Venice’s newest marvel is a wild, acrobatic dolphin. His refusal to leave puts him in danger

MILAN (AP) — Venice has been charmed by a recent visitor: An acrobatic, wild dolphin. The feeling appears to be mutual — he ...

Venice’s newest marvel is an acrobatic dolphin. His refusal to leave puts him in danger

MILAN, Italy — Venice has been charmed by a recent visitor: an acrobatic wild dolphin. The feeling appears to be mutual — he so far refuses to leave — but proximity to humans has put him in danger.

A new way to measure the age of dolphins opens a window onto the lives of these iconic animals

In our new research, we linked DNA markers with known tooth ages of dead dolphins to build the first molecular "epigenetic clock" for common dolphins ( Delphinus delphis ). This allows scientists to ...

This hidden canyon in the Mediterranean teems with whales and dolphins. But it’s under threat

An ambitious mission aims to protect one of the Mediterranean’s last great frontiers: Caprera Canyon, a vast underwater valley off Sardinia’s coast.
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Eating just a handful of plastic can be fatal for marine animals, a study finds

Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic ...
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Deceased bottlenose dolphin washes ashore in Hilton Head, but what killed it? What we know

An adult female dolphin bearing a shark bite and barnacles washed ashore in the Sea Pines area of Hilton Head on Nov. 9. Here's what we know.
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Venice’s newest charmer: A wild, acrobatic dolphin

MILAN—Venice has been charmed by a recent visitor: an acrobatic, wild dolphin. The feeling appears to be mutual—he so far ...
Smithsonian Magazine

To Survive Mass Extinctions, Reef-Building Corals Retreat to the Deep Blue Sea

Museum researchers reconstructed the evolutionary history of stony corals over the past 460 million years, providing insights ...

Do dolphins get Alzheimer’s disease? What was found in an area of Florida

Dolphin brains in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon are showing signs eerily similar to Alzheimer’s disease in humans, a new study reveals.