Research suggests that dolphins develop a lifelong vocal “name.” Here’s how they evolved this high level of social identity, once thought to be uniquely human.

A new species of ancient dolphin has been discovered, and it may have had a strange and terrifying way of capturing its prey. The fossilized creature, named Aureia rerehua, is thought to have lived ...

There are around 40 species of dolphins alive today. They are found all over the world and live in both freshwater and marine habitats. However, although many species are thriving with populations in ...

There’s been a 140-year debate about whether two dolphin types most commonly seen in the waters off Southern California are related. Now, researchers affiliated with the National Oceanic and ...

Since the 1980s, the combined populations of river dolphin species have plummeted by 73%. With the Global Declaration for River Dolphins, 14 countries (six of them in Latin America) are expected to ...

Entanglement in fishing nets and habitat loss are the greatest threats to dolphins. River dolphin populations are severely fragmented due to the building of dams. Some subpopulations of dolphins are ...