When we think of the ocean’s most beloved creatures, dolphins almost always top the list. With their permanent, built-in smiles and highly playful aerial acrobatics, they have captivated human ...

Five fishermen, representing their communities, will publicly express their commitment to protecting the Irrawaddy dolphin in the Mekong River as they join other community members living adjacent to ...

Every July 23, Whale and Dolphin Day turns the world’s attention to the ocean’s ...

Whales, dolphins and other marine mammals are highly social, but those social ties can also help diseases spread through populations of rare or threatened species. New research has revealed that ...

Irrawaddy dolphins have been discovered for the first time in West Kalimantan, a part of Indonesian Borneo that best known for its dense tropical forests and rich wildlife. Jakarta, Indonesia - ...

Washington, DC—The Taiwanese government must act quickly to ban gill and trammel nets and stop development from further degrading the habitat of the critically endangered Taiwanese white dolphin, ...

This summer the Brookfield Zoo’s bottlenose dolphin habitat will reverberate with the chatty whistles and playful leaps of a new calf — the first expected to be born there in over a decade. On ...

Over-eager eco-tourists intent on seeing spinner dolphins up close may inadvertently be disturbing the charismatic animals' daytime rest periods and driving them out of safe habitats in bays along ...

Hawai‘i's beloved spinner dolphins, known as Naiʻa, are a major tourist draw. But a new study shows that we may be loving the ...

The Amazon river dolphin, known as the boto, is a unique freshwater mammal. This species is famous for its striking pink ...

Irrawaddy dolphins feature on the “Red List” of endangered wildlife by the International Union for Conservation of Nature – Copyright AFP TANG CHHIN Sothy The ...