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Their research into bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay, Western Australia, has identified 12 different foraging specialisations. One of these is sponging , in which a dolphin breaks off a piece of marine sponge to protect its belly as it looks for food on the ocean floor. (Times Online)
Black Sea To Take Years To Recover From Oil Spill Nov 30, 2007
The Black Sea is home to common and bottlenose dolphins. Although it is practically impossible to completely eliminate the damage caused by the large oil spill, said Igor Chestin, CEO of WWF-Russia, we believe that to avoid such disasters in the future drastic changes need to be made in the oil transportation system; oil pollution laws need to be enacted. (Science Daily)
Tourists encounter frightened dolphins: Scientist Nov 29, 2007
Based on Putu Liza's observations, the dolphins around Lovina belong to the spinner dolphin family (Stenella longirostris) or are bottlenose dolphins (Trusiops). Nearly every day these dolphins can been spotted from Lovina beach. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Red tide irritates residents Nov 22, 2007
"Only low levels of red tide have turned up at several sampling sites in Brevard this week, while tests in Volusia County found levels high enough to close shellfish beds and kill fish.In Brevard, state agriculture officials focus their testing within Indian River Lagoon, primarily to guard against shellfish contamination. Because red tides are less common along the Space Coast and because of a lack of manpower, state officials do not test as routinely for the organism on Brevard's beaches.The... (Florida Today)
My 3 moms: 3 dolphins nursing calf Nov 21, 2007
While it is known that female bottlenose dolphins can spontaneously produce milk if a calf is present, the practice is not well documented and aquarium staff are carefully watching the process. The unnamed calf was born to a dolphin named Jade, who is being helped in her nursing duties by the mother-daughter team of Chesapeake and Shiloh, the aquarium said in a statement issued to announce the birth. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Live with Dan Abrams Nov 10, 2007
8: Winners & Losers: A California surfer saved from sharks by bottlenose dolphins is the big winner of the day. Dan Abrams listens to Todd Endris description of the harrowing event. (MSNBC -- International)
Keynotes for Nov. 1 Nov 1, 2007
In October, Jane, a retired Marlborough school teacher, joined an Earthwatch expedition studying bottlenose dolphins and sea otters in Monterey, Calif. Members of the expedition project, Marine Mammals of Monterey, identified and tracked dolphins and sea otters. (Hudson Sun, MA)
JOHN M. CRISP: Captive marine mammals lead short, miserable lives Oct 30, 2007
Here's some admittedly anecdotal evidence: NOAA maintains a marine-mammal inventory that includes all of the killer whales and bottlenose dolphins held in captivity around the world ... And the story is about the same for bottlenose dolphins, as well. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Infotainment Oct 29, 2007
The five-star Palm Atlantis Hotel bought the wild bottlenose dolphins. HalloweenKAWASAKI: This combination picture shows participants of a Halloween parade dressed in different costumes. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Solomon Islands dolphins exported to Dubai as protests mount Oct 19, 2007
A shipment of 28 live bottlenose dolphins flew from Solomon Islands to an aquatic park in the United Arab Emirates, despite protests from environmental groups and two South Pacific governments ... Solomon Islands banned the live dolphin export trade in 2003 following an outcry over a consignment of 28 bottlenose dolphins to an aquatic park in Mexico. (International Herald Tribune)
Export dolphins? Carcasses fuel controversy Oct 18, 2007
The carcasses of two bottlenose dolphins lie near a holding pen in the Solomon Islands on Tuesday ... HONIARA, Solomon Islands - The carcasses of three bottlenose dolphins including a calf were found dumped near a holding pen in the Solomon Islands where controversial exports of the mammals were planned ... Solomon Island Marine Mammal Education Center and Exporters Ltd. is preparing to airlift 28 live bottlenose dolphins to an aquatic park in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Protest as Dubai imports 28 live dolphins Oct 17, 2007
The Solomon Islands banned the export of live dolphins after the outcry over a consignment of 28 bottlenose dolphins sent to an aquatic park in Mexico in 2003 ... In August, the fisheries minister, Nollen Leni, said it would encourage the capture and sale of up to 100 bottlenose dolphins a year for "the lucrative trade". (Guardian Unlimited)
Solomons dolphin export set to go ahead Oct 16, 2007
That ban was imposed after 28 bottlenose dolphins were flown from the Solomons to Mexico in 2004, sparking international outrage, including protests from the Australian and New Zealand governments. Makili, who works with the San Francisco-based Earth Islands Institute, said alerts would be sent to tuna buyers across the world to boycott Solomons tuna if the dolphin shipment went ahead. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Virginia Beach Oct 10, 2007
