Thought to be some of the smartest animals on Earth, bottlenose dolphins send messages to one another in many different ways. They squeak, squawk and use body language—leaping as high as 20 feet in ...

Monitoring animal behaviour is vital for ecology and conservation, yet surface-level observations can influence estimates of group size and activity budgets because of their limited lateral ...

CAPE COD, Mass. — Following a massive rescue effort to save a large group of bottlenose dolphins that stranded along Cape Cod, marine mammal experts are now tracking survivors in deeper waters.

The common bottlenose dolphin is a dolphin well-known from aquariums and dolphin shows. While many people may have seen one at least once, further research reveals that they are not just adorable sea ...

Dolphins have captivated human imagination for thousands of years — and for good reason. These sleek, intelligent marine mammals are far more complex, surprising, and frankly mind-blowing than most ...

More than four decades ago, in the summer of 1982, a team of researchers chased bottlenose dolphins through the shallow, brackish waters of the Mississippi Sound, scooped them gently into a 457-meter ...

This year is 20 years since the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary (ADS) was established. To mark the milestone, we reflect on the importance of the Sanctuary, how we can all help the dolphins, and what’s ...

Over-eager eco-tourists intent on seeing spinner dolphins up close may inadvertently be disturbing the charismatic animals' daytime rest periods and driving them out of safe habitats in bays along ...

Sara Lesser, education supervisor at the Aquarium of the Pacific, said both common dolphins and bottlenose dolphins are year-round residents of Southern California waters. While they share the same ...

March 23 (UPI) --Human fascination with bottlenose dolphins goes back thousands of years, at least as early as Greek mythology. But it wasn't until the 1960s that methodical research into dolphin ...