Collaborate Disseminate
A new propeller created by the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) coated with a skin mimicking that of a dolphin holds the promise of significantly reducing fuel consumption and emissions in large cargo ships.Continue Read… Continue reading Bionic dolphin skin propeller slashes hundreds of tonnes of emissions
Animal scientists have had a career-making moment, capturing on film a dolphin with such a rare skin condition that only five other recorded examples exist.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: University of the Sunshine Coast, Animal science… Continue reading In Aussie first, ‘Speckles’ the dolphin shows off extremely rare skin
Already equipped with an impressive sonar system, new research reveals that dolphins have an extra ability that evolves as they mature in the space where their baby whiskers once were. The super sense may help them navigate and find hidden food sources… Continue reading New dolphin super power discovered
The matriarchal structure of orca society is well known, with females potentially living up to 90 years and playing a crucial role in passing on knowledge to the younger animals. Previous research into why these females live so long after they stop rep… Continue reading Post-menopausal orcas are also overbearing helicopter parents
Love it or hate it, but the way humans modify their speech when they communicate with their young offspring, commonly known as “baby talk,” has now been recorded among bottlenose dolphin mothers, too.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Aarh… Continue reading Dolphins also use baby talk to bond with young
Could the phenomenon of whale and dolphin strandings be due to Alzheimer’s-like cognitive deficits in pod leaders that draw groups into shallow waters? A new study looking at brain tissue from stranded dolphins reveals pathological signs that resemble what is seen in human patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
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Continue reading Signs of Alzheimer’s found in brains of beached dolphins
In 2005, scientists began to notice a peculiar skin condition in coastal dolphin populations, one that was soon found to cover as much as 70 percent of their bodies and could prove fatal. A new study has found the increasing frequency and severity of s… Continue reading Scientists link increasing storms to mystery skin disease in dolphins
Being among the most intelligent creatures on the planet, dolphins are capable of some incredible behaviors, from the clicks and whistles they use to communicate to their incredible acrobatics both under and above the water. When it comes to securing f… Continue reading Dolphins found learning foraging skills from peers for the first time
For the first time, scientists studied the dolphin clit up close—and found something familiar Continue reading Dolphins Have Clitorises ‘Remarkably Similar’ to Humans
A NOAA expedition filmed the orcas, which have distinctive small white eye patches, off of Cape Horn, Chile. Continue reading Watch Rare Footage of the Mysterious ‘Type D’ Orca