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HOUSTON, Jan. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Dolphin Energy Company (Nasdaq:BDCO) ("Blue Dolphin"), an independent oil and gas company, today announced that it filed definitive proxy materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). Stockholders of record at the close of business on December 12, 2011, are entitled to vote at the Annual meeting. Materials were first mailed to stockholders on...
A California marine biologist and whale-watching tour operator has been charged with violating a federal law that prohibits disturbing killer whales in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The Associated Press reports that on Wednesday, charges were brought against Nancy Black saying that she had violated the Marine Mammal Protection Act, which, among other things, makes it illegal to feed marine mammals such as dolphins, sea lions and whales. Ms. Black, who owns and operates...
Leading provider of Swim with Dolphin Programs brings “Dolphin Fun Facts†App to iPhone and iPad users Blue Lagoon Island, Bahamas (PRWEB) December 12, 2011 Dolphin Encounters on Blue Lagoon Island has launched its first app entitled “Dolphin Fun Facts!†available for free from iTunes. Designed for download for both iPad and iPhone, the educational application was created for users to make a connection with dolphins and to inspire conservation actions. “The...
LAS VEGAS, Dec. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Spa at The Mirage Hotel & Casino is taking downward-facing dog to the dolphins with a new, one-of-a-kind class, Yoga Among the Dolphins, offered in a serene, underwater viewing area within Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111208/LA19948) "Guests from all over the world cherish the dolphins at The Mirage," said The Mirage Spa Director Stephanie Doud. "When I looked at adding...
A recent study, published in the Journal of Experimental Biology, finds that pregnant bottlenose dolphins - especially in the later stages - find their swimming speed almost halved and tail movement restricted, Victoria Gill Science reports for BBC Nature. Originally interested in how baby dolphins learned to swim, lead researcher Shawn Noren, from the Institute of Marine Science at the University of California Santa Cruz, was diving with the animals in Hawaii, and filming their behavior,...
MIAMI, Nov. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- This Cyber Monday, November 28, 2011, Miami Seaquarium will offer online bargain hunters heavy discounts on gift certificates for animal encounter programs for the entire family. The Cyber Monday offer gives a 30 percent discount on Dolphin Odyssey and Dolphin Encounter plus the new Sea Trek Reef Encounter program. Visit www.miamiseaquarium.com on November 28, 2011 to redeem the offer. The offer will be available until Midnight on Cyber...
HOUSTON, Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Dolphin Energy Company (Nasdaq: BDCO) ("Blue Dolphin"), an independent oil and gas company with operations in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and the North Sumatra Basin in offshore Indonesia, today announced financial results for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011. For the three months ended September 30, 2011 (the "current quarter"), Blue Dolphin reported a net income of $2,523,534, which included a gain on the sale of property...
Caroline DeLong, an assistant professor of psychology at Rochester Institute of Technology, is researching object discrimination in goldfish and echolocation in dolphins to bring scientists closer to unlocking the mysteries of animal perception and cognition. (PRWEB) October 25, 2011 The fictitious storybook character Dr. Doolittle was known for talking with animals. Caroline DeLong, an assistant professor of psychology at Rochester Institute of Technology, is a real-life Doolittle whose...
Scientists know that the blood and tissues of some deceased beaked whales stranded near naval sonar exercises are riddled with bubbles. It is also well know that human divers can suffer from bubbles-induced decompression sickness, also known as the bends. What researchers know comparatively little about is how living marine mammals handle the compression of lung gas as they dive deep and then resurface. Now, in a study published online in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a team that...
“Wild Dolphins†is the iPad app that features Winter, star of the current movie, “Dolphin Tale†and reveals the greater truth behind her rescue, recovery and prosthetic tail fluke. The iPad app, produced by Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute is filled with many poignant stories of wild dolphins that are rescued every year. New York, NY (PRWEB) September 27, 2011 “Dolphin Taleâ€, the movie, in theaters now, is...
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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...
