The average human has only 32 teeth, compared to as many as 240 in dolphins, depending on the species. Some have far fewer, but regardless of how many are in there, scientists now believe their teeth ...

Rome, the Eternal City, is revered for its history, art, culture, and food. Yet, few people know that less than an hour away, where the Tiber River flows into the Tyrrhenian Sea, there’s something ...

This dolphin was tiny, only 3 or 4 feet long. Today's bottlenose dolphins are twice as big as the toothless dolphin. The dwarf dolphin, which somewhat resembles its modern-day cousins, was a ...

Bottlenose dolphins smile at each other when they play – new study reveals how and why. Elisabetta Palagi, University of Pisa. Tue, December 17, 2024 at 12:16 PM UTC. 5 min read.

Three bottlenose dolphins that were rescued from a resort hotel in Indonesia in 2019 are now swimming free — after they were rehabilitated by a specialized animal sanctuary. The dolphin trio ...

Wild bottlenose dolphins typically live between 30 and 50 years. To use these speckles to estimate age, Yagi created a new system that quantifies the density of speckles on various parts of the body.

Dolphins are extremely playful, but little is known about how they -- and other marine mammals -- communicate during playtime. New research shows that bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncates) use ...

New research of captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncates) indicates that they use an “open mouth” facial expression similar to a smile to communicate during social play.

Dolphins are extremely playful, but little is known about how they—and other marine mammals—communicate during playtime. New research publishing October 2 in the Cell Press journal ...

Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), which live in temperate and tropical waters worldwide, including the African coasts, play with other dolphins in the first weeks of life.