We know that the ongoing climate crisis is making life dangerous for marine life — but how exactly do interactions between humans and marine mammals like dolphins fit into this? Have we reached ...
Whales and dolphins (Cetaceans) live in tightly-knit social groups, have complex relationships, talk to each other and even have regional dialects – much like human societies. A major new study, ...
Dolphins experience what is called "unihemispheric sleep" which helps prevent them from drowning while they snooze. Humans can breathe without even thinking about it, but dolphins have a ...
The last common ancestor of humans and chimps lived some six million years ago. By comparison cetaceans such as dolphins split off from the rest of the mammal lineage about 55 million years ago ...
Although it may seem like a fun and harmless way to spend an afternoon while on vacation, it is far from harmless for the dolphin and could be dangerous to humans. In addition to being ...