The effects of the opioid epidemic may not be limited to humans, with dolphins found to have fentanyl in their systems. A large proportion of bottlenose ... in live animals," Orbach said in ...

(Makayla Guinn) In addition, dolphins don't drink water, Orbach said. The marine mammal obtains the majority of its hydration from its prey, therefore those animals would likely also have these ...

but what about animals? That's what several researchers at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi are peeling back the layers after finding traces of the drug in bottlenose dolphins in the Gulf of ...

The dolphin found in 2020 was located adjacent to Robstown County, the location of the largest liquid fentanyl drug bust in U.S. history in 2023. "This is something that we really need to monitor ...