Riders also might catch a glimpse of one of the area's 650 bottlenose dolphins. From a bit higher in the sky you can't help but hear the occasional, sudden roar of fighter jets on practice runs from Oceana Naval Air Station, home to nearly 10,000 Navy personnel. (Newsday -- Health)
Beasts of Sin City Sep 28, 2007
Meanwhile, back on the Strip, the at the Mirage is less expansive than Shark Reef but does have a short educational tour to explain the stories behind the six Atlantic bottlenose dolphins. This summer, theres a new addition, a calf born in June that Vegas schoolchildren named Sgt. Pepper, a moniker likely chosen because the same hotel also hosts the Beatles-scored Cirque du Soleil show, Love. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Basking sharks Sep 19, 2007
Other spotting flights have recorded sunfish, bottlenose dolphins, harbour porpoises and grey seals. Peter Richardson, species policy officer for the Marine Conservation Society, says the surveys suggest there could be several hundred basking sharks off Cornwall, and that the results would help scientists draw up a protection plan. (Guardian Unlimited)
Kayaking Doubtful Sound Sep 16, 2007
The guide tells us bottlenose dolphins are often seen and come really close leaping and playing around the kayaks before tiring of the game and swimming off. However to see the Fiordland Crested penguins September is the best time to visit. (Suite101.com)
True-colors travel Sep 16, 2007
But the bottlenose dolphins of Rangiroa revel in it. Twice a day, the pass becomes their playground, a place to soar and dive and frolic. (Los Angeles Times)
UH tests sonar on sea mammals Sep 4, 2007
Abercrombie spent most of Friday morning at the institute's research facilities at Coconut Island, where three bottlenose dolphins and one false killer whale are involved in Paul Nachtigall's research on noise in the ocean. GREGG K. KAKESAKO / B.J. and her 7-month-old calf, Hoolono, welcomed Paul Nachtigall, left, and U.S. Rep. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Platypuses are dreamy but whales never nap Sep 4, 2007 Read more... Aug 29, 2007 Hedgehogs join 'protection' list Aug 29, 2007 Solomons resume export of dolphins for animal shows Aug 28, 2007 Solomon Islands to promote wild dolphin exports as a lucrative business Aug 27, 2007 Sharks part of coastal landscape Aug 2, 2007 Resort life beckons captured dolphins Jul 12, 2007 Migratory salmon arriving 'late' Jul 7, 2007 Cycling in Naples Jul 3, 2007 Export of dolphins condemned Jun 23, 2007 Everglades park weighs limiting powerboats to cut down seagrass damage Jun 21, 2007 Solomons govt touts live dolphin exports Jun 13, 2007 Volusia hits beach top 10 for first time Jun 9, 2007 In picturesSome of the UK's much-loved, but endangered species Jun 8, 2007 Study: Irish, Welsh dolphins' dialect different May 26, 2007 * World News Quick Take May 26, 2007 Red-tide illnesses studied May 20, 2007 On safari in ... Scotland May 20, 2007 Bay dolphins have Welsh dialect May 19, 2007 South West faces losing dolphins May 16, 2007 Senior Volunteer Vacation in China May 13, 2007 Scientists: Lagoon dolphins are getting sicker May 13, 2007 Beyond the harpoonWhy protecting whales is about more than preventing hunting May 11, 2007 'Chat line' to aid calf of deaf dolphin Apr 30, 2007 Navy shows off terror-fighting dolphins Apr 14, 2007 Paid in fish Apr 14, 2007 U.S. Navy shows its marine mammal terror defense Apr 13, 2007 Some Bottlenose Dolphins Don't Coerce Females To Mate Apr 10, 2007 Paradise A Boat Ride Away Mar 31, 2007 Critics Target Navy Dolphin Defense Plan Mar 28, 2007 Texas dolphin die-off puzzles scientists... Mar 20, 2007 Dolphins found dead on Texas beaches Mar 20, 2007 Cold Water Kills Dolphins In Texas Mar 14, 2007 Swim, slide with the dolphins at Sea World Mar 6, 2007 Video: SeaWorld Orlando's Aquatica Begins To Rise Mar 6, 2007 Oldest bottlenose dolphin born in captivity turns 54 Feb 28, 2007 Keys mural of coral reef completed Feb 23, 2007 Smarter than we thought Feb 22, 2007 "Whaling Wall" On Florida Freeway Feb 18, 2007 Burial mound put on auction block Feb 18, 2007 Dolphins to defend military base Feb 14, 2007 'Flipper' To Fight Terrorists? Feb 13, 2007 Dolphin 'Castaway' keeps coming back Jan 31, 2007 Go kayaking among the mangroves Jan 19, 2007
But the orca whales and bottlenose dolphins proved there were exceptions to this rule. "It was a suprising finding. Whales have the largest bodies and brains on earth, yet during the period of most rapid development they have little or no sleep.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Solomon Islands Lifts Four-Year Dolphin Export Ban on Demand From Resorts Aug 30, 2007
