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Aquatic Mammals

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    Dead Baby Dolphin Found in Jamaica Bay

    A dead baby dolphin washed up on the Queens shoreline, and scientists think the infant might be part of a lager group that had recently been stranded off the Cape Cod coast. Officials from the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation told the New York Daily News that the 3-foot d ... More >>

  • Film

    February 1, 2012

    Save the Humans! Actors and Whales Trapped in Big Miracle

    A dead baby dolphin washed up on the Queens shoreline, and scientists think the infant might be part of a lager group that had recently been stranded off the Cape Cod coast. Officials from the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation told the New York Daily News that the 3-foot d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Scientists Blame Facebook and Twitter on Animals

    And now for some good news about the human condition: We can't be held fully accountable for the creation of the two horrible timesucks that make social interaction meaningless Facebook and Twitter. Scientists say that it's the animals' fault -- specifically, smart animals such as dolphins, whales ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    Everyone Loves Dolphins Except Me!

    Dolphin Tale is a big hit, and every time a dolphin appears on cable, the ratings go higher than Jersey Shore. And if it's a dolphin on the Jersey Shore, forgetaboutit! Everyone simply adores dolphins, lining up for a chance to see them jump and splash and indulge in belly-to-belly copulation and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Dolphins Save Dog!!! Dolphins Save Dog!!!!!

    ​Strife in the Middle East got you down? Union-busting bills taking the shine off your afternoon? Are you Lindsay Lohan? Time to cheer up, because a group of dolphins in Florida helped save a dog stranded in a canal. South Florida's NBC 2 reports that Turbo, an 11-year-old Doberman, was strand ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Japan Cancels Whale Hunt Because People Might Get Hurt

    ​After repeated face-offs between Japanese whaling ship the Nisshin Maru and the Bob Barker and the Gojira -- boats helmed by anti-whaling activists from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society -- Japan has called off its yearly Antarctic whale hunt citing "safety concerns." Via BBC News, "Putti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    World's Oldest Winery Found; Clotted Whale Cholesterol is Latest Cool Cocktail Ingredient

    ​Lettie Teague considers the outrageous wine bottle upsell at some restaurants and asks just how much is too much. [Wall Street Journal] Scientists have discovered the world's oldest known winery in a cavern in Armenia, outside a village still known for its winemaking skills. [Wall Street Jou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Penguin Walks All Over Sea Lion

    It's hard to say who we feel for more in this video of animal mishaps -- the adorable small penguin who "accidentally" stumbles over the wallowing sea lion, or the sea lion who is awoken from his nap by the sudden appearance of a penguin upon his back. Antics ensue! Faces are red! There is thrashing ... More >>

  • News

    November 24, 2010

    Winter Guide: A Travel Guide to Area Winter Getaways

    It's hard to say who we feel for more in this video of animal mishaps -- the adorable small penguin who "accidentally" stumbles over the wallowing sea lion, or the sea lion who is awoken from his nap by the sudden appearance of a penguin upon his back. Antics ensue! Faces are red! There is thrashing ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 6, 2010

    FREE FLIPPER

    Protest the killing of dolphins in Japan

  • Theater

    August 4, 2010

    The 2010 Ice Factory Helps the Ohio Theatre Say Farewell

    Hater and Nurses in New England are among the two last shows to be staged on Wooster Street

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    Virgin Seal Gets a Taste of Romance, First Kiss, and Maybe More...

    via the PostGo ahead, click to enlarge. Even make it your background, we won't tell.​I mean, really, given our adorable animal obsession, how could we not blog about this? Bernie, the New York Aquarium's only harbor seal, has a new girlfriend, Coral, who moved to his exhibit this month from At ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Breaking: Snoop Dogg, Humanitarian Environmentalist, Pimps Out a Sea Lion

    Via Metro UK/Bob Couey.​When he's not besting Chuck Norris by smoking weed, rapper/actor/father/husband/philanthropist/botanist Snoop Dogg is now besting everyone by pimping out not a "ride," not a goblet, not even a small child, but a sea lion. Yes: A Sea Lion. While other rappers are busy doing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Special Things for People Without Summer Fridays: Baby Sea Lion (Video!)

