banned, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has said. The use of drift...
Kiwis Of The Sea: New Zealand Dolphins Under Threat
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Population fragmentation. It doesn't exactly pack the same punch as "extinction". But for New Zealand's South Island Hector's dolphin and North Island Maui's dolphin - one of the rarest marine...
Navy Shows Off Its Terror-Fighting Dolphins
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In a world of high-tech sensors and underwater robotics, Koa the bottlenose dolphin and others like her may still be the U.S. Navy's best line of defense against terrorists in scuba gear....
Some Bottlenose Dolphins Don't Coerce Females To Mate
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Mating strategies are straightforward in bottlenose dolphins, or are they? Much of the work carried on male-female relationships in that species to date show that males tend to coerce females who...
Littering With New Plastic Might Not Harm Dolphins, Sea Turtles
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A new environmentally friendly plastic that degrades in seawater may make it possible to toss plastic waste overboard without killing turtles, dolphins and other marine life, according to research...
Survey Raises Hope For India's Irrawaddy Dolphins
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Hope is rising the endangered Irrawaddy dolphin can be saved in India after a survey showed more of the animals than before in a vast, brackish lagoon in the east of the country....
Dolphin Numbers Still Low Despite "Safe" Tuna Fishing, Experts Say
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Spotted and spinner dolphin populations in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean have yet to recover, despite nearly 20 years of friendlier tuna fishing practices, researchers say.
But no one is...
Sea Life Nuclear Warning
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PORT Adelaide's dolphins or Spencer Gulf's cuttlefish would be in danger of being sucked into a nuclear power station and killed en masse if a facility was built in SA.
That was one of the...
Newborns Among Dead Texas Dolphins
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Colder water from the winter months contributed to the deaths of more than 25 dolphins that washed ashore on the Texas coast over the last two weeks, a rescue group said.
Some of the...
Less Than 50 Rare Dolphins Left
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Only about 47 critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins may be left in Philippine waters, the World Wildlife Fund said on Thursday.
WWF-Philippines said the Irrawaddy dolphin was the most...
Whales And Dolphins In Japanese Pet Food
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They said analysis carried out earlier this year on samples of pet food purchased near Tokyo revealed levels of both Antarctic minke whale and dolphin meat. "The fact that Japan is using whale...
Dominican Republic To Import "show" Dolphins From Japan Slaughter Pens
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A local Dominican Republic society against animal cruelty (SODOPRECA) is gathering signatures in support of a petition to the president of Dominican Republic and the Environmental Minister. This...
US Navy May Deploy Anti-terrorism Dolphins
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Dozens of dolphins and sea lions trained to detect and apprehend waterborne attackers could be sent to patrol a military base in Washington state, US Navy said Monday. In a notice published in this...
Technology May Save River Dolphins
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Japanese technology to track and monitor the behaviour of India's endangered Ganges River Dolphins using underwater acoustics will play a vital role in efforts to conserve the freshwater mammals,...
Bite Back - Petition To Stop Dolphin Hunts
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Every year, more than 20,000 dolphins and small whales are killed in Japanese waters. One of the more unpleasant techniques used to do this is by drive hunts, where groups of dolphins are rounded...
US Navy Continues Sonar Testing
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When David and I were diving in southeast Florida almost exactly 2 years ago, we were thrilled to see a pod of dolphins, which we were told were a rare sight in the area in February. A few days...
Turtles And Birdlife At Risk From Long-line Fishing
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Wildlife campaigners are calling for measures to protect sea turtles, cahows and other creatures potentially at risk from long-line fishing vessels.
The Ministry of Environment is currently...
Dolphin Stranded In Key Largo Refuses To Go Back Out To Sea
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A pregnant bottlenose dolphin is at a rehabilitation center after refusing to be released into waters off the Florida Keys.
The ten-foot-long, 550-pound mammal swam back to shore three times...
VIDEO: The Taiji Twelve
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12 dolphins recently captured in Taiji, Japan as part of the annual dolphin hunt are awaiting export to the Dominican Republic. This video documents the brutal annual dolphin hunt, and gives the...
Time Running Out For NY Dolphins
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A last-ditch attempt to rescue a pod of common dolphins trapped in a shallow cove off Long Island near New York appears to be failing.
About 20 dolphins were stranded in the shallow waters north...
Wetpixel Bahamas Sharks/Dolphins Expeditions, July 2007
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Wetpixel is running two charters to the Bahamas this coming July, 2007! The first trip (July 10-21, 2007) is a trip in search of oceanic white-tip sharks; we were successful in 2006, and there's...
