Tag: "bottlenose dolphins"

Bottlenose dolphin - eco-tourism in Mozambique - Credit: Angie Gullan/Marine Photobank

Study Shows Human Interaction Alters Dolphin Behavior

Researchers are studying the impacts human behaviors, as innocent as they may be, can have on bottlenose dolphins.

In a paper published in the Journal of Marine Animals and Their Ecology, Antonella Arcangeli from the Accademia del Leviatano, Rome and ISPRA, Dipartimento Difesa della Natura, Rome, Italy and Roberto Crosti from the School of Environmental Science, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia present their findings of interactions between bottlenose dolphins and a dolphin-watching tour boat in Bunbury, Western Australia.

Nov 16, 2009 | 1 comment View Post
An adult female bottlenose dolphin with her young, Moray Firth, Scotland - Photographer: Peter Asprey - http://www.peter-asprey.com/

Scotland’s Only ‘Protected’ Dolphin Population Threatened by Military Exercise

The BBC UK posted an article today about conservations claiming the moving of Europe’s biggest military exercise to the outer Moray Firth poses a threat to bottlenose dolphins.

Joint Warrior, Europe’s largest military exercise that includes up to 20 warships, 4 submarines and 40 aircraft from 9 countries, is taking place over two weeks that began on October 5, 2009.

Oct 13, 2009 | 0 comments View Post