US Navy Dispatches Military Dolphins In Effort To Save “Smirking” Porpoise From Extinction
The world's smallest porpoise, the vaquita, or "little cow," is also smaller in number as its population has been decimated in recent decades thanks to what the...
Frightened Dolphin Leaps Into Boat Breaking Woman’s Ankles
A dolphin, likely frightened by something, leaped onto a boat in Southern California, crashing into a woman and breaking both her ankles. [caption id="attachment_134916" align="aligncenter"...
Climate Change Forcing Polar Bears to Prey On Dolphins
In the words of io9:Â Â "They're as graphic as they are "unprecedented." A series of photos published in Polar Research earlier this month show a polar...
Hacker Group ‘Anonymous’ Hunting Japanese Dolphin Hunters
The Japanese are murdering and capturing hundreds of dolphins in celebration of their "tradition." Â The courageous men and women of the anti-whaling group "Sea Shepherd"...
Study: Dolphins Can Remember ‘Buddies’ For Decades
[caption id="attachment_103825" align="aligncenter" width="512"] Dolphins also remember their enemies, researchers found.(AP Photo/Rob Carr)[/caption] We learn more and more each day about dolphins, these gentle...
Dolphins, Manatees, Pelicans Dying By Hundreds in Florida
Literally hundreds of manatees, dolphins, and pelicans are dying in Florida's Indian River Lagoon, and authorities don't know why and it doesn't look like they'll...
Ukrainian killers escape: When Dolphins Attack
If sharks and krakens and stingrays and tsunamis weren’t enough to make us afraid of the water, now there’s this: three trained military attack dolphins have escaped their handlers and are roaming the Black Sea.
Wild Dolphins Surround New Zealand Swimmers
Swimming off the beach at Thorne Bay in New Zealand a father and daughter found themselves surrounded by a growing pod of bottlenose dolphins.
Whales give dolphins a lift
Humpback whales migrate to Hawaiian waters each winter to nurse and mate, but they sometimes interact with other species and the accompanying video features the first recorded examples of the gregarious cetaceans lifting bottlenose dolphins out of the water with their heads in what seems a game for both animals (the first images showing this phenomenon appear 30 seconds into the production).
Ladies if you think pregnancy is rough be glad you’re not a dolphin!
The extreme physical changes that come during pregnancy may be most evident in humans, but they plague other animals as well. New research shows that pregnant dolphins are so hefty the increased drag on the body makes them swim slower.
What’s killing the baby dolphins?
Baby dolphins are washing ashore in record numbers of the coast of Mississippi. Read this sad story.