Globally, a quarter of whale and dolphin species are endangered. Though South African dolphin populations are generally in good heath, the humpback dolphin is cause for concern.
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Indian Ocean humpback dolphins, which live close to the shore, need protection. The total population is estimated to be just 10,000, with fewer than 1,000 of them off the coast of South Africa.
It didn’t turn out well for the whale who went to Westminster, but others have made a happy home in British waters.
Noise pollution, whether on land or under water, can affect animals in interesting – and not always positive – ways.
These unusual and endangered creatures now face a new threat.
The Great Barrier Reef is home to some 1,600 species of bony fish, 130 sharks and rays, and turtles, mammals and more. Most have had no population monitoring, meaning we don’t know how well they are faring.
The Burrunan dolphin, Tursiops australis, has only recently been discovered but is already under threat due to its small and isolated populations. Our team of researchers from the Australian Marine Mammal…
The use of tools is one example of the growing capacity for analytical thought and invention in apes and early humans. The earliest flint-knapped stone cutting tools date from around 2.6 million years…
Bottlenose dolphins who use sponges as tools experience changes to their genetic make-up as a result, research shows. Researchers…
Dolphins have inspired British engineers to create a new type of radar device that could track miners trapped underground…
Seafood is increasingly marketed as the clean, healthy choice for consumers – full of good oils and proteins and low in fat – with canned tuna a favourite cheap source of healthy protein. But science provides…
Blind people have the potential to locate objects using hearing, researchers at the University of Southampton have found…
A series of juvenile dolphin deaths have been confirmed to be the result of a not previously reported virus. Researchers…
Dolphins were first spotted in carrying sponges in their mouths in 1984 at Shark Bay, Western Australia.It is believed they…
Dolphins can pick up harmful behaviour like begging for food from humans from each other. According to a Murdoch University…
Groups of allied male dolphins in Western Australia’s Shark Bay form shifting, overlapping social networks unlike anything…
Most humans love to interact with wildlife, especially with charismatic animals such as dolphins. While contact with these…
While researchers have already known for a long time that dolphins associate in the equivalent of human “mum’s clubs”, the…
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Research Fellow, UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Assistant Professor of Biology, Stephen F. Austin State University
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Honorary Professor at Bangor University; Director of Sea Watch Foundation, Bangor University
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