    ​New babies! We love new babies. Especially when they are super-cute baby sea lions born at the New York Aquarium: An as-yet-unnamed female sea lion has been born to mama sea lion Clarice, and is the first sea lion to be born at the Aquarium.

  • Voice Choices

    May 18, 2010

    The Little People

    A big story told in a small way

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    Poor Baby Whale Stuck in East Hampton

    A young whale may find itself in trouble if it ventures to East Hampton alone.​Warning: This is a sad one. Not only do we hate when an adorable animal is in trouble, this particular adorable animal, a humpback whale calf, is stuck in possibly the worst place for whales -- Main Beach at East Ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    Sunny Times For Fire Island

    ​The gay ghetto known as Fire Island is starting to recover from a bad 2009, which is good news for the gays who work out all day so they can do drugs all night.

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    The Hump Is "Sincerely" Sorry for Serving Whale Meat

    Sei whale is no longer on the menu at the Hump.​What a difference a federal misdemeanor charge makes: three days after the U.S. Attorney's Office charged the owners of the Santa Monica, Ca., sushi restaurant the Hump and its sister restaurant, Typhoon, with violating the Marine Mammal Protecti ... More >>

  • Film

    July 28, 2009
  • Film

    March 25, 2009
  • Voice Choices

    July 16, 2008

    DOGGY STYLE

    You and me, baby, ain’t nothing but mammals

  • Voice Choices

    July 2, 2008

    ALL THAT GLITTERS

    Taylor Mac prepares to rule the world

  • Books

    December 4, 2007

    The Fish That Wasn't

    A whale of a cultural clash in an early New York legal battle

  • Film

    July 17, 2007

    Arctic Tale

    A whale of a cultural clash in an early New York legal battle

  • Music

    November 28, 2006

    Lips Inc.

    Hip-hop disrespects them. Subway patrons love them. Beatboxers make some serious noise.

  • News

    October 31, 2006

    Who Killed Robert Konopka?

    His psychotic Rikers cellmate—or the prison system itself?

  • Dance

    September 27, 2005

    The Student Was Ready; the Teacher—a Whale—Appeared

    His psychotic Rikers cellmate—or the prison system itself?

  • Columns

    September 13, 2005

    Journey to the Motherland

    Crossing continents to explore the real Africa

  • Theater

    September 13, 2005

    Taking the Plunge

    Kirsten Childs's dolphins play dangerous human games. But referee Tina Landau's asleep.

  • Film

    May 24, 2005

    'Deep Blue'

    Kirsten Childs's dolphins play dangerous human games. But referee Tina Landau's asleep.

  • Dance

    December 7, 2004

    Death-Defying Dance and Dancers Baptize Montclair's New House

    Kirsten Childs's dolphins play dangerous human games. But referee Tina Landau's asleep.

  • Dance

    June 22, 2004

    Flying Feet May Threaten Spectators, But Our Hearts Leap at These Feats

    Kirsten Childs's dolphins play dangerous human games. But referee Tina Landau's asleep.

  • Film

    February 10, 2004

    Brain-damaged: Barrymore gets to forget; what about us?

    Kirsten Childs's dolphins play dangerous human games. But referee Tina Landau's asleep.

  • Music

    December 30, 2003

    Licks

    Kirsten Childs's dolphins play dangerous human games. But referee Tina Landau's asleep.

  • Specials

    March 18, 2003

    Letters

    Kirsten Childs's dolphins play dangerous human games. But referee Tina Landau's asleep.

  • News

    February 25, 2003

    Zak the California Sea Lion

    Kirsten Childs's dolphins play dangerous human games. But referee Tina Landau's asleep.

  • NYC Life

    July 31, 2001

    Limited-Equity Co-op in Eight-Unit 1872 Building

    Kirsten Childs's dolphins play dangerous human games. But referee Tina Landau's asleep.

  • News

    November 23, 1999

    Nation

    Kirsten Childs's dolphins play dangerous human games. But referee Tina Landau's asleep.

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