/en en Tue, 06 May 2025 07:42:26 +0200 Fri, 14 Mar 2025 12:56:00 +0100 /en/background/the-porpoise-as-an-indicator-for-the-ecosystem Biologist Lonneke IJsseldijk has been researching stranded porpoises since 2015 on behalf of the ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature. 147720 Fri, 14 Mar 2025 12:56:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/utrecht-university-starts-research-on-stranded-common-dolphin Op dinsdag 10 januari werd langs de kust van Texel een dode gewone dolfijn (Delphinus delphis) gevonden. Het dier werd daarna vervoerd naar de faculteit Diergeneeskunde voor nader onderzoek. 126614 Wed, 11 Jan 2023 12:55:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/stairway-to-impact-award-for-biologist-lonneke-ijsseldijk Onderzoeker Lonneke IJsseldijk is één van de drie winnaars van de jaarlijkse Stairway to Impact Award. 125439 Wed, 30 Nov 2022 12:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/achtergrond/a-beached-orca-on-the-examination-table The orca that ran aground and died near Cadzand on 15 October ended up on the autopsy table at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. 125379 Fri, 25 Nov 2022 08:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/weakened-orca-was-sick-and-had-severe-gum-disease The orca that stranded and eventually died near Cadzand last Saturday had severe gum inflammation. The orca also had not eaten for some time. 124432 Fri, 21 Oct 2022 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/stranded-orca-examined-by-utrecht-university The orca that died on Cadzand beach in Zeeland on Saturday is being examined at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. It is a female of 5.17 metres and about 2,000 kilos. 124299 Sun, 16 Oct 2022 12:42:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/stranded-humpback-was-young-emaciated-female On Tuesday, July 5th, Defence staff found a dead humpback whale off the coast of Vlieland. Based on injuries to the tail, researchers could determine that it was the same humpback that had been swimming off our coast since the end of May. 120896 Thu, 07 Jul 2022 11:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/deadly-bacteria-found-in-large-group-of-stranded-porpoises Researchers from Utrecht University and WUR have investigated the possible cause of death of the 190 dead porpoises that washed ashore on the Dutch coast last Summer. 111793 Fri, 26 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/food-quality-and-health-essential-for-successful-porpoise-reproduction The reproduction of harbour porpoises runts into problems when there is not enough high quality food like high caloric fish available, or when the animals are in poor condition. 110950 Tue, 02 Nov 2021 10:02:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/in-de-media/van-strand-tot-snijtafel-dutch Podcast Van strand tot snijtafel: there is much to learn from a dead whale. 113798 Wed, 03 Mar 2021 14:49:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/collision-as-possible-cause-of-death-bottlenose-whale The adult female bottlenose whale found dead near Terneuzen yesterday evening was examined. The whale had a large injury to her abdomen. This was probably caused by a collision. 99285 Tue, 08 Sep 2020 10:18:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/death-toll-of-north-sea-porpoises-revealed More than 16,000 dead harbour porpoises, including 2600 on UK beaches, have been found on Europe’s coastlines around the North Sea since 1990. 98790 Tue, 18 Aug 2020 09:48:00 +0200 Nieuws © Multimedia, Faculteit Diergeneeskunde /en/news/the-curious-incident-of-porpoises-killed-by-dog-bite-bacteria Scientists have pooled their resources to solve the mystery of a ‘dog-bite’ bacteria attributed to the death of harbour porpoises. 84721 Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:15:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/results-of-investigation-into-2016-mass-mortality-event-of-sperm-whales-published The whales became stranded across five countries over a period of six weeks in early 2016. 64929 Wed, 08 Aug 2018 08:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/blood-poisoning-proved-fatal-for-white-beaked-dolphin Well fed male white-beaked dolphin died quickly of acute brain damage caused by bacterial blood poisoning. 56131 Fri, 22 Dec 2017 11:18:00 +0100 Nieuws