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AP: BP oil spill the culprit for slow death of deep-sea coral, scientists say

March 27th, 2012 at 02:18 PM

Title: After lengthy analysis, scientists say BP oil spill the culprit for heavy toll on ... Read more >>

NYTimes: Gulf Dolphins Exposed to Oil Are Seriously Ill, Agency Says

March 27th, 2012 at 02:12 PM

Title: Gulf Dolphins Exposed to Oil Are Seriously Ill, Agency SaysSource: NYTimes.comAuthor: LESLIE KAUFMANDate: March ... Read more >>

Press-Register: Bloody red lesions on more than half of fish caught in surf off Dauphin Island (PHOTO)

January 12th, 2012 at 07:09 AM

Dauphin Island fish show up with lesions, BP spill link questioned, Press-Register by Ben Raines, ... Read more >>

CBS: LSU professor says BP oil disaster likely cause of Gulf fish with eroded fins and large dark lesions -- Almost 50% of snapper had infections in some areas (VIDEO)

August 23rd, 2011 at 08:44 AM

Expert: BP spill likely cause of sick Gulf fish - CBS News, August 15, 2011:

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NOAA warns of sick fish with lesions and discolored skin in Gulf -- LSU scientist studying problem "very worried"

May 31st, 2011 at 05:19 PM

NOAA confirms sick fish in Gulf, Pensacola News Journal, May 25, 2011:

[...] for the first ... Read more >>

Deformed single-celled animals and plants found in oily sediment from Gulf — Other toxic effects observed near Desoto Canyon

May 27th, 2011 at 08:04 AM

Scientists discover ‘blizzard' silting oil on bottom of Gulf, Sarasota Herald Tribune by Kate Spinner, ... Read more >>

"Huge red flag": Sick fish in Gulf are alarming Florida scientists -- Skin lesions, fin rot, diseased livers and ovaries

May 12th, 2011 at 10:16 AM

Sick fish in Gulf are alarming scientists, PNJ, May. 8, 2011:

Unusual number a 'huge red ... Read more >>

“Mystery is Brewing”: Why are sharks sharks washing ashore dead near Tampa Bay?

April 24th, 2011 at 08:17 AM

15 dead sharks wash ashore in Manatee County, Bay News 9, April 22, 2011:

A mystery ... Read more >>

500+ pound endangered turtle found dead near Destin, FL — Officials ‘might’ perform necropsy

April 24th, 2011 at 07:23 AM

Turtle found at Meigs Park weighed in at 520 (VIDEO, PHOTOS), NW Florida Daily News, ... Read more >>

CNN reports on "fish with strange sores" in Gulf

April 20th, 2011 at 02:28 PM

Gulf oil disaster still puzzles scientists, CNN, April 20, 2011 at 11:53 am EDT:

One year ... Read more >>

10% of dead dolphins found along Gulf coast during 2011 were “coated in oil”

April 8th, 2011 at 03:46 PM

Dead dolphins, turtles still washing ashore along gulf coast, St. Petersburg Times by Craig Pittman, April 8, 2011 ... Read more >>

Oiled dead dolphin found near the end of March -- NOAA: "Even though they have oil on them, it may not be the cause of death"

April 8th, 2011 at 02:16 PM

"We did not say that the dolphins have died because of the oil, just that they have come back with oil on them." ... Read more >>

Oil spill imperiled dwarf seahorses says group -- May soon be classified as endangered

April 7th, 2011 at 06:20 AM

Associated Press, April 6, 2011: ... Read more >>

Oil spill in Atlantic -- Thousands of penguins covered by slick, hundreds already dead

April 3rd, 2011 at 06:02 AM

Penguin rescue operation under way after south Atlantic oil spill, CNN, April 3, 2011 ... Read more >>

NOAA ship kills three dolphins in Gulf — Lab analyzing carcasses

April 3rd, 2011 at 12:26 AM

NOAA spokeswoman Connie Barclay said the pantropical spotted dolphins were caught Wednesday ... Read more >>

Fish with lesions are coming up every catch, fishermen from Pensacola and Panama City say

March 31st, 2011 at 09:12 AM

Gulf Coast Residents Dismayed as Effects of Oil Spill Continue, Courthouse News, March 30, 2011:

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Dead baby dolphin washes up in Florida — Indicates something about environment’s health says expert (VIDEO)

March 31st, 2011 at 08:37 AM

Dead Baby Dolphin on Innerarity Point, WKRG, March 29, 2011 ... Read more >>

Study: Death toll from Deepwater Horizon disaster may be 50 times higher than believed -- "A grave underestimation"

March 30th, 2011 at 04:22 PM

A new study published in Conservation Letters ... Read more >>

NOAA stranding expert: Dolphin carcasses are washing up daily — “At least two on Tuesday in Louisiana”

March 30th, 2011 at 09:44 AM

Blair Mase, NOAA's stranding coordinator for the Southeast ... Read more >>

Now the turtles: 39 sea turtles found dead in past two weeks… just in Mississippi — “A sharp jump”

March 30th, 2011 at 07:45 AM

Sea turtle deaths up along Gulf, joining dolphin trend, MSNBC, March 29, 2011 ... Read more >>

Dead sea turtles washing up on beaches near spring breakers -- "Water looks like chicken broth" (PHOTOS)

March 29th, 2011 at 06:53 AM

Sea Turtle Deaths Anger Mississippi Residents, Huffington Post, March 29, 2011 ... Read more >>

Endangered 45-ton whale washes up on Virginia coast (VIDEO)

March 28th, 2011 at 08:20 PM

Dead whale washes ashore in Sandbridge, WAVY, March 27, 2011 ... Read more >>

6 dead dolphins found in Massachusetts -- "Only recently weaned from their mothers"

March 27th, 2011 at 08:12 PM

The harbor porpoises that were found were yearlings that were underweight ... Read more >>

"Gag order" issued in dolphin death investigation -- "It throws accountability right out the window" says biologist

March 25th, 2011 at 01:47 PM

Government tightens lid on dolphin death probe, Reuters, March 25, 2011 at 12:16 pm EDT ... Read more >>

Massive shark at Panama City Beach: “It’s very interesting because they are cold-water fish” — “Extremely rare” in Gulf

March 19th, 2011 at 01:37 PM

Rare shark spotted off Panama City Beach, Panama City News Herald, March 18, 2011 ... Read more >>

BP speaks out on mass dolphin deaths: Cold water, virus, infection, or naturally occurring neurotoxin — No mention of oil/Corexit

March 19th, 2011 at 12:27 PM

Read BP exec’s Facebook Q and A, Palm Beach Post, March 18th, 2011 ... Read more >>

9 more dead dolphins found this week, Gulf total now 114 this year — NOAA has yet to send out ANY samples for testing

March 19th, 2011 at 11:23 AM

“It is surprising that it has been almost a full year since the spill and they still haven’t selected labs for this kind of work,” -- Ruth Carmichael, a marine mammals specialist at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab ... Read more >>

Just In: EIGHT more dead dolphins found in Mississippi and Alabama

March 15th, 2011 at 12:46 PM

IMMS Dolphin Count, March 14, 2011 ... Read more >>

Another dead baby dolphin found at Pass Christian, MS

March 13th, 2011 at 10:42 AM

IMMS Dolphin Count, March 11, 2011 ... Read more >>

LSU professor: “There’s nothing there” — Fishermen “telling us that the reefs are just dead”

March 10th, 2011 at 07:24 PM

"We expect that if there is going to be a problem from the spill, it's going to be in reproductive biology" - James Cowan, a veteran researcher and professor at Louisiana State University's Department of Oceanography and Coastal Science ... Read more >>

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