For all their intelligence and agility, dolphins and orcas carry a secret written deep in their biology: they are, in all ...

The fountain of youth may have been friendship all along. In A Nutshell Male bottlenose dolphins with close friendships show ...

Dolphins are social creatures that, like all of us, get old. Signs of aging in dolphins include less energy, changes to skin, ...

Using tools borrowed from human medical research, we found that male dolphins with stronger social bonds appear biologically younger than their less social counterparts. This means their bodies show ...

Scientists say dolphins and orcas have teamed up to hunt salmon off British Columbia. It’s the first time such behavior has been documented between the two mammals.

Common dolphins are among the ocean’s most abundant mammals, but they are living shorter lives in the North Atlantic, according to a new study published Oct. 10 in Conservation Letters. The CU Boulder ...

Dolphins, being long-lived and highly exposed, can serve as nature's early warning system. Their brains and bodies reveal what chronic toxin exposure might mean for all of us. Scientists studied 20 ...