The fossil ichthyosaur comes from the Holzmaden quarry in south-west Germany Scientists have identified fossilised blubber from an ancient marine reptile that lived 180 million years ago.

Tropicalens – stock.adobe.com What was supposed to be a routine analysis of blubber turned into years-long research — with more than a third of the dolphins testing positive for drugs.

On Wednesdays, the 10:15 am ferry from Westview to Blubber Bay is a dangerous goods sailing only with no passengers. The next sailing on Wednesday from Westview is at 12:40 pm. The new schedule for ...

The body condition of cetaceans, assessed by measuring blubber reserves, has been used to gauge how well an animal was doing before it died. But the team of Inverness and Aberdeen-based scientists ...

Since 2022, students and faculty at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi have tested blubber from 89 common bottlenose dolphins, detecting fentanyl and other drugs in the blubber of 30 of the dolphins.

A recent report published in Science Advances concluded that most great whale species have an’ unrecognized potential for ...

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

Bottlenose dolphins are swimming in drugs, including fentanyl, according to a team of researchers that recently examined 89 blubber samples from the iconic cetaceans. The team’s study—set to ...