Scientists suggest the dolphin clitoris plays an important role in sexual pleasure, helping us understand the evolution of this behavior. “The dolphin clitoris has many features to suggest that it ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Researchers made a sad discovery in the stomach of a dolphin who was found stranded on a Florida beach last week. Two plastic bags and a shredded piece of a balloon were unearthed in the belly of the ...

A dolphin named Gilligan might have bitten off more than he could chew when gulping down an octopus. The corpse of the dolphin, with the dead cephalopod's sucker-lined arms hanging out of its mouth, ...

A prosthetic-tailed dolphin named Winter that starred in the "Dolphin Tale" movies died Thursday evening at a Florida aquarium despite life-saving efforts to treat a gastrointestinal abnormality, ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In September 2015 Blue Ocean Whale Watch spotted an albino Risso's dolphin in Monterey Bay and ...

Dr. John C. Lilly, a deep-chested, suntanned neurophysiologist, has spent a good part of the last four years trying to talk to bottle-nosed dolphins (Tursiops trnncatus), more popularly known as ...

The snaggletoothed cetacean used teeth projected from its snout to stun prey, much like modern sawfish do. By Jack Tamisiea The waters off New Zealand 25 million years ago were home to early baleen ...

I love science fiction. I love the ocean. Seems like science fiction & the oceans go together like Old Bay on an oyster. Except that almost all the ocean-themed scifi that I’ve encountered has these ...

Sailing aboard the Blue Ocean Whale Watch boat in California’s Monterey Bay, Kate Cummings noticed the rare sighting of an eerily ivory dolphin last week. The 3-year-old albino Risso’s dolphin — ...