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Brutal footage shows orca mom and son team up to drown another pod's calf
By Hannah Osborne published
First of its kind footage captures the moment an orca mom and her son drown a calf in an extremely rare case of infanticide.
Haunting 'mummified dolphin' found on US beach may have been dead for months
By Harry Baker published
The highly desiccated remains of a suspected bottlenose dolphin were recently found on a beach in South Carolina after "mummifying" for weeks or even months. One expert believes the animal may have deliberately beached itself.
Dolphins are 'literally acting like jerks' by beating up baby manatees
By Melissa Hobson published
Bottlenose dolphins have been observed trying to kill Antillean manatee calves, and researchers don't fully understand what's going on.
Extremely rare dolphin with thumbs photographed in Greek gulf
By Sascha Pare published
A dolphin with deformed flippers that look like thumbs was spotted in the Gulf of Corinth in July 2023. It likely acquired what appears to be a genetic defect during development in the womb, experts say.
Dying orca's final moments after 'desperate' effort to stay afloat captured in 1st of its kind footage
By Sascha Pare published
An orca's final moments may have been captured on film for the first time, after repeated attempts by two young orcas to keep the old, dying male at the surface so he could breathe.
Watch dolphins raid crab pots off Australia in never-before-seen footage
By Lydia Smith published
Dolphins in Koombana Bay, Western Australia, have learned how to raid crab pots being used for bait and remove the hooks, footage has revealed.
Orcas sink another boat in Europe after a nearly hour-long attack
By Harry Baker published
For the fourth time in two years, a group of unusually brazen orcas in southwestern Europe have sunk a sailing boat after relentlessly attacking it for almost an hour on Halloween.
Watch a huge megapod of acrobatic spinner dolphins in incredible, rare video
By Hannah Osborne published
A megapod of dolphins with thousands of individuals has been captured on video hunting flying fish off the coast of Costa Rica.
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