New research highlights how extensive plastic pollution is—and how nonhuman species, including dolphins, are exposed.

Scientists have found microplastics in the breath of bottlenose dolphins. It’s the first evidence that marine mammals could ...

Exhaled breath is collected from a wild bottlenose dolphin during a health assessment conducted by the National Marine Mammal Foundation and partners in Barataria Bay, LA.

A family of dolphins were spotted at a popular Ceredigion beach last Monday (October 7). During a boat trip at New Quay Beach, a white-finned dolphin named ‘Ghost’ and her calf called 'Spirit' were ...

The rise of orca-boat interactions Between 2020 and 2024, an astounding 600 reports of orca-boat interactions were documented ...

As XEC, the latest COVID variant takes hold, we are watching viral evolution play out on a time scale short enough to follow, ...

Bottlenose dolphins “smile” at each other while playing, making open-mouth facial expressions that are similar to those used ...

For humans, flashing a smile is an easy way to avoid misunderstanding. And, according to a new study, bottlenose dolphins may use a similar tactic while playing with each other. The study ...

“Smile, and the whole world smiles with you,” goes the expression—and it seems this sentiment holds for bottlenose dolphins as well. A recent study published in the journal *iScience* reveals that ...