Study: Dolphins can problem solve like humans
A dog may be man's best friend, but dolphins can imitate human actions, and even how they solve problems.
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Aug 9, 2013
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Researchers record dolphin 'conversation' revealing possible spoken language
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with Russia's Karadag Scientific Station–Nature Reserve of RAS has used specially developed underwater microphones to capture for the first time what they claim to be a human-like conversation ...
Dolphins form friendships through shared interests just like us, study finds
When it comes to making friends, it appears dolphins are just like us and form close friendships with other dolphins that have a common interest. The findings, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B by an international ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 11, 2019
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Rare dolphin species threatened by big fishnets
The long-beaked La Plata River dolphin, a small species living in in South America's Atlantic coastal waters, is increasingly threatened with extinction from big-net fishing, Brazilian researchers warn.
Ecology
Jan 18, 2013
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Bottlenose dolphins can sense electric fields, study shows
A small team of bio-scientists from the University of Rostock's Institute for Biosciences and Nuremberg Zoo's Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Lab, both in Germany, has found evidence that bottlenose dolphins can sense ...
The Ichthyosaurs survived longer than was thought
The discovery of a new species of ichthyosaurs considerably changes our understanding of the evolution and the extinction of these dinosaur age sea reptiles, according to a study published this week in PLoS ONE by an international ...
Archaeology
Jan 5, 2012
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Young dolphins pick their friends wisely
Strategic networking is key to career success, and not just for humans. A new study of wild bottlenose dolphins reveals that in early life, dolphins devote more time to building connections that could give them an edge later ...
Ecology
Jul 24, 2020
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Amazon river dolphins in steep decline: study (Update)
Two kinds of river dolphins are dying off fast in the Amazon region, and may face extinction unless they are more vigorously protected against fishing, researchers in Brazil said Wednesday.
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May 2, 2018
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Could the Yangtze River dolphin be on its way to extinction?
Last week at the global biodiversity conference in Nagoya a study revealed that one fifth of the world’s vertebrate species continue to move closer to extinction. Researchers looked at how a species’ status on the ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 5, 2010
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Do dolphins use nonlinear mathematics?
Research from the University of Southampton, which examines how dolphins might process their sonar signals, could provide a new system for man-made sonar to detect targets, such as sea mines, in bubbly water.
Plants & Animals
Jul 18, 2012
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