The study revealed that 29% of all strandings were linked to anthropogenic (human-caused) trauma. Vessel strikes were a ...

The study revealed that 29% of all strandings were linked to anthropogenic (human-caused) trauma. Vessel strikes were a ...

How big they are: From 5 to 32 feet (1.5 to 10 meters) long, depending on the species Dolphins live in almost every ocean, except most tend to avoid the cold waters in the Arctic and around Antarctica ...

New research reveals an endearing habit amongst bottlenose dolphins that crops up during playtime—one that we humans display too. Here’s what the study found. Dolphins are beloved amongst researchers ...

Male bottlenose dolphins with strong friendships age more slowly compared to their more solitary peers, according to a new ...

A new study by WWF into one of the world’s rarest and most threatened species has found two out of three snubfin dolphins in Roebuck Bay near Broome, Western Australia have been injured by boat ...

Corpus Christi researchers have found fentanyl and other pharmaceuticals in Gulf of Mexico dolphins. Since 2022, students and faculty at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi have tested blubber from 89 ...

A fishing community in southern Brazil has an unusual ally: wild dolphins. Accounts of people and dolphins working together to hunt fish go back millennia, from the time of the Roman Empire near what ...

The Atlantic humpback dolphin (Sousa teuszii) is among the poorest understood oceanic mammals. There is a lack of historical and present-day information about population size, habitats, ecology, and ...

Dolphins live in all the world’s oceans and even some of the largest freshwater rivers. Like whales, they’re considered cetaceans, or marine-dwelling mammals. There are four main families of dolphins, ...