This robot dolphin looks almost identical to a living animal. It can nod, swim in aquariums and withstand close contact with humans. But this dolphin is not real, which makes it perfect for captivity.

Joan Jett attended SeaWorld’s virtual annual shareholders meeting on Monday (June 13) to take the amusement park’s leaders to task on behalf of animal rights non-profit PETA over what the organization ...

When George Washington chose to build his Mount Vernon estate along the Potomac River, he declared the then-pristine body of water “the nation’s river.” At the time, even dolphins were a common sight.

Bottlenose dolphins swim in the Moray Firth Special Area of Conservation off Scotland. The photo was taken by an aerial drone. University of Aberdeen As marine biologist and ecologist Barbara Cheney ...

The outgoing park board has one last chance to push through its controversial bylaw banning cetacean breeding at the Vancouver Aquarium, at a board meeting Monday night. The Vision Vancouver-dominated ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Dr. Dara Orbach is an assistant professor of marine biology at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi. Earlier this year, Orbach, along with other researchers, published a study that was ...

A resident dolphin mother and her new calf at the Hilton Waikoloa Village are helping scientists to evaluate the increasing pressures on wild dolphin populations such as Hawaii’s spinner dolphins.

SeaWorld San Diego said Friday it succeeded in selecting the gender of a baby dolphin — a first that could improve the population of captive sea mammals and reduce the need for new captures. SeaWorld ...

A mother dolphin and her calf swim alongside one another at a SeaWorld park. Credit: Facebook / SeaWorld San Antonio People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is again demanding SeaWorld San Antonio ...

"I wanted to see the dolphins; I wanted to see the elephants; I wanted to see the tigers," he said. He always considered the zoo a destination for enjoyment. And from that point of view, he said, zoos ...

A dolphin calf was born at SeaWorld San Diego on Sunday, the 81st such dolphin born at the park. The calf weighs 40 pounds and its gender will be determined in the coming weeks, park officials said ...