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Dolphin evolution
Dolphin study reveals the genes essential for species’ survival
UNSW scientists have added to the growing body of research into genetic markers that are important for animal conservation. Certain types of immune genes may be particularly important for the…
Study helps us understand evolution of marine mammal communication
Until recently it was believed that the solitary nature of Araguaian dolphins meant that they wouldn’t have much use for communication. But scientists have now documented hundreds of sounds made…
Loss of teeth key in whale evolution
Rivalling the evolution of feathers in dinosaurs, one of the most extraordinary transformations in the history of life was the evolution of baleen — rows of flexible hair-like plates that…
Historic whale and dolphin stranding data made public for the first time
Between 1913 and 1989, the coastguard, fishermen and members of the public sent the Museum their sightings of whale and dolphin strandings from around the UK coast. Now for the…
Dolphin brain evolution similar to humans
Whales and dolphins live in human-like societies and share similar brain evolution to primates and man, scientist have concluded. A new study which looked at 90 species found a link…
Why Scientists Are Starting to Care About Cultures That Talk to Whales
Harry Brower Sr. was lying in a hospital bed in Anchorage, Alaska, close to death, when he was visited by a baby whale. Although Brower’s body remained in Anchorage, the…
A New Dolphin Species, Long Gone, Found in a Drawer
Scientists have determined that a skull that had been sitting in a drawer at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington for more than 60 years belonged to…
How a grey chunk of rock will rewrite our prehistoric past – an ancient dolphin
No one knew what lay within the grey chunk of rock – or how significant it would prove to be. For decades it sat forgotten and unloved in a museum…
Researchers find dolphin fossil in Panama that links it to current day river dolphins
A newly discovered fossil in Panama is showing scientists that river dolphins had a very interesting evolutionary path as they evolved from living in saltwater ecosystems to freshwater river environments.…