BEAUFORT, N.C. (WITN/Gray News) - A bottlenose dolphin was found dead in North Carolina, and officials believe that the probable cause of death points to a plastic bag found in its stomach.

Adult bottlenose dolphins weigh between 300-1400 pounds and range from 6-13 feet in length. They are social animals, living in groups of just a few to over 100 dolphins.

2013 was a grim year for dolphins in Florida. That year, bottlenose dolphins were dying en masse in the Indian River Lagoon ...

Florida dolphins are starving to death because of harmful marine algae blooms, researchers have said. In 2013, 8 percent of the bottlenose dolphins living in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon perished.

BEAUFORT, N.C. (WITN/Gray News) - A bottlenose dolphin was found dead in North Carolina, and officials believe that the probable cause of death points to a plastic bag found in its stomach. On Tuesday ...