Wild dolphins use sea sponges as tools to hunt safely, revealing how animal culture survives despite hidden sensory costs.

To gauge this technique’s accuracy, they compared the camera data with measurements taken near the dolphins with handheld ...

Off the Pacific coast of Canada, scientists have captured something that challenges long‑held assumptions about life in the sea: killer whales and dolphins moving in sync as they pursue the same prey.

Marine mammals are sentinels of the sea. When dolphins and whales show signs of stress or illness, it often signals deeper problems in the ocean ecosystems we all depend on. But assessing the health ...

A quick splash, a sleek fin cutting through the surface, and then—gone. Dolphins don’t perform on cue, but when you spot one, even for a moment, it truly does make the ocean feel alive. Some places ...