We could all use a buddy to help us track down dinner from time to time. Sarah Fortune, a marine ecologist at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, and her colleagues used drones and camera-equipped ...

Scientists continue to study whale and dolphin strandings to better understand the different threats they face.

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

For the first time ever, a unique cooperative hunting arrangement between dolphins and orcas has been documented. Researchers believe killer whales find salmon by tailing dolphins, who in turn benefit ...

Orcas are renowned hunters. Now, they have surprised scientists with an unexpected twist — possibly getting help from dolphins. In the waters off British Columbia, marine ecologist Sarah Fortune and ...

New research has revealed that marine mammals who live far below the ocean's surface are not immune from the burden of toxic forever chemicals, with whales and dolphins showing unprecedented levels of ...

The doctoral candidate at Duke University is employing new whale-tagging technology to reveal highly detailed information about pilot whale hunting habits, answering old questions about the specifics ...

IF the bright blue waters and white sands of the Maldives are a little out of reach, then apparently you should head to ...

A rare "super pod" of more than 1,500 dolphins have been captured on video frolicking and enjoying the waters off the central coast of California. Video footage captured by Capt. Evan Brodsky of ...

"These dolphins seemed frantic, porpoising in a powerful, unified effort to vacate one location in favor of another – as ...

The Sanctuary Ocean Count, organized by the National Marine Sanctuary, covered the other major islands. Volunteers on Kauaʻi reported 467 sightings, followed by Hawaiʻi Island with 355, Oʻahu with 337 ...

Killer whales and dolphins have been captured hunting together on camera, in what could be a scientific first. Footage published in the journal Scientific report shows the two mammals working together ...