Preface -- What is a marine mammal? -- Main groups of marine mammals -- Modern taxonomy of marine mammals -- How to look for marine mammals -- Natural history of marine mammals -- Conservation -- How ...

In his Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books, the late, great British satirist Douglas Adams wrote that dolphins are the second most intelligent creatures on earth — before humans and after mice, ...

But the law is no punchline. Its purpose is to protect dolphins from the very human urge to connect. According to the ...

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network is still searching for the entangled dolphin calf in the Houston Ship Channel. Last week, the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network ...

Common dolphins in the North Atlantic are living significantly shorter lives, with female longevity dropping seven years ...

The U.S. will tighten regulations on seafood imports starting in 2026 to protect marine mammals from harmful "bycatch" ...

KEY LARGO, Fla. ― Fourteen-year-old B.B. is a bit of a showoff. A superstar athlete able to swim faster and jump higher than the other five bottlenose dolphins at Dolphin Life Key Largo (formerly ...

Common dolphins - among the ocean’s most abundant mammals - are living for an average of 17 years rather than 24 years in the ...

A new study reveals that common dolphins in the North Atlantic are living significantly shorter lives, with female longevity dropping by seven years since 1997. Common dolphins are among the most ...

Laela Sayigh is a senior research specialist in the biology department at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. She’s headed ...

To better understand how many stranded dolphins are located by the public, a group of researchers made decoy dolphins out of ...