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Boycott threat over rare New Zealand dolphin
Environmentalists are threatening to call a boycott of New Zealand's billion-dollar seafood export industry .
03 October 2014
Dolphin entangled in fishing line asks diver for help
A video capturing a dolphin entangled in a fishing line who approaches a group of divers for help has once again proved the animal’s high intelligence.
04 September 2014
14 detained trying to prevent Faroe Island dolphin hunt
Fourteen animal rights activists have been detained on the Faroe island of Sandoy in the North Atlantic while trying to stop a controversial dolphin hunt.
01 September 2014
Dolphins squeal with delight: study
Dolphins often squeal when they get a fish treat, sounding much like happy children.
14 August 2014
Experts want urgent action on rare N.Zealand 'hobbit' dolphin
Marine scientists have urged New Zealand to step up efforts to save the world's rarest dolphin, saying only a few dozen Maui's dolphins remain and immediate action is needed to prevent their extinction.
11 June 2014
Dolphinarium and ice arena to be constructed in Almaty's Central Park
A dolphinarium and an ice arena will be constructed in Almaty's Central Park (Gorkiy Park on Gogol Street).
03 June 2014
Australian surfer injured as dolphin slams into him
A surfer in Australia was airlifted to hospital Monday after a dolphin slammed into him as he was riding a wave at a remote beach.
17 March 2014
Laos dam plan threatens existence of rare dolphin: WWF
A dam which Laos plans to build across the Mekong River could wipe out critically endangered dolphins in downstream Cambodia.
20 February 2014
400 dolphins dead on Peru beaches
The bodies of around 400 dolphins washed up on beaches in northern Peru last month, baffling authorities who are so far mystified as to the cause.
05 February 2014
Fugitive campaigner hails Japan anti-dolphin hunt messages
Fugitive eco-activist Paul Watson said Monday he hoped anti-dolphin hunting comments like those by US ambassador to Japan, Caroline Kennedy, would put pressure on Tokyo to halt the practice.
20 January 2014
New dolphin species discovered off north Australia
Researchers have identified a new humpback dolphin species off northern Australia, using genetic mapping to single out an animal not previously known to science.
31 October 2013
Dolphins inspire rescue radar device: study
British engineers said Wednesday they had taken inspiration from dolphins for a new type of radar device that could easily track miners trapped underground or skiers buried in an avalanche.
24 October 2013
Dolphin killings rise in Peru due to Asia shark fin sales
Peru has dramatically increased its sales of shark fins to Asia, triggering the slaughter of about 15,000 dolphins a year used as bait.
20 October 2013
Japan dolphin-killing town to open marine park
The Japanese town made infamous by the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove", will open a marine mammal park where visitors can swim with dolphins, but will not end its annual slaughter.
07 October 2013
Measles-like virus blamed for Atlantic dolphin deaths
A virus that is similar to measles in humans is suspected of killing hundreds of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins since July.
28 August 2013
Dolphins remember friends' whistles for decades: study
Bottlenose dolphins can remember each other's signature whistles for more than 20 years, a study said Wednesday -- the longest social memory ever observed in an animal.
07 August 2013
Pressure on New Zealand to save world's rarest dolphin
New Zealand is facing pressure to save the world's rarest dolphin at an international scientific meeting underway this week in what conservationists say is a test of the nation's "clean, green" credentials.
10 June 2013
S. Korea to release dolphin back into wild
A 13-year-old dolphin was Saturday being transported to an ocean pen off a South Korean island for training to prepare it for release back into the wild after four years in a Seoul zoo.
11 May 2013
New Zealand dolphin faces extinction, group warns
Scientists have urged New Zealand to take immediate action to protect the critically endangered Maui's dolphin, amid warnings the marine mammal could become extinct by 2030.
14 February 2013
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