Tag: dolphin

• Friday, January 5th 2018 - 10:15 UTC

  Mysterious death of at least 88 grey dolphins on the coast of Rio do Janeiro state

  

  Environmentalists in Brazil say they are trying to figure out why more than 80 gray dolphins have died in less than a month on the coast of Rio de Janeiro state. A statement from the Gray Dolphin Institute says the dolphins died over past 17 days in the Bay of Sepetiba, a coastal district about 70 kilometers west of Rio de Janeiro. The institute is an NGO that monitors and strives to protect the dolphins.

• Thursday, May 24th 2012 - 16:31 UTC

  Despite Peruvian government report controversy over mysterious death of dolphins continues

  

  The mystery surrounding the deaths of at least 877 dolphins in Peru deepened as the government said human activity was not to blame but failed to pinpoint a natural cause for the massive die-off.

• Wednesday, May 23rd 2012 - 01:41 UTC

  Peru says dolphins died of natural causes; environmental groups unconvinced

  

  Nearly 900 dolphins that washed up along Peru's northern coast since the start of the year died of natural causes, a top official said Tuesday, citing a government report.

• Thursday, May 10th 2012 - 04:43 UTC

  Warmer waters and lack of food most probable cause of pelicans’ death in Peru

  

  The increase in water temperature to the north of Peru kept away the schools of fish on which marine birds feed causing the massive death of pelicans recorded in that area, which could extend to other parts of Peru, if conditions persist.

• Thursday, April 5th 2012 - 15:52 UTC

  Hundreds of dead dolphins in Peruvian beaches; offshore acoustic testing leading suspect

  

  Conservationists counted 615 dead dolphins along a 150 kilometer stretch of beaches in Peru, a wildlife group said Wednesday, and the leading suspect is acoustic testing offshore by oil companies.

• Thursday, January 26th 2012 - 05:17 UTC

  Dozens of dolphins beached in a shallow inlet in the US Cape Cod

  

  At least 85 dolphins have beached in a shallow inlet of a US nature reserve at Cape Cod, officials reported adding that the cause of the mass stranding remained a mystery.

• Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 15:41 UTC

  Brazilian biologists manage to picture rare example of albino dolphin

  

  Brazilian biologists have found an extremely rare example of an albino dolphin among an endangered species that lives off the southern coast of South America.