New research reveals an endearing habit amongst bottlenose dolphins that crops up during playtime—one that we humans display too. Here’s what the study found. Dolphins are beloved amongst researchers ...

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Dolphins are extremely playful, but little is known about how they -- and other marine mammals -- communicate during playtime. New research shows that bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncates) use the ...

Dolphin study links strong male friendships to slower biological aging. Research tracked 38 dolphins using DNA to measure ...

CHICAGO — A bottlenose dolphin safely delivered a calf early Saturday morning at Brookfield Zoo Chicago, a “momentous occasion” that marks the first dolphin birth in more than a decade at the west ...

Dolphins produce a range of vocalizations used for echolocation and communication. These vocalizations vary with social context, environmental conditions, external stimuli, and communication, ...

The park announced the birth of a baby bottlenose calf to first-time mother Koko, who is 13. The calf was born on May 26 and is estimated to be around 30 pounds and measures about three feet in length ...

Dolphins are social creatures that, like all of us, get old. Signs of aging in dolphins include less energy, changes to skin, ...

Dolphins are extremely playful, but little is known about how they—and other marine mammals—communicate during playtime. New research publishing October 2 in the Cell Press journal iScience shows that ...