Researchers alarmed by disturbing new trend in whale and dolphin behavior: 'We need to understand why [this happens]'

Researchers alarmed by disturbing new trend in whale and dolphin behavior: 'We need to understand why [this happens]'

A nearly two-decade study from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa revealed a troubling trend in whale and dolphin strandings. The findings show that the majority of those animals had suffered some form of natural disease or human-caused trauma.  What's happening? Published in the journal Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, the study examined 272 strandings that occurred between 2006 and 2024. Of those whale and dolphin strandings, 29.2% had suffered …