Picky dolphins are choosy about their friends
Dolphins are picky about who they are friends with and shun rival groups, new research has found.
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Banned toxins passed from mother to young in European dolphins
Dolphins in the northern Adriatic contain high levels of PCBs – highly toxic chemicals banned in the 1970s and 1980s – and are passing the pollutant to their young, according to new research led by a marine scientist ...
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Dec 10, 2018
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Growing noise in the ocean can cause dolphins to change their calls
Noise levels in the world's oceans are on the rise, but little is known about its impact on marine mammals like dolphins that rely on sound for communication. Researchers from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental ...
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Oct 24, 2018
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Evolutionary 'arms race'—how dolphins and whales fight disease threats
Dolphins, whales and other cetaceans are susceptible to many of the same health hazards as humans including mercury, brevotoxin (e.g. Red Tide), and lobomycosis. They also serve as important sentinel species to highlight ...
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Oct 10, 2018
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How dolphins learn to work together for rewards
Cooperation can be found across the animal kingdom, in behaviours such as group hunting, raising of young, and driving away predators.
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Sep 19, 2018
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Wild dolphins learn tricks from each other
Dolphins learn tricks from each other in the wild, new research shows.
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Aug 29, 2018
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In male dolphin alliances, 'everybody knows your name'
It's not uncommon in dolphin society for males to form long-lasting alliances with other males, sometimes for decades. Now, after studying bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay, Australia, for more than 30 years, researchers reporting ...
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Jun 7, 2018
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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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Researchers bring new thinking to dolphin tourism activity
New research led by University of Otago scientists indicates there is increasing evidence that whale and dolphin watching activities can have detrimental effects on the populations they target.
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May 1, 2018
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Fit for porpoise: Gene changes made 'river pig' unique
China's critically endangered Yangtze River porpoise is a distinct species, meaning it cannot interbreed with other porpoise types to pass on its DNA, a major analysis of the creature's genome revealed on Tuesday.
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