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Rare Pink Dolphin Resurfaces in Louisiana River
Boaters cruising through Louisiana’s Calcasieu River last weekend got more than a nice day on the water — they witnessed ...
Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) have developed remarkable cooperative hunting techniques that showcase their intelligence and social coordination. One of the most impressive is mud ring ...
Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) demonstrate some of the most complex cooperative hunting behaviors in the marine world. These intelligent cetaceans use multiple synchronized techniques to ...
We typically imagine echolocation as “seeing” with sound—experiencing auditory signals as a world of images like the ones our ...
The smallest species of whale tricks its predators by gushing red gallons of red fluid into the water when under attack ...
Standing in the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, hundreds of gulls circle above. Their haunting cries echo voices from 1,800 years ago. Today, the bare shell of what was one of Rome’s ...
The nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are ligand-gated ion channels, the activity of which modulates many neurotransmitter systems. They are therefore therapeutic targets for the ...
The smallest species of whale tricks its predators by gushing gallons of red fluid into the water when under attack.
Ecology of marine tucuxi, Sotalia guianensis, and bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, in Baía Norte, Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 5 (2): 105-115 ...
This week’s critter is a funky, multi-coloured seastar, Asterodiscides truncatus, commonly known as the firebrick seastar.