December 2, 2020 By Paul Rogers Mercury News
In the 1980s and 90s, it was a grim trend off Northern California’s coastline: Hundreds of harbor porpoises, shy marine mammals that look like small dolphins, were killed every year in huge gill nets used by commercial fishermen.
Young Dolphins Pick Friends with Purpose
July 31, 2020 By Robin Smith-Duke Futurity
Wild bottlenose dolphins devote time early in life to making friend connections that could give them an edge later on, a new study shows.
Dolphins Learn How to Use Tools from Peers, Just Like Great Apes
June 25, 2020 By Liz Langley National Geographic
In Shark Bay, Australia, bottlenose dolphins that aren’t related have been observed teaching each other a new way to use a tool, a behavior that until now scientists have found only in humans and other great apes.