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600-Pound Dolphin Jumps Onto Deck of Boat, Injures Woman [VIDEO]

MARCO ISLAND, Fla. -- A dolphin weighing between 600 and 700 pounds jumped onto the deck of a boat, injuring a woman in South Florida. Isles of Capri Fire Department spokesman Keith Perry says a charter boat captain called 911 Sunday afternoon after the dolphin jumped on the boat and landed on one of his passengers. The...

Viral Video: Okinawa Dolphin Leaps From Tank

(July 12) -- Visitors to Japan's Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium got their money's worth last week when they witnessed a female dolphin named Kuru take a valiant leap over the edge of a viewing tank during a performance. The spectacle was captured on camera by an American tourist who forwarded the footage to Ric O'Barry, a...

Whale Sharks Threatened by Gulf Oil Spill; 5 Other Animal Species at Risk

Add one more animal to BP's ever-growing list of victims: the whale shark, which researchers observed this week in dangerous proximity to the gulf oil spill. Of course, it is far from the only member of the animal kingdom to be threatened by one of humankind's worst environmental disasters in years. In June, the U.S....

Necropsy for Oily Dolphin Pulled From Panhandle

(June 24) -- A necropsy will be performed to determine whether oil in the Gulf of Mexico killed a young bottlenose dolphin that became beached in the waters of Florida's Fort Pickens National Park. The dolphin died Wednesday as it was being transported from the Florida Panhandle beach where it was rescued to the Gulf...