Tag: WILDLIFE

What many people had already assumed has now been proven true. Sonar has the ability to temporarily deafen dolphins. A new study, courtesy of Aran Mooney and others from the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, confirms that continuous sonar "pings" cause temporary hearing loss in dolphins (and most likely other cetaceans). Mooney and his team did find, however, that the dolphins would have to be ...

Bat lovers, you may find this story a bit distressing, so we apologize in advance for ruining your day. A small, free tail bat took an awesome, but most likely fatal, flight this past Sunday when it clung to Space Shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank and refused to let go. The bat was first spotted early Sunday afternoon and, though NASA hoped it would be gone before countdown that night, ...