Picture a dolphin diving toward the seafloor with something odd on its nose. It is not a shell or a fish. It is a sea sponge.

Swimming with wildlife can be a life-changing experience—spiritual even, some people say. Tiny seahorses delight travelers with their strange prehensile tails and bright camouflage, while whale sharks ...

Stories about dolphins move fast. Someone spots a shark, dolphins show up, and the moment quickly becomes something bigger than it was. Friends repeat it. Strangers add their own details. Before long, ...

But this behavior — passed down through generations — is trickier than it looks, according to new research published Tuesday in the journal Royal Society Open Science. Hunting with a sponge on their ...

A bottlenose dolphin found on Deal’s beach Sunday evening had numerous shark bites all over its body and was euthanized, the Marine Mammal Stranding Center said Tuesday. A beachgoer reported the ...

Marine scientist Randall Wells knows Sarasota’s dolphins better than anyone in the world. Just don’t ask him to read their minds. I ask Dr. Randy Wells if he ever gets bored of the same routine. Since ...

Humpback dolphins face a serious threat along the KZN coast. Shark nets, designed to protect swimmers, pose a major risk, ...