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Number of dead dolphins washed up in Va. reaches 300
2013-09-17 21:10:10| Apparel - Topix.net
From right, Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Team members Krystle Rodrique of Virginia Beach, Va.
Dolphins Have "Names," Respond When Called
2013-07-22 22:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: We already knew that bottlenose dolphins can follow "recipes" in preparing mollusks, help other species in distress, and possibly do math. So it may come as no surprise that the marine mammals also call each other by whistles that act as names. Past studies have shown that individual dolphins have a unique whistle, called a "signature whistle," that they often use in big group settings, like when several pods of dolphins meet at sea. The idea that dolphins have a name in the form of a whistle...
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Die-off in Indian River Lagoon killing dolphins, manatees
2013-06-16 18:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tampa Bay Times: The Indian River Lagoon on Florida's east coast has long been known as the most diverse ecosystem in North America. Its 156 miles of water boasts more than 600 species of fish and more than 300 kinds of birds. The lagoon is not just an ecological treasure. To the towns along its edge -- Titusville, Cocoa, Melbourne, Vero Beach and Stuart, among others -- it accounts for hundreds of millions in revenue from angling, boating, bird-watching, tourism and other waterfront activities. But these days...
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U.S. Navy dolphins find antique torpedo
2013-05-21 00:13:19| CNET News.com
Dolphins trained by the U.S. military to find objects underwater have uncovered a late 19th century torpedo off the California coast. [Read more]
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Dead dolphins and shrimp with no eyes found after BP clean-up
2013-04-14 01:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Hundreds of beached dolphin carcasses, shrimp with no eyes, contaminated fish, ancient corals caked in oil and some seriously unwell people are among the legacies that scientists are still uncovering in the wake of BP's Deepwater Horizon spill. This week it will be three years since the first of 4.9 billion barrels of crude oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico, in what is now considered the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. As the scale of the ecological disaster...