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Buy an EV or the Dolphins will get it? Activists now hope our love of dolphins will induce us to accept their wild climate claims.

Proponents of swimming with dolphins cite the thrill of feeling a human-animal connection that verges on spiritual and even claim health benefits like reducing stress and boosting T cells...

Incidences of orcas ramming into boats along the Portuguese and Spanish coasts have left sailors terrified and scientists confused. Over the past two months, several incidences have been reported of orcas colliding into boats...

Approximately 40 dolphins have been reported dead in an area affected by an oil spill from a Japanese ship. The ship, MV Wakashio, ran aground on a coral reef on the southern tip of Mauritius in July. According...

The Delphinus delphis, an uncommon dolphin species, has been repeatedly spotted in the Adriatic Sea. According to recent research led by marine scientists at the University of St Andrews, the rare dolphin has been observed...

They’re smart, rare, sociable and an incredibly coveted sighting for eco-tourists and wildlife lovers. But Amazon river dolphins are teetering on the brink of extinction as a five-year fishing moratorium has just expired,...

Bottlenose dolphins typically reside in tropical or warm-temperate waters around the world — but researchers recently glimpsed a group of around 200 of the dolphins and around 70 false killer whales off northern Vancouver...

A beluga whale living in captivity with a pod of bottlenose dolphins learned to communicate using their unique "language" or sounds. Detailed in a new study published in the journal Animal Cognition, the extraordinary inter-species...

New Zealand has announced plans to turn a vast area of the South Pacific, about 600 miles northeast of New Zealand's North Island, into a marine sanctuary...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS6vs2mDc-k Yet another couple is making headlines for their plan to give birth using the Pacific Ocean as their birthing pool and dolphins for midwives. "This has to be, hands down, one of...

Dolphins are having trouble reproducing according to a new study, and it’s because of industrial chemical pollution. The chemicals, polychlorinated biphenyls or PCB’s, can last in an animal’s body for a lifetime because...

Dolphins are having trouble reproducing according to a new study, and it’s because of industrial chemical pollution. The chemicals, polychlorinated biphenyls or PCB’s, can last in an animal’s body for a lifetime because...

Dolphins are having trouble reproducing according to a new study, and it’s because of industrial chemical pollution. The chemicals, polychlorinated biphenyls or PCB’s, can last in an animal’s body for a lifetime because...

Between 1976 and 2013, a small village in the Solomon Islands killed 15,400 dolphins--for their teeth. Prized for use as jewelry, currency and even bride price, the teeth fetched about $0.70 a piece in 2013, according to...

There's a new type of seismic imaging called Acoustic Zoom, and it's better than older forms of sonar for both dolphins and scientists alike. It works by emitting smaller amounts of energy over a longer period of time,...