Dolphins enjoy one of the friendliest reputations in the animal world. Movies, aquariums, and viral clips often show them swimming beside boats or helping people in the water. Their intelligence and ...

Whales, dolphins and other marine mammals are highly social, but those social ties can also help diseases spread through populations of rare or threatened species. New research has revealed that ...

Monitoring the sounds of an endangered dolphin species may provide clues to ensuring their survival, a new University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka study shows. Published in the New Zealand Journal of ...

Dolphins live in almost every ocean, except most tend to avoid the cold waters in the Arctic and around Antarctica. Some also live in rivers, including the Amazon River in South America and the Ganges ...

PUERTO NARINO, Colombia (AP) — A flash of pink breaks the muddy surface of the Amazon River as scientists and veterinarians, waist-deep in the warm current, patiently work a mesh net around a pod of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An orphaned Irrawaddy dolphin rests in the arms of its caretaker at the Marine Endangered Species Veterinary Hospital in Rayong, ...