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(MENAFN - Emirates News Agency (WAM)) FUJAIRAH, 16th February, 2021 (WAM) New aerial and boat surveys offshore Fujairah have shed new light on the presence of cetaceans (whales and dolphins) off the UAEs East Coast, according to the Fujairah Whale and Dolphin Research Project. Operating under the patronage of the H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah, the research is jointly undertaken by the Port of Fujairah and Five Oceans Environmental Services. It...

A subadult Loggerhead sea turtle was released back into wild after being rehabilitated at Mote’s Sea Turtle Hospital.

these are all organizations opposed to the death penalty. but what this case different from others in the past as we approach the 11th hour -- there are hundreds of thousands of people. you saw their signatures on those petitions that were delivered. these are people, a lot of these people may not typically be against the death penalty. these are people who are looking at the case thinking that there are doubts here and that an execution needs to be stopped. theres a lot of people push...

>> reporter: the paper trail starts in 2007. it was that year before the drilling was about to begin in the gulf that fish and wildlife service wrote this letter, concurring and agreeing with the minerals and management service environmental assessment that drilling posed no significant risk to wildlife. dont tell that to the critically endangered kemps ridley sea turtle or the then endangered brown pelican or the threatened loggerhead turtle. >> why did they not fulfill their role as a watchdog...

And whats interesting there are all kinds of species, 400 different species of wildlife around here. and when i lanted yesterday i was up in a helicopter taking a look at the barrier islands off of mississippi, because what i didnt realize this area off the coast is the most populous area for dolphins in the entire u.s., so a huge concern is for dolphins here and theyre well-being, in addition to that the national wildlife foundation, they have found two oil-covered birds, one of which is a brow...