The last shipment of 28 bottlenose dolphins was sent to a marine park in Mexico four years ago ... Bottlenose dolphins are listed under Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or CITES, which the Solomons signed up to in June, Australia's Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull said in an e-mailed statement ... Exporters must make a scientifically robust finding that the removal of bottlenose dolphins from the wild will not have a detrimental impact on the... (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
On the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, one of the most catastrophic storms in the history of the United States, Atlantis, Paradise Island resort in the Bahamas is proud to launch the real life, non-fiction adventure book, "The Katrina Dolphins: One-Way Ticket to Paradise." This 170-page, full-color coffee table book by Georgeanne Irvine chronicles the extraordinary saga of eight Atlantic bottlenose dolphins - Jackie, Jill, Michelle, Kelly, Tamra, Toni, Noah, and Elijah - that were... (PNN Online)
Other animals added to the list for the first time include the grass snake and the garden tiger moth; while otters, bottlenose dolphins and red squirrels are deemed to remain in need of habitat protection. BAP PRIORITY SPECIES Birds - 59 species Fish (freshwater) - 14 species Reptiles/amphibians (herptiles) - 10 species Lower plants and fungi - 337 species Marine fauna and flora - 88 species Invertebrates - 411 species Terrestrial mammals - 18 species Vascular plants - 212 species (Source: UK... (Yahoo News -- Animals & Insects)
The Solomon Islands is to resume the export of live bottlenose dolphins, with local fishermen being encouraged to sell the mammals as a way to earn money ... Cites does not list bottlenose dolphins as an endangered species. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
HONIARA, Solomon Islands: Up to 100 live bottlenose dolphins can be exported from the Solomons Islands every year, and the government is encouraging residents to enter into the lucrative trade, the fisheries minister said Monday ... Leni said that under CITES, bottlenose dolphins can be exported so long as they are looked after properly during the shipping process, that harvesting of the marine mammal is "reasonable," and that the shipment doesn't contravene local laws ... In 2003, several... (International Herald Tribune)
Whites eat sea turtles and other sharks and in the Mediterranean their main prey consists of tuna and bottlenose dolphins. In Coastside waters they are after pinipeds like elephants seals. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
BOTTLENOSE dolphins captured in the Solomon Islands may be headed for a new life - at a billion-dollar Dubai resort ... Christopher Porter, director of the Solomon Islands Marine Mammal Education Centre, told the Herald yesterday that fewer than 20 Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins had been captured locally recently. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
The Moray and Cromarty firths are home to bottlenose dolphins. Mr Phillips said: "There has been a dearth of salmon. I was talking to some fishermen and said the fish are late. "I've been up to Chanonry Point where there were nine or 10 dolphins throwing around some reasonably large fish - which is the first proper hunting. (BBC News -- UK)
A huge thrill is the arrival of the area s bottlenose dolphins. Graceful dives and playful punts in the Gulf water s surf provide many photographic opportunities. (Suite101.com)
The Government has fiercely defended Solomon Islanders' cultural rights after the capture of 20 more Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins for a Canadian businessman who has held mammals for years at an "education centre" there. Conservationists warn that the Solomons' lucrative "dolphin friendly" tuna status could be in jeopardy, and scientists say a lack of evidence about stocks means no international trade would be safe. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK -- A pair of bottlenose dolphins arch over the surface of Florida Bay, chasing some mullet. A few yards away, a three-foot hammerhead shark prowls the water above a bed of seagrass. (Sun-Sentinel.com)
The dolphins were captured for a Solomons venture run by Canadian Chris Porter, who in 2004 exported 28 bottlenose dolphins to an aquatic park in Mexico. That shipment stirred international outrage including protests from the Australian and New Zealand governments. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Michael Brothers, director of the Marine Science Center, which sits on park property, said visitors can see gopher tortoises and waters teeming with bottlenose dolphins and manatees. The bird-watching is abundant -- from masked boobies and Arctic terns to migratory warblers and thrushes to egrets, herons, and gulls. (Orlando Sentinel -- News)
There are probably just 300 to 500 bottlenose dolphins in UK inshore waters. They are found mostly in Cardigan Bay and the Moray Firth. (BBC News -- UK)
Hickey analyzed 1,882 whistles from the dolphins in the Shannon estuary and bottlenose dolphins in Cardigan Bay in Wales. The study found 32 different sound categories, of which eight were only produced by the Shannon animals. (Xinhuanet, China)
