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Nearly 60 pilot whales have died after becoming stranded on a beach in northern New Zealand, conservation authorities reported Friday.There were 73 total whales discovered on the beach mid-morning and the Department of Conservation's Carolyn Smith said the whales most likely beached overnight, which is why so many died before rescue operations were launched.Of the 73 pilot whales, 15 have survived, but are reported to be in "poor condition." Volunteers are making another attempt to rescue the...
HOUSTON, July 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Blue Dolphin Energy Company (Nasdaq: BDCO, BDCOD ) ("Blue Dolphin" or the "Company"), an independent oil and gas company with operations in the Gulf of Mexico, today announced that it has closed part of its previously announced transaction with Blue Sky Langsa, Ltd. ("Blue Sky") to acquire a working interest in a Technical Assistance Contract for the Langsa area, Offshore Indonesia (the "TAC Langsa") in a non-cash transaction. Blue Dolphin also...
Finless porpoises may be more endangered than previously thought. A new study of finless porpoises, a rare type of toothed whale, found that there are two species, not one, and they rarely intermingle. Scientists say that finless porpoises living in the fresh waters of China's Yangtze river are genetically unique, numbering fewer than 1000. They warn that greater efforts must be made to prevent these animals. The whales inhabit a wide range of tropical and temperate waters around the...
Scientists are now saying that marine mammals are not only smarter than previously thought, but many also share several attributes once claimed to be exclusively human. Cetaceans, an order of more than 80 whales, dolphins and porpoises, have the ability to express self-awareness, suffering and have social cultures with high mental abilities, say marine biologists. If the notion is true that whales are intelligent and sentient beings, it would threaten to destroy the assumption that they are...
MIAMI, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. division of Sun Life Financial Inc. (NYSE: SLF, TSX: SLF) and the Miami Dolphins Foundation announced they are accepting applications from South Florida nonprofit organizations that work with at-risk youth to win one of four $50,000 grants that will be distributed in the area, through the Sun Life Rising Star Awards. As part of the application process, each nonprofit will have the opportunity to nominate a student who participates in the organization...
DENVER, June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- For times of wildlife health emergencies, Morris Animal Foundation (MAF) established the Betty White Wildlife Rapid Response Fund to give wildlife researchers timely monetary aid to respond to unexpected events, such as natural disasters and emerging diseases, that result in the immediate need for animal health research. The first grant provides researchers with immediate funds to begin important research on the long-term effects of the 2010 oil spill in the...
The iPad might offer a new solution for scientists wishing to communicate with dolphins. Dolphin researcher Jack Kassewitz is using an iPad to interact with a 2-year-old dolphin named Merlin. Kassewitz says this could potentially not only allow humans and dolphins to interact, but also be easily used as a universal translator for humans. "For several years, we've recognized that part of the problem in creating an artificial language between humans and dolphins has been the speed of...
HOUSTON, May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Blue Dolphin Energy Company (Nasdaq: BDCO) ("Blue Dolphin" or the "Company"), an independent oil and gas company with operations in the Gulf of Mexico, announced today that a NASDAQ Hearings Panel (the "Panel") approved Blue Dolphin's compliance plan for meeting the minimum bid requirement and, as permitted under NASDAQ's Listing Rules, granted the Company an extension for continued listing. The Panel has given Blue Dolphin until August 1, 2010 to...
A group of conservationists and other experts said Sunday that whales and dolphins should get "human rights" to life and liberty because of growing evidence that they are highly intelligent beings. Participants at a conference at the University of Helsinki said more and more studies are showing the giant marine mammals have human-like self-awareness, an ability to communicate and organize complex societies, which makes them similar to great apes. "We affirm that all cetaceans as persons have...
Conservationists use molecular data and images from space to study imperiled coastal mammalsUsing DNA samples and images from Earth-orbiting satellites, conservationists from Columbia University, the Wildlife Conservation Society, the American Museum of Natural History, and Fundación AquaMarina, are gathering new insights about the franciscana"”a poorly known coastal dolphin species of eastern South America"”in an effort to understand populations and conserve them.The study, one of the...
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Image Caption: Fossil of Feresa Attenuata, Shimonoseki Marine Science Museum KAIKYOUKAN, Japan. Credit: OpenCage/Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 2.5) The pygmy killer whale is widely distributed in tropical and sub-tropical waters worldwide. Regular sightings of this species occur off the coast of Hawaii and Japan, and also in the Indian Ocean near Sri Lanka and Lesser Antilles. In the Atlantic the pygmy killer whale has been seen off the coast of South Carolina and Senegal. This species swims in...
Image Caption: Peale's Dolphin, Near Ventisquero Pio XI, Feb 2006 en:Lagenorhynchus australis (taken at Ventisquero Pio XI, Chilean Patagonia). Credit: FDrummondH/Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) The black-chinned dolphin (Lagenorhynchus australis), also known as Peale's Dolphin or Peale's Black-chinned Dolphin, can be found near Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of South America. Within these waters, it prefers to reside in faster currents near channels or narrows, but can also be found in...
The Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) can be found in the Gulf Stream of the North Atlantic Ocean, including the area between Florida and Bermuda and the Gulf of Mexico. Its eastern range may extend as far as the Azores and Canary Islands, although sightings in these areas have been uncommon. Its northern range begins at Cape Cod and extends to the southwestern portion of Spain. It is thought that the southern portion of its range extends from West Africa to Rio Grande do Sul in...
The Clymene dolphin (Stenella clymene) is a dolphin that is native to the Atlantic Ocean. It was once known as the short-snouted spinner dolphin. Although its range is not fully understood, specifically the southern portions, it does prefer tropical and temperate waters. Its range begins in New Jersey, stretching east-south-east to southern Morocco, and it is thought that the southern area of its range beings near Angola and stretches to Rio de Janeiro. It prefers habitats within deep water,...
The Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica) and Indus River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor) are two sub-species of freshwater or river dolphins found in India and Pakistan. From the 1970s they had commonly been regarded as separate species. The Ganges River Dolphin is primarily found in River Ganges and its tributaries in India while the Indus River Dolphin is found in the Indus river in Pakistan Taxonomy Until the 1970s the Indus and Ganges River Dolphins were...