NY Dolphins No Longer Bottled Up
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Battling cold, wind and choppy water, a boat rescue team herded at least eight stranded dolphins out of a shallow East Hampton creek Tuesday and into Northwest Harbor.
"We're beyond...
Eye In The Sky (Shooting Dolphins)
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Dolphins arrive from every direction, moving so fast it feels as if someone is firing them at us. They wheel in formation, skittering past the snorkellers, diving to the bottom and returning with...
Dolphins In New York Waters
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Despite the burst of colder weather on Wednesday, in the Hamptons it was the day of the dolphin.
Unseasonable conditions, namely warm water and an abundance of bait fish in the bays, have lured...
The Revenge Of The Whales And Dolphins - It Had To Happen
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How would you like to be turned into china ornaments to place on old folks' mantelpieces, or cut into crystal shapes to dangle in hippie dippy windows and, like, emanate that crystal vibe? Would...
Dolphin Strandings Continue In Cape Cod
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Stranding network rescuers hurried to a Wellfleet beach today in hopes of saving eight Atlantic white-sided dolphins that have come ashore. The team of staff and volunteers brings with them medical...
Drunken Swimmer Saved From Pod Of Dolphins???
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Ukrainian emergency workers prevented a pod of dolphins from drowning an intoxicated man in the Black Sea, the Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday.
The incident took place off a beach...
2007 Declared Year Of The Dolphin
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The United Nations has officially declared 2007 the Year of the Dolphin to help raise awareness about the plight of the mammal around the world. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said...
Mass Dolphin Rescue At Pukehina
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A marauding great white shark is the prime suspect for a pod of dolphins beaching at Pukehina on Saturday morning - spurring a mass rescue by holidaymakers.
Nine dolphins, some of them showing...
Dolphin's Leap Puts Woman In Hospital
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A New Zealand woman was seriously injured after a dolphin jumped into her boat in what a marine specialist said on Wednesday may have been a world-first occurrence.
The 27-year-old was hit by...
UK Sealife Watchers' Code Launched
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Britian's first marine wildlife watching code, developed by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), was launched yesterday by Rhona Brankin, the deputy environment minister.
Scotland's rugged...
Humpback Whales Have 'human' Brain Cells -study
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Humpback whales have a type of brain cell seen only in humans, the great apes, and other cetaceans such as dolphins, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
This might mean such whales are more...
Pink Dolphin Population Tumbles Off Taiwan
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A dolphin that lives along the west coast of Taiwan is declining to dangerously low numbers because of over-fishing and pollution, local environmental researchers said on Monday as quoted by...
Mapping East Africa's Dolphins
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My first encounter with a dolphin was while l was waiting at the Shimoni pier to sail across to Wasini island.
It was a split second sighting as the dolphin dived out of the water and...
Fish Eavesdrop To Avoid Becoming Dinner
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Fish can eavesdrop on the calls of dolphins to avoid getting eaten, a new study suggests.
"Probably a lot of fish can do this," said lead researcher Luke Remage-Healey, a behavioral...
Dolphin Kill Dogged By Mercury, Activists
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Nearly every day since the first week in September, fishermen have been driving pods of dolphins into quiet coves near the village of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, to kill them for their meat,...
More Than 40 Dolphins Die In Mozambique Beaching
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Dozens of bottle-nosed dolphins have died after beaching themselves on a remote Mozambique coastline, mystifying environmentalists who say mass beachings are very rare in the area.
"It's...
NOAA: Record Number Of Florida Angler's Hooks Killing Dolphins
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An unprecedented number of bottlenose dolphins have died this year after gobbling baited hooks or lures, or becoming entangled with fishing line.
So far, encounters with recreational fishing...
Tomorrow Is Japan Dolphin Day - Let's Abolish The Annual Dolphin Slaughter!
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Every year from October through April fishermen in some remote Japanese villages eradicate about 20,000 dolphins and porpoises in the most brutal way imaginable. This is the largest massacre of...
Counting Dolphins In Ecuador
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Dozens of dolphins have been sighted in the rivers of Ecuador as part of a South American freshwater dolphin survey in the Amazon.
The survey, led by Colombian conservation NGO Fundaciun...
Rare Whales Appear Off Scotland, Heat Wave Blamed
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Unusually large numbers of dolphins and whales have been sighted off the eastern coast of Scotland this summer, including several species that are rare in these waters...
Go Offshore In East Africa
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Swimming with dolphins, staying in a tree house on the coast, spectacular snorkeling, and diving sites filled with colorful tropical fish - the East African islands of Lamu and Mafia offer visitors...
