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Dolphins use double sonar
“The beam projections have different frequencies and can be sent in different directions. The advantage is probably that the dolphin can locate the object more…
Marine Lab Tracks Pollutants in Dolphins and Beluga Whales
In papers recently published online by the journal Environmental Science & Technology, one research team looked at the levels of persistent organic pollutants…
Rodeo Bull Goes Head-To-Head with Zoo Dolphins in a Study of Balance
Now a study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has contradicted a leading theory, which held that the animals moved their heads so…
Ecologists sound out new solution for monitoring cryptic species
Because the new technique, reported in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology, will also work with whale song, it could lead to a major…
Spanish scientists develop echo-location in humans
Producing certain kinds of tongue clicks helps people to identify objects around them without needing to see them, something which would be especially useful…
Dolphins get a lift from delta wing technology
However, no one had ever analysed how the animals' flippers interact with water; the hydrodynamic lift that they generate, the drag that they experience or…