Allie, a 37-year-old bottlenose dolphin, swims through the Seven Seas habitat at Brookfield Zoo on Jan. 14, 2025. Allie is an experienced mother and is expecting a calf this summer. (Audrey ...

Juvenile bottlenose dolphins possess specialized receptors on their tongues to detect fatty acids in their mother's milk, compensating for their limited olfactory capabilities in aquatic environments.

Baby bottlenose dolphins are born tail first ... It's also used as a way to communicate with its mother and other nearby ...

Scientists have discovered that juvenile bottlenose dolphins have specialized receptors for detecting the fatty acids in their mother's milk. These findings, published in the journal Marine Mammal ...

A recent study has discovered that juvenile bottlenose dolphins have specialised receptors for detecting the fatty acids in their mother’s milk. The researchers found special structures in the ...

But cooperation goes beyond eating. With help from another dolphin, a new mom will gently nudge her baby to the surface for its first breath. Watch bottlenose dolphins. When a wolf "talks," the ...

Allie, a 37-year-old bottlenose dolphin, is in her second trimester and is expected to give birth in June. Brookfield Zoo Chicago Share Brookfield Zoo has a case of baby fever. Dolphin baby fever ...

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill resulted in large-scale oil contamination of the northern Gulf of Mexico and consequentially caused long-term health effects and reduced reproductive success in ...