dolphins

Some dolphins pee up into the air and we've only now learned this

Scientists believe this could be a form of social bonding — or even an unusual way of smelling through touch.

Dolphins Are Exhaling Microplastics: What Does It Mean for Marine Life?

U.S. researchers found microplastic particles in dolphin breath, raising new concerns about ocean pollution.

Bolivian river dolphins dangling an anaconda in their mouths have scientists puzzled

Seriously, dolphins?

A helping fin: dolphin poop is helping reefs in the Maldives grow strong and resilient

Against the backdrop of massive coral die-offs all around the world, these findings are quite welcome.

Dolphins taste their friends' urine to recognize them

As they don't have olfactory bulbs they have to rely on taste and vocal calls

Russian war could be causing surge in dolphin deaths in the Black Sea

Scientists and organizations warn over the environmental impacts of the war.

Every year, locals from the Faroe islands slaughter thousands of dolphins as a tradition. Now it could be banned

Although part of local tradition, the custom has outraged many across the globe.

Dolphins have personality traits very similar to humans, study finds

We knew they were smart, but they're surprisingly similar to us.

Dolphins are seeing a rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and it's our fault

Antibiotic resistance is reaching dramatic levels in some wild ecosystems, reports a study on bottlenose dolphins living in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon. One of the scariest public health issues we’re contending with today is the rise of antibiotic resistance. Many common bacterial strains are evolving to resist the drugs we rely on to treat them, […]

French scientists looked at what makes dolphins happy -- and they're very much like us

Quality time with friends makes anyone happy.

Cyprian dolphins resort to chewing through fishing nets due to overfishing

We're not giving them any other option.

Convergent evolution in bats and dolphins driven by same genes

It’s amazing how two different animals from two completely different environments evolve some identical physical features. Take bats and dolphins for instance. Both of them use a complex system that produces, receives and process ultrasonic sound waves in order to identify visually hidden objects, track down prey or navigate through obstacles better – typically this […]

Dolphins talk like humans, study says

A team of researchers have shown in a recently released paper published in the journal Royal Society Biology Letters that dolphins actually communicate with each other through a process much in the way humans use. What has been mistaken for a long time as plain whisteling has now been proven to be a much more […]