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Dead Birds Found on Modoto Island off Louisiana coast, CNN iReport, August 26, 2010:

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Cousteau, other experts “stunned” by island “littered” with “many dead birds” — It’s “clear” birds poisoned by BP disaster (VIDEO)

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Dead Bird Island, Paul Orr, Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper , August 23, 2010:

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Toxicologist studying whales in Gulf MOST worried about DNA damage: “They’re mammals, we’re mammals — they represent us”

Study of oil spill's effect on whales could show future of Gulf marine life, Press-Register, ... Read more >>

“Stingrays and flounder trying to escape the water” — “Crabs crawling out of the water in the MIDDLE of the DAY”

Mississippi Shrimpers Refuse to Trawl, Fearing Oil, Dispersants, Inter Press Service, August 20, 2010:

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Oil in Gulf “VERY RESISTANT to further biodegradation” — “Full toxic form for decades” in low oxygen zones (VIDEO)

Gulf Oil Spill and Seafood Safety Government Panel, House Committee Energy & Commerce, Energy and ... Read more >>

Expert: “Experiment on a scale the WORLD HAS NEVER SEEN”; May have “annihilated a bunch of life in the Gulf” for PERHAPS cleaner beaches (VIDEO)

Excerpt from Dispersants in Gulf concern Alaskan residents after Exxon Valdez, WWL-TV New Orleans, August ... Read more >>

More on USF report: Newborn fish “ingesting pure oil”; Organisms showed a “strong toxic response” scientists say

CNN has another article on the report by University of South Florida researchers, "Initial findings ... Read more >>

Deep sea creatures “congregating on the surface”; “Like ALL of the sea life is trying to get out of the water”

According to Reuters, fishermen in the Gulf report "seeing strange behavior by marine life -- ... Read more >>

Scientists: Oil in “MANY” of crab larvae collected; Dolphins could get fatal “megadoses”

The Associated Press reports, "The crab larvae discovery was an ominous sign that crude had ... Read more >>

Hazmat leader: “Large bones” washing up at low tide, “mammal bones, turtle bones”; “A lot of large fish — dead on the beach” (VIDEO)

The emergency management director is Hancock County, Mississippi says the "oil is there, you just ... Read more >>

“Radical drops in oxygen levels never before seen” have “changed our whole ecosystem”

"The oil trapped in the water column is also suffocating the ocean, causing radical drops ... Read more >>

Top scientists testing Sarasota Bay to evaluate HUMAN “bioaccumulation” and “long-term natural resource damages” from oil disaster

Mote Marine Laboratory, the National Aquarium, and Johns Hopkins University are together conducting studies into ... Read more >>

“Mass eradication” of sea turtle food source; “There were thousands of these guys dead on the surface” says oceanographer

Chemical oceanographer John Kessler from Texas A&M University returned from sampling the waters around the ... Read more >>

Gulf Scientist: Oil is “causing ulcers” in sealife, then destroying “livers” and “immune and nervous systems”

Tech scientists hold nothing back in battling effects of Gulf spill, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (Texas), July ... Read more >>

Top Scientist: “Well has already spewed enough oil to coat ecosystems ALL along the Gulf Coast”

Tech scientists hold nothing back in battling effects of Gulf spill, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (Texas), July ... Read more >>

Local TV: Gulf Coast landowners paid to provide habitat for migratory birds, apply by August 1 (VIDEO)

Federal leaders hope residents can help keep birds away from the oil, WTXL Channel 27 ... Read more >>

“Tar mat” washes up on Florida’s East Coast at Melbourne Beach; Large Hammerhead 1/2 mile from shore

Tar Mat Washes Up On Central Fla. Beach, WKMG Channel 6 Orlando, June 30, 2010:

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2 baby sperm whales dead after beaching themselves on Florida’s East Coast; “Infections and toxins are going to be the big killers of these animals” says pathologist (VIDEO/PHOTOS)

Whales wash ashore near Palm Beach and Jacksonville on the night of June 23

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Oil-coated baby dolphin carried to shore by tourist dies (VIDEO); “Dolphin was crying” as “people scraped oil off”, Coast Guard unclear on cause of death

Oiled dolphin's rescue ends in death (PHOTO), Pensacola News Journal, June 24, 2010

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Marine Center Director: “Never seen anything like this”; 10 whale sharks only 23 miles southwest of Sarasota

World's largest fish heads toward Southwest Florida coast to flee from oil

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Parish President: “Clean up crews stomping eggs” of brown pelicans; Asks HSUS to help

Louisiana cleanup crews trampled pelican nests, official says, CNN, June 16, 2010:

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Alert: “Sharks are showing up in surprisingly shallow water off Florida beaches” says AP; “Crowding in close to shore”

Sea creatures flee oil spill, gather near shore, Associated Press, 19 hours ago

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2007 Flashback: “18 years on, Exxon Valdez oil still pours into Alaskan waters… ecosystem is struggling to recover”

18 years on, Exxon Valdez oil still pours into Alaskan waters, The Guardian, February 2, ... Read more >>

Marine Toxicologist: “For every one bird” found dead “99 were carried out to sea by currents”

From the Ground: BP Censoring Media, Destroying Evidence, Riki Ott, June 11, 2010:

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Reporter: Pack of dolphin seen blowing “water thick with oil” out through their holes

"We Don't Need This on Camera": BP's Crappy Cleanup Job, Mother Jones, June 11, 2010:

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BP Contractor: Dolphin “was filled with oil. Oil was just pouring out of it.”

Excerpts from the New York Daily News:

[A] dead dolphin rotting in the shore weeds.

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Sea Turtles swim ‘all over the world’ then ‘come back to their natal beach to lay their own eggs’; Tar balls in stomach

Though they are highly migratory, floating and swimming and foraging literally all over the world, ... Read more >>

Hatchling turtles ‘act like little pieces of floating debris’

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-05-29/story/there-are-subtle-oil-dangers-too-sea-turtles

Currents moving up the East Coast - in Northeast Florida, they're about 50 miles offshore ... Read more >>

Seattle Times: Dangers lurk deep for all ocean creatures from oil

Excerpts:

The millions of gallons of oil moving about under water have the potential to spark ... Read more >>

FIT Professor: America’s most diverse estuary “at risk” if oil reaches Florida’s East Coast

The Indian River Lagoon, "the most biologically diverse estuary in North America,” straddles 156 ... Read more >>