Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Male bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Shark Bay, Western Australia, are known to form close bonds with each other.

Stories about dolphins move fast. Someone spots a shark, dolphins show up, and the moment quickly becomes something bigger than it was. Friends repeat it. Strangers add their own details. Before long, ...

Underwater, a dolphin's day unfolds through feeding, training, and bursts of play - and now, scientists have discovered that those shifts leave a clear signature in sound. According to a new study in ...

Research suggests that dolphins develop a lifelong vocal “name.” Here’s how they evolved this high level of social identity, once thought to be uniquely human.