Dossier
Indian Ocean humpback dolphin
Coverage of Indian Ocean humpback dolphin in the Nexus archive.
- What a dolphin’s death in Kerala reveals about India’s marine plastic pollution
A necropsy of an endangered Indian Ocean humpback dolphin found dead on Kozhikode beach revealed fatal ingestion of a plastic fishing net, underscoring the threat of marine plastic pollution and 'ghost nets'. CMFRI data indicate high marine mammal strandings, with coastal dolphins being particularly vulnerable.