Dolphin

Peruvian team finds 12-million-year-old near-perfect dolphin ancestor

The Ocucaje Desert, often labeled a great hotel for marine animals because of calm conditions that once prevailed there, has long served as a cemetery for ancient species.

Whale fossils in the Ocucaje desert, Peru.
Whale fossils in the Ocucaje desert, Peru.

Scientists found a 3.5-meter dolphin fossil in a desert that was once an ancient ocean

A Humback Whale surrounded by dolphins.

Dolphins aren't just hitching rides - some humpbacks play back

 The dolphin being studied is of the Stenella frontalis species. Complex communication signals

'Cruel and unnecessary': Florida charter captain jailed for poisoning, shooting dolphins


Google tries to speak dolphin: New artificial intelligence may enable conversation with the marine

Google unveiled DolphinGemma, a unique AI model aiming to understand and mimic dolphin communication. It has already managed to generate dolphin-like acoustic sequences.

 The dolphin being studied is of the Stenella frontalis species. Complex communication signals

Google announces new AI aimed at communicating with dolphins

The system, called DolphinGemma, has already managed to generate dolphin-like acoustic sequences and is based on data collected over four decades in the wild.

Stenella frontalis.

WATCH: Rare pod of false killer whales spotted near Herzliya

False killer whales - which are in fact a dolphin - are typically deep-sea dwellers, and are one of the rarest marine mammals in the region.

False Killer Whale, Pseudorca crassidens, Papua New Guinea, Pacific ocean

Dolphins sighted 2.5 miles off coast of Rishon Lezion

The sighting comes amidst reports of a declining apex predator population in the Mediterranean region.

Dolphins spotted miles off from Rishon Lezion's coast.

Researchers shocked by male Amazon dolphins' aerial urination ritual

Scientists suggest that the bristles on the dolphins' snouts help them 'decode' messages in other dolphins' urine.

 Researchers shocked by male Amazon dolphins' aerial urination ritual.

Rare 'super pod' of over 1,500 Risso's dolphins spotted off California coast

Over 1,500 Risso's dolphins formed a rare super pod off Carmel Bay, California, stunning marine biologists as they stretched for miles, leaping and gliding.

 Rare 'super pod' of over 1,500 Risso's dolphins spotted off California coast.

Opioids, muscle relaxant, a tranquilizer: what researchers found in dolphin blubbers

"Pharmaceuticals have become emerging micropollutants and are a growing global concern."

 What’s to be expected in a dolphin blubber?

Who does Delle the lonely dolphin talk to?

"If we hadn't known that Delle was alone, we might have concluded that a group of at least three dolphins was engaged in various social interactions”.

 A lonely dolphin.

Super hearing and 102 teeth: 22-million-year old Ur-dolphin fossil reveals unique abilities

Analyses of the remains showed that Romaleodelphis pollerspoecki belongs to the group of toothed whales but differs significantly from all previously known primitive representatives.

 Munster Natural History Museum, Germany: Skeleton of Underwater and aquatic marine huge Maiacetus or mother whale predatory dinosaurs.

Impact of ship noise on dolphins identified for first time with help of AI - Israeli study

Using AI, they were able to show that dolphins communicate in a unique way when ship noise is nearby.

 A bottlenose dolphin (Dolly) resting her jaw on a bar ready to test her sensitivity to an electric field.

Fossil of 16-million-year-old river dolphin found in Peru

Paleontologist Rodolfo Salas said the skull belonged to the largest dolphin known to have inhabited the waters of South America, measuring 3 to 3.5 meters long.

A fossil of the skull of the largest dolphin in history that inhabited the Peruvian Amazon 16 million years ago and was discovered in an expedition sponsored by the National Geographic Society is exhibited at the Museum of Natural History in Lima, Peru, March 20, 2024.