Berrow supervised a master's thesis by student Ronan Hickey at the University of Wales, Bangor, who analysed 1,882 whistles from the dolphins in the Shannon estuary and bottlenose dolphins in Cardigan Bay in Wales. UNITED KINGDOM Divorcee gets. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
On environment: Red tide has been cited as a major killer of manatees, bottlenose dolphins, sea turtles, coral and fish populations. SOURCE: The Sierra Club. (Orlando Sentinel -- News)
Up to 140 bottlenose dolphins live in Cardigan Bay, off the West coast of Wales, where you can also see tiny harbour porpoises, grey seals and seabirds. The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (01249 449533; ) organises four-day dolphin-watching trips, based in New Quay, for 399. (Guardian Unlimited)
Bottlenose dolphins in Cardigan Bay were studied. Bottlenose dolphins are talking to each other using a dialect that could be unique to Wales, claim scientists. (BBC News)
There is also a very real danger we could be seeing the last of the bottlenose dolphins off the South West ... Dr Lissa Goodwin, from the dolphin protection charity Marine Connection, said sightings of bottlenose dolphins in the region were at an all-time low, with just 16 reported so far this year ... There is also a very real danger that we could be seeing the last of the bottlenose dolphins off the South West (Devon, Cornwall and Dorset) shores. (BBC News -- Science)
Service trips include everything from aiding researchers in the study of bottlenose dolphins, to teaching Chinese and Southern Italians, to helping preserve Grenada's La Sagesse sugar plantations. These volunteer vacations are designed to help "turn the tide for those in need." Elderhostel says that participating in one of its Service Learning programs can even be tax-deductible. (Suite101.com)
Advertisement A rain shower washes the noxious throwaway into the watery home of the lagoon's beloved residents bottlenose dolphins. The dolphins of the Indian River Lagoon are sick and getting sicker, and not just from such human destruction, but also from a plethora of emerging diseases that have yet to be explained. (Vero Beach Press Journal)
For years, researchers at Aberdeen University in Scotland have tracked a small resident population of bottlenose dolphins in Moray Firth, well enough to give many of the animals names; and yet, according to observers, even a precipitous decline in the population - a loss of 5% annually - could take more than a decade to detect. Imperilled on the sea. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
The calf will be able to hear and communicate with a pod of 10 other Atlantic bottlenose dolphins located three and a half miles away at Dolphins Plus, a research and interactive education facility ... Most of the 155 bottlenose dolphins found stranded last year in Florida were dead. (The Miami Herald)
"There are no bottlenose dolphins in these waters for a reason and I would say it's because it's too darn cold," said Seattle-area marine biologist Toni Frohoff. Protesters showed up at public meetings held by the Navy in the Seattle area to discuss the Navy's plan. (CNN -- US)
They argued the chilly waters of Puget Sound about 10 degrees cooler than San Diego Bay endangered the health of the Navy's Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, whose natural habitat is warmer seas. A federal judge stopped the deployment until the military could show evidence the mammals wouldn't be harmed. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
"There are no bottlenose dolphins in these waters for a reason and I would say it's because it's too darn cold," said Seattle-area marine biologist Toni Frohoff. The last time the marine mammals were deployed overseas was in the Iraqi harbor of Umm Qasr in 2003, where they located underwater mines and cleared a path for Marines to land. (Xinhuanet, China)
Mating strategies are straightforward in bottlenose dolphins, or are they ... This explains the complex relationships we observe in male bottlenose dolphins, which are only paralleled by human social strategies: the formation of alliances and alliances of alliances, also called coalitions ... A population of bottlenose dolphins in Fiordland, New Zealand, may be rewriting the textbooks. (Science Daily)
" He steers through the Gulf of Mexico with his right hand while grasping a microphone with his left hand, and notes that Caladesi is "much as it was 500 years ago," when Hernando De Soto and his conquistadors discovered the barrier island. "It's Old Florida here, folks," Graffley says. A Popular Spot It has become a popular destination for locals, snowbirds and tourists. Last year, the two pontoon boats of Caladesi Island Adventure carried 75,000 people to the island, which was named the No. 2... (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- News)
Dorian Houser, a marine mammal physiologist for the Navy, countered that studies show bottlenose dolphins can handle more extreme conditions and deal well with temperatures down to about 40 degrees, which Hood Canal rarely reaches. The Navy has proposed using as many as 30 dolphins and California sea lions to help protect the sub base, which is believed to contain a large nuclear weapons stockpile. (The Daily Reflector)
