Four male dolphins pursue a female dolphin at Shark Bay on the Australian Coast. (Simon Allen) (CN) — Of all alliances across the animal kingdom, those formed by bottlenose dolphins are the largest ...

MARATHON, Fla. — Through the muddied haze of an artificial lagoon, bottlenose dolphins Delta and Reese knew what to do. Two buttons situated on opposite edges of the lagoon would, if hit in tandem, ...

Dolphins in Australia have formed the "largest alliance network known outside of humans," scientists have found. A study from researchers at the The University of Western Australia (UWA), University ...

Not only do dolphins have wingmen, but they form the largest complex social networks of any non-human animal, according to a new study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

Researchers now say some dolphins can actually form multiple levels of alliances among their societies — long-thought to be a unique characteristic of human societies. People establish strategic, ...

In this 2014 photo provided by Oregon State University, at Praia da Tesoura, in Laguna, fishers await for dolphins to signal the right moment to cast their nets. In the seaside city of Laguna, Brazil, ...