dolphins
It seems there are more types of humpback dolphins than previously thought. A team of researchers working for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WSC) has discovered a new species of humpback dolphins swimming in northern Australian waters.
Over a hundred bottlenose dolphins have been dying off the East Coast recently. Reports said the researchers have yet to discover the cause of the intelligent animals' mass death.
Humans aren't the only ones who have names, it turns out that dolphins have names too - the only difference is theirs are composed of whistles.
A new computer algorithm out of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) School of Computer and Communications Sciences can create a hyper-localized 3-D map simply by measuring echoes much like a bat or dolphin does.
Tourists aboard a ship sailing off the coast of San Diego on Thursday came across a spectacular display of wild life as a "super mega-pod" of thousands of dolphins swam up the coast, NBC 7 San Diego reports.
After years of using dolphins to detect mines, the U.S. Navy will be making the switch to mine-detecting robots.