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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
Researchers from Otago University have linked an ancient marine dolphin fossil, found in Waitaki, with an endangered dolphin that lives in the river systems of Nepal, India, and Bangladesh. The…
