The affecting cloak-and-dagger documentary “The Cove,” which documents a brutal dolphin hunt off the Japanese town of Taiji, is putting would-be amusement park visitors in an ethical bind and park owners on the defensive. “The captivity industry keeps the slaughter going,” O’Barry charges in movie. If he has his way, the gruesome images of bloody dolphins will keep yo... read full post picked by TraumaMamma 4 months ago

A dolphin badly injured in a shark attack has been escorted by a mate into the care of human hands.

Nari sustained a hideous wound across his head and back, and when he went missing, wildlife experts feared he had died. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

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. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

At first I thought this was going to be another linerider copy, but it is actually a challenging and original game in its own.

Draw snow lines with your mouse to guide Santa to the missing presents. picked by LatueOfStiberty 3 years ago

The world's only pink Bottlenose dolphin which was discovered in an inland lake in Louisiana, USA, has become such an attraction that conservationists have warned tourists to leave it alone. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

A dolphin swam up to two distressed whales that appeared headed for death in a beach stranding in New Zealand and guided them to safety, witnesses said Wednesday. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Quite an amazing video showing how a dolphin creates bubble rings and is playing with them. Very endearing but also a bit sad as he is still in a basin. Also it's hard to resist to attribute human emotions to this beautiful animal... picked by Stadsman 2 years ago

A rare river dolphin has been officially classified as a new species.

The Bolivian river dolphin has been acknowledged as a separate species to the more widely-known Amazon River dolphin. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

"It's not a perverted thing. I do love this dolphin. He's the love of my life," picked by kamaloo 2 years ago

Dunham, the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin that was released this morning after eight months in rehab recovering from pneumonia, got only a taste of the freedom today. Within a couple hours of being freed off the coast of Dunedin, the dolphin was attacked by sharks and died. :( picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

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Doctor Park Kyum-Joon, researcher at the Cetacean Research Institute, says, "We observed the scene for an hour, the dolphins trying to return their fellow dolphin to the proper posture, trying to support it from the bottom so it wouldn't sink and to make it easier for it to breathe." picked by psycmoe 1 year ago

Amazed Mike Elliott thought he was dreaming when he woke to find a dead dolphin in his garden. And mystery surrounded how it got there last night – because Mike and pal Gary Harvey live on a steep hill half a mile from the sea. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A 30-year-old dolphin at Sea World has died after colliding with another dolphin while performing aerial tricks, the Orlando, Florida, amusement park said Monday. picked by Nicky666 2 years ago

Footage has been released of a dolphin ultrasound in Orlando in Florida. The footage shows an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin which has since been born. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

A rare pink dolphin (Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin) kept at a resort on the island of Samui in southern Thailand is to be set free after government officials found that the wild caught animal was being trained to perform shows for tourists. picked by Neiako 3 years ago

The exhausted woman was clinging to a buoy offshore from the beach at Mahia on the east coast of the North Island as the dolphin swam around her and prevented her returning to shore, the Gisborne Herald reported.

*Playful? picked by kakana 4 months ago

"By trying to help dolphins, groups like Greenpeace caused one of the worst marine ecological disasters of all time. ...is it worth saving dolphins, who were not and are not endangered, at the expense of sea turtles, sharks, and many other fish species who are endangered?"

Also more HERE picked by bingo 5 months ago

NYC's newest public park space, the High Line has opened its first section to the public

The High Line is an abandoned 1.45 mile (2.33 km) section of the former elevated freight railroad of the West Side Line, along the lower west side of Manhattan. More pictures picked by suebe 6 months ago

It is one of the rarest and most magical sights in the natural world. A bottlenose dolphin goes into labour . . . then a calf emerges, tail first. Mother guides baby gently to the surface, where they swim together for the first time. Very few dolphin births have been captured on film in such astonishing detail. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Few Bostonians are taking advantage of the police "party line," a hot line set up for people who want to complain about drunken, noisy or violent parties. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago