While diving off Lady Elliot Island in Australia’s southern Great Barrier Reef between 2021 and 2025, researchers and divers documented 20 occasions when this male individual—a common bottlenose ...

Scientists have captured footage of bottlenose dolphins using seashells to catch fish off the Queensland coast, a discovery that sheds light on how the marine mammals learn new tricks. Researchers at ...

For generations, bottlenose dolphins have cooperated with artisanal net-casting fishers in Laguna, Brazil, to catch migratory fish called mullet. The dolphins herd groups of fish toward shore, where ...

Dolphins are the kind of smart that’s a little unsettling for an animal. The more we observe their behavior, the freakier they become. As researchers report in Marine Mammal Science, dolphins off ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dolphins using sea shells (Alexis Levengood via Storyful) HERVEY BAY, Queensland (WFLA) — Video shows bottlenose dolphins using ...

Some bottlenose dolphins have learned to use tools to help them catch fish, a clever technique that may be passed on from mother to calf. Scientists in Australia observed dolphins chasing fish into ...

A bottlenose dolphin repeatedly chased fish until they spat up food, revealing an unusual food-stealing strategy in nature.

Discover how Bubbles, a wild dolphin in Australia's Great Barrier Reef, has been observed chasing fish until they vomit, then ...

HERVEY BAY, Queensland (WFLA) — Video shows bottlenose dolphins using empty seashells to catch and trap fish, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of the Sunshine Coast observed a ...