Medicine & TechnologyScientists have linked the mysterious skin disease found on bottlenose dolphins to climate change as its marine habitat's salinity has turned into freshwater.
Bottlenose dolphins control their heartbeats as they dive deeper to avoid decompression sickness or the bends brought by the sudden changes in pressure.
The Pearl River Estuary is filled with dolphins once again due to the lack of marine traffic between Hong Kong and Macau. Experts and WWF Hong Kong hope that long-term solutions to conserve the species will be implemented when ferry operations resume.
The team discovered that male spongers spend more time associating with other male spongers than they do non-spongers, these bonds are based on similar foraging technique and not related to other factors
An underwater interactive touchpad is invented to measure dolphins' intelligence. The project is the first developed project to identify how dolphins interact and make choices.
A new research study has revealed that whales, dolphins, and seals follow the same evolutionary pattern. It has also been revealed that long time ago, terrestrial mammals returned to the seas.
A team of experts from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has now been able to clinch the exact number of dolphins existing in Hong Kong waters; know more here
Biologists have found a way to monitor dolphins even if they are not around. Using cutting-edge cameras, the dolphins can be monitored underwater to see its behaviors and activities.