Flame retardants and pesticide byproducts are showing up at potentially toxic levels in sharks, rays and other marine life in the Indian River Lagoon and in the ocean just off Brevard County. Little is known about the health effects of… Read More ›
Indian River Lagoon
Morbillivirus Kills “Hundreds of Dolphins”
A measles-like virus that is blamed for killing hundreds of dolphins on the U.S. East Coast has spread into a Florida lagoon where hundreds of manatees, brown pelicans and dolphins already died mysteriously in recent years. The Indian River Lagoon,… Read More ›
Florida’s Lagoon a Marine Life “Killing Zone”
Its 156 miles of water boast more than 600 species of fish and more than 300 kinds of birds. The lagoon is not just an ecological treasure. To the towns along its edge — Titusville, Cocoa, Melbourne, Vero Beach and… Read More ›
Otters, Dolphins: Polluted Waters are “Death by a Million Cuts”
From National Geographic, April 11, 2013 Editor’s Note: Most highlights by N911 staff The dead sea otters arrived at Melissa Miller’s Santa Cruz, California, lab with bright-yellow eyes and gums, their livers destroyed. One by one, Miller, a marine-wildlife veterinarian,… Read More ›
Neptune 911! 