For the first time ever, a team including several UC Santa Cruz scientists have directly measured the behavioral responses of some of the most common marine mammals to military sonar. And the finding ...

A new study has investigated hundreds of videos and images taken by the public, tourism operators and scientists to better understand a rarely studied behavior among whales and dolphins—do they ...

Dolphins exhibit one of the most sophisticated forms of animal communication, employing a diverse vocal repertoire that includes frequency‐modulated whistles, burst-pulses, and other signal types.

For over 140 years, traditional fishers in Laguna, Brazil, have hunted for fish as they work together with local Lahille’s ...

Dolphins are familiar coastal creatures in Beaufort County and seeing the distinctive gray dorsal fins pierce the surface of a local river or creek is not unusual. But a peculiar and spectacular ...

Picture of long-beaked common dolphin off Southern California taken during research authorized by permit #19091 from the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service. For the first time ever, a team ...