Picture a dolphin diving toward the seafloor with something odd on its nose. It is not a shell or a fish. It is a sea sponge. The dolphin isn’t playing; it’s using the sponge as a diving mask: a clear ...

For over 140 years, traditional fishers in Laguna, Brazil, have hunted for fish as they work together with local Lahille’s bottlenose dolphins. In a rare case of mutualism between humans and wild ...

Boaters were left stunned after seeing 100 sea creatures off the coast of California, a whale-watching company said. Boaters spotted 100 ”excited” bottlenose dolphins as they raced alongside ...

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“Calm seas” allowed for onlookers to spot a mixed pod of 60 Risso’s dolphins and bottlenose dolphins along with a few babies, according to a July 6 Facebook post by the Dana Wharf Whale Watch. As the ...

Some Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay, Western Australia use sea sponges as tools to protect their snouts while hunting hidden prey, a behavior known as “sponging.” Sponging occurs only ...

BOTTLE NOSE DOLPHIN SWIMMING FAST AND PLAY WITH SPONGE© Yann hubert/Shutterstock.com In Shark Bay, Western Australia, some Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins use sponges as tools while they hunt.