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 may be the...

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...