Oceanography
136 dolphin trapped, dead carpet on the West African coast of unknown cause
More than 160 dolphins are trapped in a series of unexplained mysterious incidents, of which about 130 have died on the West African coast.
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Oceanography
Dolphins die massively along the US coast
Since early this year, nearly 230 dead dolphins have been discovered along the coast of US states such as New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia.
Oceanography
Young dolphins save the herd of more than 100 pigs from the strands
Australian animal protection on Feb. 3 used a young dolphin to lure more than 100 other dolphins to safety, as they prepared to risk collective landslides.
Oceanography
Hundreds of mysterious dead dolphins in Peru
From January to now, nearly 900 dolphin carcasses, of which 95% are bottlenose dolphins, continuously drifted to a coast about 170km in northern Peru. Officials suspect…
Oceanography
A series of mysterious dead dolphins in Mexico
Dead dolphins are growing in the Gulf of Mexico, but the cause of this unusual phenomenon is still mysterious to scientists.
Oceanography
A series of dolphins die abnormally in America
Since the beginning of the year, 129 dolphins have run aground on the area of Cod, Massachusetts (USA). Many of them died.
Biology
Measles virus may be the cause of dolphin deaths in the United States
A human virus like measles virus can cause hundreds of big-nose dolphins to die and drift ashore throughout the US East Coast.
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400 dead dolphins drift into the African sea
Hundreds of dead dolphins were knocked up on the touristy beach north of Zanzibar. Scientists surmised they were disoriented, or disturbed by the US Navy's underwater na…