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 been…
The life of a bottlenose dolphin can be surprisingly rough, with individuals chasing, biting, and smashing themselves…
After all of those years of humans holding dolphins in shackles, mocking them with cutesy depictions in the media, and…
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 involve…
Boaters off the coast of Western Australia have spotted a bottlenose dolphin that appears to be wearing some kind of…
Say hello to the “Echo Hunter,” a 27 million-year-old toothed whale that’s helping scientists understand how these…
BBC’s Attenborough’s Life That Glows is an absolutely gorgeous look at the mysterious creatures around the world that…
A bunch of beachgoers in Argentina last week inadvertently killed an endangered baby dolphin when they scooped it out…
In a world’s first, researchers from the US and UK have created an impression of a submerged human as recorded by a…
These dolphins are evidence of a complicated history. They have some of the characteristics of dolphins that made the…
We always hear that dolphins are smart but how smart are they actually? Lori Marino explains for Ted-Ed in this cute…
A couple of months ago, I helped out in Patricia Brennan’s lab when she made casts of dolphin vaginas. You heard me…
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