A Mexican coastal town with over 6,000 residents has adopted a rare, mysterious bottlenose dolphin as its pet, which ...

Bottlenose dolphins are one of the most widely-studied animals in the ocean. Most researchers believe dolphins have advanced ...

Too many nutrients can cause microscopic marine algae to grow out of control with harmful effects on animals and people ...

This hunting method is called corralling. Dolphins sleep, but they do it in a very different way than humans do. These creatures sleep with only half of their brain at a time, while the other half ...

The dolphins had eaten 14% to 20% fewer ladyfish ... Still, it’s no surprise that human activity can be harmful to ecosystems—from chopping down shocking amounts of rainforest, to the melting ...

An aquatic weed fed by human activity is killing off dolphins, warns new research. The phytoplankton bloom deprived bottlenose dolphins of nutritious prey, damaged habitats and led to a sharp rise ...