Eritrea's Dahlak Islands Teem With Life
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Shoals of jackfish and snapper emerge from the gloom of the scuttled, rusting warship as visitors snorkel past.
A short distance away, angelfish and sweetlips glide above the coral, a turtle...
Marine Technology Inspired By Dolphins' Speed
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According to Gray's paradox, dolphins swim faster than they should be able to. Since Gray, scientists have discovered flaws in the details of the paradox, although some explanations of these...
Zanzibar's Baffling Marine Tragedy
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The recently ill-fated dolphins in Zanzibar now buried in a couple of mass graves by the sea, died violently like a horde of cornered beasts fighting their way out.
The poor creatures made much...
Captive Dolphins Still Wrong
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I recently read the article by Cliodhna McGowan titled "Captive dolphins found frolicking", and as Captivity Officer for the Marine Connection, a marine animal welfare charity based in the UK,...
X-Ray #10 Now Available For Download
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NORWAY Special: From NordKapp to Skagerak. "Delta Club": Ukrainian childrens amazing underwater photography. Ordinskaya: Russias longest underwater cave. DIVE FASHION 2006. New Britain in...
A Buildup Of Discarded Fishing Line In Waterways Entangles And Endangers Marine Animals
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Wayne Newberry tosses a mullet up in the air to lure the injured pelican to the stern of his boat.
In a flash, he snatches its beak and yanks the flapping bird on board. His wife, Mary, covers...
Film Festival Designed To Spark Interest In Oceans
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Butch Allen's official title with the Alaska Center for the Environment is Oceans Organizer.
"That always makes me laugh," Allen said. "I have this visual of me at the bottom of the sea, saying,...
Diving With The Dolphins
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In more than two decades of scuba diving, I've penetrated shipwrecks and hung in a cage while blue and mako sharks circled and grabbed chunks of bait. But none of that seemed as surreal as when I...
Pollution Kills Off River Dolphin
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Amid the impenetrable maze of tidal creeks and channels between India and Bangladesh, children shriek with delight as grey snouts emerge from the silty waters. "Susu," they cry, mimicking the noise...
Nine Whales, 24 Dolphins Die On Cape Cod
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More than two dozen whales and dolphins became stranded on the shores of Cape Cod Bay last week, and experts say the snowstorm may have contributed to their deaths.
Oceans Getting Too Noisy For Dolphins And Whales
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Increasing levels of ocean noise generated by military sonar, shipping, and oil and gas exploration are threatening dolphins and whales that rely on sound for mating, finding food and avoiding...
NOAA Spearheads Rescue Of Trained
Dolphins Washed Into Sound By Hurricane Katrina
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The NOAA Fisheries Service and the Marine Life Aquarium of Gulfport, Miss., are planning to rescue eight aquarium dolphins from the Mississippi Sound in the next few days. The eight bottlenose...
Thriving Coral Reef Thrills Marine Research Group
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Marine scientists sailing the central Pacific to study its remote coral reefs have reached an underwater Eden even more pristine than they had hoped for, according to e-mail dispatches they sent...
Illegal Italian Driftnet Fishing Boat Tries To Ram Oceana's U.s.-flagged Vessel Ranger
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Oceana's research catamaran, Ranger,
filming and photographing illegal driftnet fishing off southern Italy, was chased in the high seas and narrowly escaped a ramming attempt by angry
Sicilian...
Mozambique's Bazaruto Archipelago Lives Up To Those Travel Brochure Cliches
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The archipelago's animal species read like a zoologist's directory: whales, marine turtles, rays and dolphins. (Although dugongs feature prominently in promotional literature, spotting them is...
Study: Dolphins Use Sponge As Tool
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The use of sponges as tools among some dolphins could be the first documented case of a material culture in a marine mammal species.
Leading Scientists Rank Endangered Dolphins, Porpoises Most In Need Of Immediate Action
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Leading marine scientists for the first time have assessed dolphin and porpoise populations around the world which are severely threatened by entanglement in fishing gear and recommended nine...
Satellite Reveals Secrets Of Bermuda's Deep-diving Dolphins In Groundbreaking Study
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Three wild dolphins living in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Bermuda are surprising scientists in San Diego and a worldwide audience following the dolphins' daily swims and dives via the...
New Solutions That Reduce The Accidental Death Of Marine Life Reeled In By International Smart Gear Competition
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Accidental Deaths of Hundreds of Thousands of Sea Turtles, Whales, Dolphins and Juvenile Fish Could Be Prevented...
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