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The Japanese town that acquired notoriety after it was featured in the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove" that showed scenes of local anglers killing dolphins will soon open a marine park where visitors will be able to swim and play with marine mammals.
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A dolphin that got stranded in a narrow channel in Southern California wetlands became the center of attention on Friday as several motorists stopped on a busy highway to watch it as it swam in circles in the shallow waters.
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Images produced by the National Center for science Literacy, Education and Technology (NCSLET) showed a rare form of interaction in the wild between two species. Bottlenose dolphins and humpback whales were captured playing in Hawaiian waters.
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Earlier this week rescuers cleaned oil off of a baby bottlenose dolphin, but the dolphin died while enroute to a rescue facility called Gulf World Marine Park in Panama City, Florida. A necropsy will be performed to determine the cause of death.
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Last week, a young bottle-nose dolphin named Merlin became the first of his species to join the growing number of enthusiasts using the Apple iPad when he was able to successfully recognize and touch pictures on the screen to match objects he was shown.
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Dolphins found closer to the Miami coast in the United States have high levels of a flame-retardant chemical in their blubber. The chemical may cause sterility in dolphins, according to scientists.
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Out for a cruise north of the North Causeway bridge in New Smyrna Beach, a couple was surprised when a dolphin leaped out of the water and into their boat, injuring the pair.
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A study has revealed a disturbing rise in the number of whales, dolphins and porpoises that have been found dead on Cornish beaches.
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After two whales got stranded on a beach in New Zealand, authorities tried in vain to get them back to the ocean. Luckily a dolphin rescued the whales, bringing them to safety.
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A freshwater dolphin found only in China is now "likely to be extinct". Or so a team of scientists has concluded. They did a six week survey of the habitat and did not see any of them.
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Dolphin Headlines
 Dolphins and whales deserve legal protection as non-human 'persons' under the law, scientists meeting in Vancouver said. Should dolphins and whales have 'human' rights?
 The Edmonton Eskimos tailback signed a multi-year contract with the NFL's Miami Dolphins on Tuesday.
Dolphins should be treated as non-human "persons" and their rights to life and liberty respected, the world's biggest science meeting is told.
Bottlenose dolphins in Australia organise their complex society into gang-like groups of males, according to scientists.
Scientists and volunteers brave cold waters to help save Dolphin's lives.
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Hardy Jones of Blue Voice and Dr. Yaipen Llanos of ORCA examine a dead baby dolphin in Peru.
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