A surprise fossil found in the Amazon rainforest connects to both ancient saltwater dolphins and contemporary freshwater kin. The largest river dolphin fossil has been found — thousands of miles from its nearest living relative, reports an international group of paleontologists in Science Advances....
Research by the University of Rostock and Nuremberg Zoo reveals that captive bottlenose dolphins can reliably detect weak electric fields under water, suggesting a sixth sense that may aid in prey detection and even understanding Earth's magnetic field.
A new tool uses facial recognition technology to identify individual whales and dolphins in the wild across 24 species. The research was led by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) Ph.D. student Philip Patton and published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
Researchers believe the creature, named Nihohae matakoi, used its horizontal teeth to thrash at prey before gulping it down.
UK Defence Intelligence has reported that Russia has recently stepped up the defences of the Black Sea Fleet base in occupied Sevastopol, Crimea and is using common bottlenose dolphins to protect it....
About 150 dolphin carcasses were found on Black Sea coasts in Turkey and Bulgaria following the Russian destruction of the Kakhovka Dam and the species may be threatened with extinction, presidential chief-of-staff Andriy Yermak said on June 20.
Channing Tindall, the Dolphins' third-round pick from the 2022 draft, needs to step up to shore up Miami's inside linebacker depth