Dolphins

Complex landscapes made land animals smarter than their aquatic ancestors: Study

Moving onto land 'poured jet fuel on the evolution of the brain', say researchers, since it demanded the hardest possible cognitive operation – envisioning the future.

Ten years after Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, marine wildlife struggles to recover

The explosion killed 11 workers and spewed an estimated 795 million litres of oil before it was capped 87 days later.

Lit fishnets can reduce chances of turtle, dolphins, whales getting caught by accident

Gillnet fisheries have high bycatch rates of threatened marine life like turtles, whales, dolphins, seabirds.

River Ganga and its boats have become far too noisy for the river dolphins to communicate

Boats plying on the Ganga for cargo and leisure purposes is leading to an increase in underwater noise levels.

Oil spill in Bangladesh's Karnaphuli River a threat to critically endangered Ganges dolphins

The oil spill in southeast Bangladesh is the latest in a series of environmental disasters affecting river based ecosystems in the country, showcasing how inadequate the environmental safeguards are

Wildlife Week 2019: Maharashtra's humpback dolphins locked in battle for safe habitats and food security

Studying human-animal interaction will allow us to understand this relationship and help in conservation efforts.

Humans are not the ultimate beings on earth, there are many in animal, avian, marine spheres that have similar skills and feelings

The human is the ultimate cannibal: eating his own kind, humans in another form, again and again.

Like humans, grandparents play key role in child-rearing among elephants, great apes, cats

Are we the only grandparents? Do any animals know their grandparents the way humans do? For most species, the answer is no.

Over 1,000 dead dolphins wash up on French coast due to unethical fishing

France's Environment minister to come up with plan to save dying Dolphins by end of year.

1,100 dolphins have washed up on France’s shores since Jan; toll highest in 40 years, crosses 2017, 2018 records

What shocked French marine researchers wasn’t just the brutality of the deaths of the dolphins, but the numbers involved — a record 1,100 have landed on France’s Atlantic coast beaches since January.