On March 15, 2026 a community member called in a report of a dolphin stranded on Folly Beach, South Carolina. The LMMN team of volunteers and staff were quick to respond. This is the 4th animal to strand in South Carolina this year (2026), with another dolphin reported as entangled in the Charleston Harbor. Our team was able to perform a necropsy on the beach to help determine what may have caused this animal to die and strand. This was also a great opportunity to educate n

Providing care to the Sperm Whale UPDATE: The preliminary cause of stranding for the sperm whale is starvation. The beached whale was emaciated (very thin). Emaciation is the end point of starvation and means the whale had depleted fats and skeletal muscle. Tissue samples were submitted for microscopic analysis (histology and cytology) and biotoxicology. Results from these diagnostic tests have further confirmed starvation as the immediate cause of stranding. While starvation

On November 3rd LMMN received a call about a dead dolphin at the north end of folly beach. Lauren Rust and Tracy Kowalczyk reported to...

Over the Memorial day weekend the LMMN team received a phone call of a dead dolphin in the Folly River. When the team arrived to the...