We typically imagine echolocation as “seeing” with sound—experiencing auditory signals as a world of images like the ones our ...

Dolphins are world famous for their playful, acrobating leaps out of the water. While it might seem like pure fun to us, there’s more to these impressive jumps than meets the eye. Dolphins leap to ...

Mammalian altruism is extremely rare, but may have occurred when a pod of dolphins escorted a lost humpback whale from the ...

Dolly and Donna, two dolphins at the Nuremberg Zoo in Germany, appear to be able to sense electric fields — an ability that might help them detect prey buried in sand or enhance their navigation.

In water, a dolphin's body is buoyant, supported by the surrounding liquid. On land, however, their bodies are not designed to bear their own weight, leading to physical stress and even potential ...

The higher water temperatures in Lake Tefé were at least in part caused by the ongoing drought. At one point during the week of the mass dolphin casualties, temperatures hit as high as 39.1 ...

A night view of dolphins swimming in blue-tinted bioluminescent waves in Marina del Rey, California, has captivated viewers on TikTok. The mesmerizing scene was captured in a video posted by Josh ...

Dolphins have an irresistible charm for people. They are extremely playful at all ages and often play alone, surfing the waves, leaping into the air, performing flips and striking the water with ...

That’s not all; dolphins don’t chew and swallow their food whole. This reduces the risk of prey getting stuck in their throats. Instead of chewing, their teeth are primarily used to grasp food.