Dolphins have an irresistible charm for people. They are extremely playful at all ages and often play alone, surfing the ...

An alarming number of bottlenose dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico were found to have traces of fentanyl in their system, shocking scientists with a horrifying twist to the drug epidemic. Traces of ...

The effects of the opioid epidemic may not be limited to humans, with dolphins found to have fentanyl in their systems. A large proportion of bottlenose dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico were found ...

Fentanyl, an opioid that is 100 times stronger than morphine, was found in 18 samples and all of the post-mortem biopsies.

The animal has been spotted using a stationary fishing net as its personal feeding ground rather than going hunting for itself ... of a male Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin estimated to be ...

When a pod mate dies, dolphins mourn. They will push the dead body around in the water sometimes for weeks. On Dec. 10, 2024, ...

The contaminants could be from a variety of sources. Scientists have detected fentanyl and other drugs in dozens of dolphins from the Gulf of Mexico, which could have large implications on the ...

That's what several researchers at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi are peeling back the layers after finding traces of the drug in bottlenose dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico. While conducting a ...

Researchers at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi have detected traces of fentanyl in the blubber of more than two dozen common bottlenose dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico. In a new study ...