Stories about dolphins move fast. Someone spots a shark, dolphins show up, and the moment quickly becomes something bigger than it was. Friends repeat it. Strangers add their own details. Before long, ...

For over 140 years, traditional fishers in Laguna, Brazil, have hunted for fish as they work together with local Lahille’s bottlenose dolphins. In a rare case of mutualism between humans and wild ...

Dolphins have long fascinated scientists and animal lovers alike, not just for their intelligence, but for the many ways they seem to mirror human behaviour. They form deep friendships, play for fun, ...

Bottlenose dolphins usually live in small to medium-sized groups in coastal and open-sea waters, but every once in a while, a dolphin might leave its pod behind, flock to coastal areas and approach ...

Fishers in Brazil partner with Lahille’s bottlenose dolphins to catch mullet more efficiently. Dolphins herd fish and signal when to cast nets, benefiting both species. Collaborative fishing boosts ...

A dolphin returning to a historic habitat necessitates management of people, not wildlife, researchers monitoring solitary bottlenose dolphin in Venice say Bottlenose dolphins usually live in small to ...