People in Laguna proudly refer to their southern Brazilian city as the “national capital of fish-herding dolphins.” For at least 140 years artisanal fishers and bottlenose dolphins have worked ...

Four male dolphins pursue a female dolphin at Shark Bay on the Australian Coast. (Simon Allen) (CN) — Of all alliances across the animal kingdom, those formed by bottlenose dolphins are the largest ...

If you’ve ever seen a production of “West Side Story,” you’ll be familiar with gangs of males, clicking their fingers in synch while seeing off rivals or prowling for a mate. Up until now, scientists ...

In this 2014 photo provided by Oregon State University, at Praia da Tesoura, in Laguna, fishers await for dolphins to signal the right moment to cast their nets. In the seaside city of Laguna, Brazil, ...

A fishing community in southern Brazil has an unusual ally: wild dolphins. Accounts of people and dolphins working together to hunt fish go back millennia, from the time of the Roman Empire near what ...

MARATHON, Fla. — Through the muddied haze of an artificial lagoon, bottlenose dolphins Delta and Reese knew what to do. Two buttons situated on opposite edges of the lagoon would, if hit in tandem, ...

A fishing community in southern Brazil has an unusual ally: wild dolphins. Accounts of people and dolphins working together to hunt fish go back millennia, from the time of the Roman Empire near what ...

Male bottlenose dolphins form the largest known multi-level alliance network outside humans, researchers have shown. These cooperative relationships between groups increase male access to a contested ...

For humans, eyes are an important indicator of attention. By the time they are one year old, babies appear to understand how visual perception works and will consistently follow their mother’s gaze.

A panel of governmental, academic and non-profit scientists speaking today at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) unveiled research suggesting that ...