A new study shows that dolphins' social networks can be influenced by human activity. The post Are dolphins’ social lives ...

For more than 40 years, researchers in Shark Bay, Western Australia, have been watching the lives of a very unusual group of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus). The male dolphins in ...

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Male bottlenose dolphins that form friendships age more slowly than loners, new research shows. Dolphins are social creatures that, like all of us, get old. Signs of aging in dolphins include less ...

Male bottlenose dolphins with strong friendships age more slowly compared to their more solitary peers, according to a new study that reveals the importance of social bonding for healthier ageing in ...

Source: safaritravelplus, via Wikimedia Commons. It’s been nearly 60 years since scientists first described dolphins’ use of signature whistles. These are individually distinctive whistles used by ...

Killer whales and dolphins have been working together to hunt salmon in the northern Pacific Ocean, an unexpected finding that further reveals the complex social lives of marine mammals. Video cameras ...