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, ...
The fate of two killer whales is uncertain following the closure of a marine zoo in France on Sunday. Campaigners and the zoo's managers have been locked in disagreement about what should happen to ...
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 ...
Studies have shown that marine mammals, such as humpback whales and bottlenose dolphins, exhibit significant behavioral changes in response to human interactions. For instance, research conducted ...
But it's uncertain how the virus might affect dolphins or us in the long run. While in humans the virus mostly targets the lungs, in dolphins it tends to attack the brain. "All three animals had ...