The eight-foot-long bottlenose dolphin was found dead with its head missing last month on the shore of Lea-Hutaff Island, N.C ...

Enforcement agents for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are offering a $20,000 reward for information on ...

Last month, a passerby reported finding a dead bottlenose dolphin stranded on the remote, underdeveloped Lea-Hutaff barrier island, situated just north of Wilmington and accessible only by boat.

A cause of death for the bottlenose dolphin hasn’t been confirmed, but a necropsy revealed it was infected with brucellosis, ...

Editor's note. The contents of this story may be disturbing to some readers. A bottlenose dolphin was found decapitated in North Carolina, and federal officials are offering up to $20,000 for ...

Federal marine law enforcement is investigating after a dolphin was found dead with its head cut off along the North Carolina ...

What we know: A person spotted a stranded, dead bottlenose dolphin on Lea Island on April 15. According to NOAA, the island is remote and only accessible by boat. When investigators arrived ...

Bottlenose dolphins are a protected species known to reach 1,400 pounds and live up to 60 years in U.S. waters, NOAA says. This is not the dolphin that was found with its head missing on a North ...