dolphins

Dolphins conserve oxygen and prevent dive-related problems by consciously decreasing their heart rates before diving

Amyloid plaques are a hallmark in human beings of Alzheimer's disease

Noisy human activities along Kona Coast may cost dolphins their sleep

The toothless dolphin, which lived about 28-30 million years ago, provides new evidence of the evolution of feeding behavior in whales (which includes dolphins)

Comparing the proteins of humans and these other mammals is already providing researchers with a wealth of new information about how the human body works

Johns Hopkins environmental scientists are collaborating with researchers from Dolphin Island at Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore, to learn more about how and where mercury accumulates in the bodies of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins.

Alcohol consumption isn’t the only thing a breath analysis can reveal. Scientists have been studying its possible use for diagnosing a wide range of conditions in humans — and now in the beloved bottlenose dolphin. In a report in the American Chemical Society (ACS) journal Analytical Chemistry, one team describes a new instrument that can analyze the metabolites in breath from dolphins, which have been dying in alarming numbers along the Atlantic coast this year.