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  • Study links fetal and newborn dolphin deaths to Deepwater Horizon oil spill

    Apr 13, 2016 4:00 pm by Diana YatesResearch
    Image of a deceased perinatal dolphin calf. Photo courtesy Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

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    • Image of a deceased perinatal dolphin calf. Photo courtesy Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

    Scientists have finalized a five-year study of newborn and fetal dolphins found stranded on beaches in the northern Gulf of Mexico between 2010 and 2013.