Dolphins are one of the most social mammals. They are highly intelligent as well, utilizing their communication skills to ...

First, the researchers cleaned the blowhole and the skin surrounding it to ensure that there weren’t any microplastics on their surface that might be swept up during breathing. The researchers then ...

When excited or happy, dolphins generally expel bubbles from their blowhole. Think of it like a child taking a deep breath before letting out a shout of excitement.

The paper comes just weeks after Google announced its AI model, DolphinGemma, which is set to revolutionize dolphin communication. ... dolphins' vocalizations come from their blowholes and air sacs.

About 51,000 bottlenose dolphins are frolicking in the northern Gulf as you read this. Occasionally, though, one of them ends up on land. Keep calm, mind the blowhole, and call dolphin 911.

U.S. researchers have detected microplastic particles in air exhaled by wild bottlenose dolphins, ... they held a collection surface over or just above each dolphin's blowhole as it exhaled.

To capture the air samples, they held a petri dish just above each dolphin’s blowhole as it exhaled. Image. Researchers sampled dolphin breath as part of their research.