DALLAS (Reuters) - The stranding deaths of about 60 bottlenose dolphins on Texas beaches over the past three weeks has puzzled researchers and is a cause for concern during the calving season, a senior scientist said on Monday. "This is the calving season so we often have strandings at this time of the year. It's tough to be an air-breather born in the water," said Dr. Daniel F. Cowan, professor of pathology at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and director of the Texas Marine... (The Drudge Report)
They're coming in in multiples. " Investigators theorize that toxins seeping into the water off the Louisiana coast might have killed the dolphins, which were then carried by currents to the Texas shore. They are also scanning satellite images for algae blooms that might account for the deaths and considering the possibility of morbillivirus, a dolphin virus similar to one that causes canine distemper. In Galveston, scientists are conducting necropsies -- the animal equivalent of an autopsy --... (San Francisco Chronicle)
At least 17 of the bottlenose dolphins washed ashore along the Galveston County coastline last week, said Heidi Watts, state operations coordinator for the Galveston-based Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network ... Bottlenose dolphins inhabit warm seas throughout the world and generally live 30 to 40 years. (NBCSandiego.com, CA)
The firm also has Discovery Cove, where guests can interact with marine life like bottlenose dolphins and snorkel with fish and rays, he said. This park makes its own connection to the sea,'' Atchison said. (The Miami Herald)
For the ultimate in immersion, the company's Discovery Cove park offers a completely different experience: an exclusive tropical paradise, with limited attendance, where guests have up- close encounters with Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, rays and tropical fish. Whether making wondrous connections, having carefree fun, or enjoying up-close animal encounters, the SeaWorld parks offer guests an unmatched Orlando family vacation. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
He's been with the world's longest running study of wild bottlenose dolphins since its beginning 37 years ago ... During the 1970s, scientists used to think bottlenose dolphins could only live to be 25 or 30, and that 30 was a dangerous age for a dolphin to breed. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
It will also feature bottlenose dolphins, in honor of a stranded pregnant dolphin and her unborn calf currently being treated at a Key Largo marine mammal rehabilitation center. Wyland's murals are designed to motivate environmental awareness and stewardship, particularly in children. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The bottlenose dolphins of Western Australia also learn from each other. University of NSW researchers have shown that females teach their daughters to break off sea sponges and wear them on their snouts to probe the ocean floor for food. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
The mural includes islands, a sunset, manatees, manta rays, corals, sea turtles, indigenous fish and bottlenose dolphins, based on Wyland's more than 20 years of diving in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The artist began the "Whaling Wall" murals in 1981, and plans to paint the 100th -- and last -- in the series in Beijing, before the 2008 Olympics. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Bottlenose dolphins and sea turtles were also staples of the diet. They lived in "kin groups" of 30 to 40 family members. (Herald-Tribune)
Several options are under consideration, but the preferred plan would be to send as many as 30 California sea lions and Atlantic Bottlenose dolphins from the Navy's Marine Mammal Program, based in San Diego. "These animals have the capabilities for what needs to be done for this particular mission," said Tom Lapuzza, a spokesman for the Marine Mammal Program. (CNN -- International)
Several options are under consideration, but the preferred plan would be to send as many as 30 California sea lions and Atlantic Bottlenose dolphins from the Navy's Marine Mammal Program, based in San Diego. The Navy has been training marine mammals since the 1960s, and currently keeps about 100 dolphins and sea lions. (NBC 11, CA)
Retrieving Castaway from the surf, David Smith, left and Bob Went, both of Mote Marine Laboratory of Sarasota, lead a group of team members carrying the dolphin back out of the water to an awaiting Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute van after a failed attempt to release the mammal into the ocean off Fort Pierce South Beach Jetty on Tuesday. FORT PIERCE She just didn't want to go home. (Vero Beach Press Journal)
Free maps detail location markers, tidal flats for bird-watchers, opportunities to get close to Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, historic sites and nature centers. A Web site, www. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
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