The dolphin smile is a fixed feature of their anatomy—dolphins smile even when dead. Dolphins and other cetaceans suffer stress and anxiety when kept in captivity, particularly when there is no ...

Dolphins are intelligent and social creatures that, in the wild, interact with hundreds of pod-mates, hunt communally, and have entire coastlines as their playground. In captivity, social partners ...

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 ...

Whales and dolphins are complex social animals and are not well suited for a life in captivity. When confined, they are prevented from carrying out natural behaviors, which include roaming up to 100 ...

Marine mammal captivity has become increasingly controversial in recent years. Dolphinaris Arizona, located east of Scottsdale, shut down its dolphin exhibit after four dolphins died in two years ...

After determining that two dolphins stranded last week in the North River in Salem were malnourished and slow-moving, marine ...

India's longest and most holy river, the Ganges, is home to thousands of dolphins. But their survival is under threat. But these aren't like the ones found in oceans. They don't leap out of the ...