Dolphins off the coast of Australia are swimming around with sponges on their noses. But unlike the orcas who wear salmon on ...

Some dolphins in Shark Bay use marine sponges as a fishing tool. Credit: Eric Patterson. One dolphin swam past, her nose ...

(Meredith MacQueeney/Shark Bay Dolphin Research Project via AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — Some dolphins in Australia have a special technique to flush fish from the seafloor. They hunt with a sponge on their ...

Innovation isn’t limited to the human species. Dolphins in Shark Bay, Australia have been observed using a special technique to hunt fish. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS Jul 21, 2025 ...

A bottlenose dolphin wearing a marine sponge on its nose to forage swims in Shark Bay, Australia (AP) “It has a muffling effect in the way that a mask might,” said co-author Ellen Rose Jacobs, a ...

That difficulty may explain why it's rare — with only about 5% of the dolphin population studied by the researchers in Shark Bay doing it. That’s about 30 dolphins total, said Jacobs.

That difficulty may explain why it’s rare–with only about 5 percent of the dolphin population studied by the researchers in Shark Bay doing it. That’s about 30 dolphins total, said Jacobs.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some dolphins in Australia have a special technique to flush fish from the seafloor. They hunt with a sponge on their beak, like a clown nose.

Some dolphins in Australia have a special technique to flush fish from the seafloor. They hunt with a sponge on their beak, like a clown nose. Using the sponge to protect from sharp rocks, the ...

Some Australian dolphins use sponges to hunt fish, but it's harder than it looksIn this photo provided by the Shark Bay Dolphin Research Project, a bottlenose dolphin wearing a marine sponge on ...