Reports of a dolphin with thumb-like digits in its flippers have sparked public curiosity about how far mammal anatomy can stretch and what that might reveal about evolution. I cannot verify the ...

Preface -- What is a marine mammal? -- Main groups of marine mammals -- Modern taxonomy of marine mammals -- How to look for marine mammals -- Natural history of marine mammals -- Conservation -- How ...

Dolphins are widely known for their intelligence, playfulness, and traveling with friends, but when they get sick they tend ...

KEY LARGO, Fla. ― Fourteen-year-old B.B. is a bit of a showoff. A superstar athlete able to swim faster and jump higher than the other five bottlenose dolphins at Dolphin Life Key Largo (formerly ...

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network is still searching for the entangled dolphin calf in the Houston Ship Channel. Last week, the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network ...

PUERTO NARINO, Colombia (AP) — A flash of pink breaks the muddy surface of the Amazon River as scientists and veterinarians, waist-deep in the warm current, patiently work a mesh net around a pod of ...

In his Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books, the late, great British satirist Douglas Adams wrote that dolphins are the second most intelligent creatures on earth — before humans and after mice, ...

"Pinky," an incredibly rare pink dolphin, has been swimming in Louisiana's Gulf Coast waters for nearly 20 years. What to know about the albino dolphin.