Bottlenose Dolphins Can Use Dimples Where Whiskers Used To Be To Locate Food

2023-12-01 05:11 AM by Jessica Irvine

Topline Bottlenose dolphins are able to use pits on the face to sense electric fields, according to new research, a skill that can help them forage for fish buried deep in sediment and potentially navigate the world better. An Atlantic bottlenose dolphin swimming through the sea. Universal Images Group via Getty Images Key Facts Bottlenose …

Science Deciphers Five Astounding Orca Behaviors, Unraveling Ramming Boats and Great White Shark Hunt

2023-07-12 05:52 PM by Jessica Irvine

Victoria Sayo Turner, a Mass Media Fellow at AAAS, explores the fascinating world of orcas, also known as “killer whales.” While recent incidents involving orcas attacking sailing yachts have made headlines, our relationship with these predators goes back centuries. Orcas are not actually whales, but the largest members of the dolphin family. They have both …