Reggie, a dolphin that gained fame for engaging with swimmers on multiple recent occasions off England's south coast, was "not asking for belly rubs" but also "not trying to drown people," according ...

Dolphins' social lives are being reshaped by human activity, reveals new research. The study of bottlenose dolphins off the ...

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 ...

Some Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay, Western Australia use sea sponges as tools to protect their snouts while hunting hidden prey, a behavior known as “sponging.” Sponging occurs only ...

Marine biologists studying bottlenose dolphins in Florida Bay have documented a cooperative hunting method known as mud-ring feeding, a behavior that demonstrates how dolphins use coordinated actions ...

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 ...

Cooperation is a pillar of human society, promoting an exchange of skills and knowledge between different individuals and social groups. Humans typically do not only cooperate with their own family, ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto RicoSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Stinky the dolphin is lonely, and he’s getting way too frisky with humans. The lone male bottlenose dolphin has been cavorting for months in waters off the ...

Bottlenose dolphins in the Adriatic Sea are spending so much time behind fishing trawlers that the pattern now looks less like opportunism and more like dependence. In some waters off Italy, dolphins ...