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Two orcas and 12 dolphins have been stuck in bleak living conditions in an abandoned marine park since January. The majestic creatures remain confined in Marineland Antibes, a French marine park near Cannes that shut its doors four months ago. Disturbing drone footage released by animal activist group TideBreakers shows the orcas Wikie, 23, and her 11-year-old son Keijo wandering aimlessly around the abandoned park. The video also shows the algae-infested pool where the remaining dolphins are kept. But despite their despairing condition, French authorities have yet to identify a suitable site in Europe for the orcas and have rejected...

VIDEOS AT LINK.................... This is really cool. After a 9-month stay in space, Crew 9 returned in SpaceX's Dragon capsule. But it gets even cooler. As the astronauts touched down, a pod of curious dolphins swam up to greet the returning astronauts. SERIOUSLY, HOW COOL IS THIS? What an incredible moment. The astronauts then emerged, feeling full Earth gravity for the first time in almost a year. One of the most inspiring and heartwarming moments of the year. Surely this is a bipartisan moment everyone can celebrate, right? Eh, probably not.

It was a picture-perfect splashdown as American astronauts Suni Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore finally arrived home after spending 286 days in space. They were accompanied by two SpaceX Dragon crew members who assisted in the rescue. And not only was the weather perfect in the Gulf of America off the coast of Florida today, but the astronauts on Crew-9 were greeted by a curious pod of dolphins! Dolphins really pulled up to the splashdown like they were the rescue crew pic.twitter.com/IPw05BPrUE— Omar Jimenez (@OmarJimenez) March 18, 2025The recovery crew was all business, focused on retrieving the astronauts from the...

A very Florida welcome home for NASA and SpaceX's Crew-9. Some curious dolphins seemingly wanted to give a personal "welcome home" to the Crew-9 astronauts, moments after they splashed down off the coast of Florida on Tuesday afternoon. As the rescue teams surrounded SpaceX's Dragon capsule with NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov inside, a small pod of dolphins was seen swimming around the area. You can watch that moment in the video player above.

Move over cocaine sharks, here come the fentanyl dolphins … 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 powerful synthetic opioid was first found inside a dead dolphin that was floating in the gulf water when it was then examined by researchers from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in Sept. 2020. What was supposed to be a routine analysis of blubber turned into years-long research — with more than a third of the dolphins tested also...

These TV networks should have learned by now: You don't edit stuff out of sports broadcasts because you send a message that beclowns you. But CBS apparently hasn't learned. On Sunday, in the Las Vegas Raiders game at the Miami Dolphins, tight end Brock Bowers scored on a 23 yard touchdown catch. Raiders Celebrate TD And Trump Dance And he finished it off with a Trump Dance. Not super huge news. The entire football playing world seems to be doing the Trump Dance now. The coolest in the NFL may be the San Francisco 49ers. White guys are doing it....

Devon Mostert, the wife of Miami Dolphins running back Raheem Mostert, sounded off on “The View” cohost Sunny Hostin for slamming supporters of President-elect Trump as “uneducated white women.” During Wednesday’s episode, Hostin singled out white female voters that she claimed “voted against their reproductive health freedoms.” “I want to dig further into the demographics because Black women tried to save this country again last night – 92% of Black women voted for the vice president,” Hostin began. “You have Latinas in the 70 percentile voting for the vice president.” “What we did not have is white women, who voted...

It’s a finger WAG. Devon Mostert, the wife of Dolphins running back Raheem Mostert and mother of three, sounded off on the 2024 presidential election and declared backing Kamala Harris would translate to a “vote for war.” Mostert offered her two cents in a lengthy Tuesday post on Instagram Stories in which she shared clips of former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard’s speech at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally. “An attack on America is going to happen. It’s not a matter or [sic] if… it’s a matter of when. AS HEARTBREAKING AS THAT IS (and I pray every day it doesn’t)… but...

Brittany Mahomes has company in the club of NFL quarterback wives who support Donald Trump. The wife of Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, Annah Tagovailoa, posted a story to her Instagram on Wednesday that praised former President Trump's preemptive response to Hurricane Milton. She re-posted a video from conservative influencer Benny Johnson that showed footage of the former president hosting 275 Florida Power and LIght linemen at one of Trump's resorts in Miami. Trump hosted the workers free of charge as a safe place for them to wait out the hurricane while it made landfall in more northern areas of...

Tua Tagovailoa is resting. After suffering a concussion, he is currently away from the gridiron. Despite that, he and his family are making headlines. This time for their political stance. The nation is entering election mode soon. And everyone is already talking about the nominees. Tua and his wife, Annah, are supporters of Donald Trump because of his family stance. The former president recently housed 275 linemen free in his Doral Miami Resort ahead of Hurricane Milton. QB’s wife posted an IG story in his support and wrote, ‘My President.’ The quarterback from Hawaii has a long association with Donald...

