Florida. That year, bottlenose dolphins were dying en masse in the Indian River Lagoon and along the Atlantic coast. Once a ...

Researchers studying dolphins in the Indian River Lagoon found that when seagrass dies off, dolphins have to shift their ...

A phytoplankton bloom harmed marine habitats, reduced the availability of nutritious prey for bottlenose dolphins, and caused ...

Florida dolphins are starving to death because of harmful marine algae blooms, researchers have said. In 2013, 8 percent of the bottlenose dolphins living in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon perished.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Other studies looked at 377 free-swimming dolphins in the estuary in 2013 and found that 64% were underweight and 5% were emaciated. Seagrass die-offs in Florida often occur when nutrient ...

Florida dolphins are ... with 64 percent of the 337 dolphins observed in 2013 deemed to be underweight; of those, 5 percent were emaciated and 77 died. Recent estimates show there are just over 1,000 ...