A “man of science” in 19 century New Zealand, Hector was the first person to give the dolphin a species name back in 1873, dubbing it Electra clancula, though this would go on to change after ...

WASHINGTON— The National Marine Fisheries Service announced a proposed rule today to list the Atlantic humpback dolphin under the Endangered Species Act, in response to a 2021 petition filed by the ...

Dolphins are important indicators for the health of the rivers they live in, which are also the lifeblood of huge economies and hundreds of millions of people. WE DEPEND ON RIVER DOLPHINS Where ...

Despite facing imminent extinction, these dolphins were denied Endangered Species Act protection in 2014 by the National Marine Fisheries Service, which didn't recognize them as a distinct population.

The fossil bore no similarities to other dolphin fossils, so it was determined to be from a new genus and species. Nakagawa dated the fossil based on the distribution of the stratum in which it ...

Editor's note: This is part of a series of videos offering an up-close perspective on the animal kingdom. A special 360-degree video camera system was set up in zoos and other facilities to show ...

Among them were two species of dolphins that scientists have recently been able to identify. Paleontologists at the University of Zurich made the discovery by examining 300 fossils of whales and ...