Fossil Friday: huge, ancient dolphin was the first echolocating apex predator
This 15-meter-long dolphin was also the first predatory whale to use echolocation.
Tag: dolphin
Humans aren’t the only animals that get drunk (or worse): here are a few others
All life likes to party.
Common bottlenose dolphins are likely right-finned
While the sample size was small, virtually all the dolphins in the study favored their right side while foraging.
Dolphin mother adopts a whale calf — first time this is seen in the wild
A mother was incredibly invested considering she adopted an orphan from a different species and genus.
Dolphins can form long bonds over shared interests
Yet another testament to how smart and socially advanced dolphins are.
Scientists sight rare hybrid dolphin hybrid — just don’t call it a ‘wholphin’
Nope, not a dolphin-whale hybrid.
In dolphin gangs, everybody knows everyone’s name
It's just what the early humans were doing.
Dolphins, otters, and seals killed and used as bait in global fisheries
It's an undocumented practice -- we don't know how widespread and widely used it is.
Pink river dolphins in the Amazon basin are declining rapidly
These iconic animals could become extinct soon if we dont help them.
Male dolphins give gifts and employ wingmen to impress the ladies
Being really smart doesn't stop you from acting dumb when you're in love.
Dolphins can also get Alzheimer’s, surprising new study finds
We really do have a lot in common with dolphins.
Ancient whales had sharp predator teeth unlike today’s gentle giants
How baleen whale's filter combs appeared is still an intriguing mystery.
Previously unknown two-million-year-old marine extinction discovered by geologists
Something even worse might be happening today.
Trump administration eliminates new protection for endangered whales and turtles
It's not a good year for the environment.
Wild dolphins’ immune systems are failing because of ocean pollution
Things are not looking good.
Whales mourn, and grieve, and feel the loss of a loved one — just like you or me
We all know the pain and harrowing loneliness of losing a loved one, and it seems whales do too.
New Zealand opens marine reserve for oil exploration and seismic testing
In a world class display of hypocrisy, after opening up the world's largest marine sanctuary and vowing to reduce fossil ...
Here’s how dolphins “see” humans through echolocation
An unprecedented image created by UK and US researchers shows how a submerged human is "seen" by dolphins through echolocation. ...
Rare dolphin fossil might show why dolphins left rivers
Scientists from the Smithsonian have a surprising fossil dating about 6 million years old. The fossil seems to have been ...
Arctic warms, polar bears switch diet: dolphins now on the menu
Known to feed mainly on seals, the images Jon Aars at the Norwegian Polar Institute captured of a polar bear ...