This discovery has big implications for how we understand evolution and marine biodiversity. Cetaceans like dolphins and orcas are now essentially “trapped” in their watery ways due to their ...

The evolution of marine mammals has reached a fascinating, and somewhat irreversible, point. Dolphins and orcas, once ...

The dolphin was scientifically named Romaleodelphis ... could therefore provide important new insights into the origin and evolution of the lineage in the earliest Miocene." Sign up for Chip ...

For example, how would a scientist figure out evolutionary relationships between sharks, dolphins and wolves? Two fishy-looking animals and a four-legged, furry one. First we need to find the ...

More information: Kennadie Haigh et al, Long‐Term Demographic Trends of Near Threatened Coastal Dolphins Living in an Urban Estuary, Ecology and Evolution (2025). DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70834 Brad ...

Dolphins swim past heavy industry at Port Adelaide. Photo courtesy Mike Bossley (Whale & Dolphin Conservation).Marine scientists are calling for more ...