Tua Tagovailoa is one of the top quarterback prospects in the 2020 NFL Draft, even though there's a mystery where the talented quarterback will be taken in the first round as he comes back from injury. For those looking for another reason to dip Tagovailoa's draft stock, his Wonderlic test scores are ammunition for a red flag. Tagovailoa scored a 13 on the Wonderlic test, the lowest score among the quarterbacks in the 2020 draft class (per The Athletic's Bob McGinn). LSU's Joe Burrow, the projected No. 1 overall pick in the draft, had the third-highest score at 34. Iowa's...

Mercury Morris, a running back and kick returner on the Miami Dolphins’ undefeated Super Bowl team in 1972, has died, according to a member of his family. He was 77. The Miami Herald has confirmed Morris’ death through the Dolphins. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Eugene ‘Mercury’ Morris, legendary Miami Dolphins running back and cherished member of the NFL family, at the age of 77,” his son GhostWridah, a Miami-based musical artist born Troy-Jeffery Morris, posted on X. “Known for his electrifying speed and dynamic play, Mercury was a cornerstone of the Dolphins’ historic...

Police have just released footage from Sunday's traffic stop involving Tyreek Hill ... and in the body-worn camera video, you can see cops yanked the Dolphins star out of his sportscar and threw him onto the ground following a dispute over his window. The incident happened right outside of Hard Rock Stadium ... just hours before Hill was slated to play in Miami's season-opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

That’s a wrap, folks! Superstar quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was officially placed on injured reserve Tuesday by the Miami Dolphins, this coming after he suffered yet another concussion during his team’s “Thursday Night Football” defeat against the Buffalo Bills. With the move, Tagovailoa has to stay on IR for a minimum of four contests, according to NFL rules. As Tua gets back to health, the Dolphins currently have no plans for how long exactly they will have the 26-year-old on injured reserve. Throughout his career in the National Football League, Tagovailoa has had three diagnosed concussions. Mike McDaniel, the head coach...

Snow so heavy that it could bury the field. Temperatures so low that beer will freeze. These are just some of the conditions expected during "the worst weather we've ever seen on the opening weekend of the playoffs." Extreme weather could crash multiple tailgating parties and football games as the playoffs get underway, including some of the most highly-anticipated matchups of the weekend. "There is going to be some of the worst weather we've ever seen on the opening weekend of playoffs," AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Bernie Rayno said. Coldest game in Miami, Kansas City history possible Saturday Arctic air will...

A Buffalo Bills fan was shot and killed outside of Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday following an altercation after Buffalo's 21-14 win over the Miami Dolphins, South Florida police said, per the Associated Press (h/t ESPN). Dylan Brody Isaacs, 30, was shot and killed after getting into an argument with a driver of another vehicle while walking back to his car with his friends following Buffalo's AFC East-clinching victory. Isaacs died at the scene. The suspect fled the scene in a Honda Accord, which was located by police in Palm Beach County on Monday. Police have identified a suspect, but...

Legendary NY sports radio host Mike Francesa blasted the NFL this week ... accusing the league of putting profit over loyal fans, opting to exclusively stream the Chiefs vs. Dolphins playoff game on a paid streaming platform, and NOT free TV. "The NFL, which has the biggest, the best, and the most loyal fanbase anywhere, decides to basically thumb its nose at its fanbase and just make another greedy reach for another bundle of money, like they need it," Francesa said on his BetRivers show, ripping the NFL for the decision which reportedly netted the league around $110 million. Mike...

Whales, dolphins and seals living in U.S. waters face major threats from warming ocean temperatures, rising sea levels and decreasing sea ice volumes associated with climate change, according to a first-of-its-kind assessment. Researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration examined more than 100 stocks of American marine mammal species and found more than 70% of those stocks are vulnerable to threats, such as loss of habitat and food, due to the consequences of warming waters. The impacts also include loss of dissolved oxygen and changes to ocean chemistry. The scientists found large whales such as humpbacks and North Atlantic...

More than 100 dolphins died in Brazil last week, and a local governor has declared a state of emergency as experts say additional deaths could be expected. The Brazilian Amazon continues to grapple with a severe drought. Experts say the most likely cause of the deaths in the lakes were high water temperatures, as temperatures have exceeded 102 degrees Fahrenheit in the Tefe Lake region. The Mamiraua Institute, a research group of Brazil’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, said additional dolphins were found Monday. Local media has reported thousands of fish have also died at Tefe Lake, which is...

The New Hampshire father of two who died after an incident at Gillette Stadium during the New England Patriots game Sunday had been punched in the face and knocked unconscious by a Miami Dolphins fan, according to a witness. Dale Mooney, 53, was treated at the scene by EMTs and rushed to a hospital after what had been described as an “apparent medical event,” but was pronounced dead shortly before midnight. A spectator has now claimed that he witnessed a physical altercation between Mooney and a Dolphins fan. “The Dolphins fan walks over and clearly punches him in the face,”...