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Dolphin snot might play a crucial role in echolocation

You might think it's funny, but it's snot! Okay, sorry. I'm really sorry. Please don't leave. Aaron Thode, a research scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, believes he's uncovered the key to the high-pitched "clicks" that ...

Keep Calm and Love Dolphins

Keep Calm and Love Dolphins

How dolphins listen to their mothers

Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncates) are a highly social species that are well known for their use of acoustic recognition signals, termed signature whistles.

Snot may be key to dolphins' tracking of prey

Dolphins employ the animal equivalent of sonar to find and track their prey. To do this, they emit a series of quick, high-frequency sounds.

Captive Dolphins Need a Full, Rich Social Life

05_24_Dolphin_Social_01 Debbie, a 56-day-old dolphin baby, swims next to her mother, Delphi, at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, on February 17.

Dolphins use mucus to create the noises which help them find their prey

They can pick out a fish from more than 650 feet away by producing a rapid-fire stream of clicks as they race through the water in search of prey.

Risso's Dolphins spotted back in Mount's Bay

Familiar marine creatures have been spotted back in Mount's Bay for the first time in 2016. Wildlife watchers, Marine Discovery Penzance, were pleased to welcome back Risso's Dolphins back into Mount's Bay on Tuesday as they recorded their first sighting.

The grandmother was teaching the granddaughter the wisdom that we were once all strangers in a strange land and that we’re judged by how we treat those who have the least.

The grandmother was teaching the granddaughter the wisdom that we were once all strangers in a strange land and that we’re judged by how we treat those who have the least.

Dolphin Marine Magic park 'force cancer suffering mammal to perform'

Conservationists are outraged that an elderly dolphin in Australia is being forced to work in captivity and entertain crowds on a daily basis - despite having a history of cancer.

Hungry dolphin gulps down salmon as snack

A PECKISH dolphin polishes off a salmon after popping up for a snack out at sea. The bottlenose rose to snare the fish before flipping it up in the air and gulping it down whole in the Moray Firth in North East Scotland.

Someone gave a hoot and saved a baby owl in Maryland

A passerby spotted a baby barred owl in the middle of the street Tuesday evening, near the C&O Canal near Hancock, in western Maryland.

Video: How dolphin moms reunite with their babies

Imagine if, when you wanted to get your kid's attention, you called them—not by their name—but by your own. It turns out that bottlenose dolphin mothers do just that. They use “signature whistles,” high-pitched, individualized calls, which function ...