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05 Sep 2024

Like Humans, These Animals Give Each Other Names

Discover how dolphins, parrots, and monkeys give each other names through unique vocalizations. Learn about the fascinating communication systems in the animal kingdom.

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10 Feb 2022

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15 Sep 2021

Denmark: 1500 dolphins killed in largest massacre

In keeping with the annual, 'barbaric' tradition of killing dolphins, nearly 1500 of these mammals were killed in Faroe Island in Denmark. The images and videos from the event held over the weekend depicted water and shoreline becoming red with the blood of dead dolphins. The hunt has sparked outrage and drawn sharp reactions from animal rights activists.

11 Dec 2017

Why do some dolphins, whales get stranded along coasts?

Mass strandings occur around the world and can affect anywhere from three to several hundred animals during any given event.

07 Dec 2017

Satellites monitoring endangered pink dolphins in Brazil's Amazon

A select group of 11 dolphins are observed each day by researchers with the aim of registering their travel and activity routes, gathering information about their genetic profile and verifying, among other things, the extent of their contamination with mercury.

27 Nov 2017

How male dolphins mate with females discovered for the first time

This is the first time the behaviour has been documented in this species.

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25 Oct 2017

Signs of 'full-blown' Alzheimer's Disease discovered in dolphins for the first time

In the study, an international team of researchers examined the bodies of dolphins who had died after washing ashore on the Spanish coast.

17 Oct 2017

Whales, dolphins follow rich 'human-like' culture, says study

Further, vocal mimicry and 'signature whistles' used by dolphins to make a call associated with an individual when they're not there, suggests they too gossip about each other.

07 Sep 2017

Hector's dolphin population witnesses 80 percent decline in New Zealand

"Hector's disappeared at such a rapid rate last century and with very little public knowledge, it was truly a silent slaughter in our inshore waters.

27 May 2017

Now, a smartphone for dolphins to play games

Researchers have developed an underwater computer touchscreen exclusively for dolphins to play games.

26 May 2017

Dolphin intelligence to be studied via newly-developed underwater touchscreen!

In addition to the touchscreen, the dolphin's habitat at the US National Aquarium in Baltimore has been outfitted with equipment to record their behaviour and vocalisations as they encounter and begin to use the technology.

23 Mar 2017

Gangetic dolphins sighted in highly polluted pockets of Hooghly river

The study was conducted by observing and counting dolphins from the riverbank at specific locations along the 534-km stretch of the Hooghly in West Bengal.

27 Feb 2017

Dolphin genes may hold key to treating stroke, kidney failure

Comparing the proteins of humans and these other mammals is already providing researchers with a wealth of new information about how the human body works.

14 Sep 2016

Do dolphins have a human-like spoken language? - Watch video

Two Black Sea bottlenose dolphins, named Yasha and Yana, were taped talking to each other in a pool, and without interruption.

07 Sep 2016

Incredible fact just discovered: Dolphins are mouth-breathers!

The team of reserchers from the University of Otago confirmed this report saying that a dolphin spotted at the coast of New Zealand was discovered breathing through its mouth.

Kevin Pietersen

21 Jul 2016

Kevin Pietersen returning to Dolphins for T20 stint

Pietersen has been sidelined since April, recovering from an injury he sustained playing in the Indian Premier League.

15 Jan 2016

Europe's killer whales, dolphins threatened by PCB pollution: Study

Despite regulations and mitigation measures to reduce PCB (polychlorinated biphenyl) pollution, it still poses a great threat to the population of killer whales and dolphins, in European seas, according to a study published online on Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports.

05 Dec 2015

Mercury level in dolphins linked to exposure in humans

The most toxic form of mercury known as methylmercury builds up in fish, shellfish, and animals that eat fish, and are the main sources of mercury exposure in humans.

Kevin Pietersen

04 Nov 2015

Kevin Pietersen slams T20 ton in South Africa

Pietersen is now working as a a freelance T20 batsman.

18 Oct 2015

Planktons' jumps may help us improve our engineering

Dolphins and whales may attract a lot of attention when they leap dramatically out of the water. But aquatic animals thousands of times smaller, such as plankton, are accomplished jumpers, too.

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