The subtropical waters of New Zealand’s Northland region may have had a rare treat recently, after reported sightings of what ...

How big they are: From 5 to 32 feet (1.5 to 10 meters) long, depending on the species Dolphins live in almost every ocean, except most tend to avoid the cold waters in the Arctic and around Antarctica ...

Biologists discovered killer whales and dolphins working together to hunt salmon, a behavior never before documented in this ...

Off the coast of British Columbia, killer whales are tailing dolphins, and both seem to be rewarded with fishy meals. But not ...

A new prehistoric dolphin species has been discovered, and it had excellent high-frequency hearing abilities that were similar to those of dolphins today. The animal lived around 22 million years ago ...

Irrawaddy dolphins are rapidly disappearing across Asia. Scientists warn that fishing nets, pollution and habitat loss are ...

A new study by WWF into one of the world’s rarest and most threatened species has found two out of three snubfin dolphins in Roebuck Bay near Broome, Western Australia have been injured by boat ...

There’s been a 140-year debate about whether two dolphin types most commonly seen in the waters off Southern California are related. Now, researchers affiliated with the National Oceanic and ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California boat captain has captured rare video of a super pod of more than 2,000 dolphins breaching off the coast of Monterey Bay, including the more elusive northern right ...

The study revealed that 29% of all strandings were linked to anthropogenic (human-caused) trauma. Vessel strikes were a ...

Pink dolphins are an indicator species of the Amazon river, scientists say. Swimming with the piranhas and anacondas below the surface of the Amazon River in Bolivia is a rare species: pink, ...