The Mauritius oil spill that began last month could be becoming an ecological catastrophe. For days, dozens of big…

New research shows the startling degree to which stranded dolphins and whales found along the southeastern U.S.…

You don’t need to have seen documentaries like The Cove to feel uneasy about whales, sharks, and dolphins being held…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is offering a $20,000 reward to anyone who can lead them…

Since the beginning of February, over 260 bottlenose dolphin strandings have been documented along the northern Gulf…

Norwegian fishermen discovered a beluga whale wearing a harness off the country’s northern coast last week. The…

Discovered to be a unique species just five years ago, the Araguaian river dolphin of Brazil is a fascinating, yet…

Ichthyosaurs and dolphins are the archetypal examples of convergent evolution in action, in which two completely…

A village on the coast of France has banned swimming in the presence of Zafar, a bottlenose dolphin that has become…

A team of experts injected an ailing orca calf with a dose of antibiotics, in a medical intervention that’s never…

The life of a bottlenose dolphin can be surprisingly rough, with individuals chasing, biting, and smashing…

After all of those years of humans holding dolphins in shackles, mocking them with cutesy depictions in the media,…

Rescuers in Australia’s Hamelin Bay are struggling to save six short-finned pilot whales out of an estimated 150 who…

Marine biologists working off the northwest coast of Australia have observed a rare mating display in which male…

An international team of researchers has uncovered tell-tale signs of Alzheimer’s disease in dolphins, marking the…

Last year brought what seemed like a disturbing omen to communities surrounding Europe’s North Sea: a whole lot of…

Scientists have uncovered the fossilized remains of an unusual species of dolphin that lived 30 million years ago in…

By now, you probably know that humans are really screwing up the ocean. Climate change aside, we often dump oil into…

As you stare at your computer screen on a slow Monday morning, you’re probably wondering why your job doesn’t…

Boaters off the coast of Western Australia have spotted a bottlenose dolphin that appears to be wearing some kind of…