Dolphin bound for Singapore oceanarium dies
One of 25 dolphins being transferred to a Singapore oceanarium despite protests from activists died during its flight to the city-state on Thursday, the resort said.
One of 25 dolphins being transferred to a Singapore oceanarium despite protests from activists died during its flight to the city-state on Thursday, the resort said.
Plants & Animals
Nov 22, 2012
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A first batch of dolphins has arrived at a new oceanarium in Singapore after activists failed to have the animals' transfer from the Philippines blocked, officials said Tuesday.
Ecology
Nov 20, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Murdoch University researchers have caught bottlenose dolphins on camera repeatedly raiding trawler fishing nets for food in northern Western Australia.
Plants & Animals
Nov 2, 2012
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A Singapore casino resort's acquisition of dolphins from the Solomon Islands for its marine park contributed to the depletion of the species there, an animal welfare group said Friday.
Plants & Animals
Oct 19, 2012
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(AP)—Stinky the dolphin is lonely, and he's getting way too frisky with humans.
Plants & Animals
Oct 11, 2012
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Bottlenose dolphins that have learnt to use sea sponges as hunting tools form cliques with others that do the same -- the first evidence of animal grouping based on mutual interest, a study said Tuesday.
Plants & Animals
Jul 31, 2012
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South Korea will ban the catching of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins for use in shows by designating them as protected mammals, the maritime affairs ministry said Tuesday.
Ecology
Jun 26, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- Dolphins may learn harmful or undesirable behaviors, such as begging for food from humans, from each other, Murdoch University researchers have discovered.
Plants & Animals
May 28, 2012
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Military patrol dogs with your keen sense of smell, step aside. The U.S. Navy has enlisted the biological sonar and other abilities of bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions to protect harbors from enemy swimmers, detect ...
Plants & Animals
May 9, 2012
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The world's most northerly resident population of bottlenose dolphins is stable and may even be increasing, according to new research.
Plants & Animals
May 2, 2012
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