World Dolphin Day reveals dolphin intelligence while exposing threats from toxins, plastics, mercury, and climate change.

Three minutes after Justin Dymond flicks on his boat lights, just as he predicted, a dorsal fin pops up in the Gulf. Then ...

Give a dolphin a fish, and you’ll feed her for a day. Teach a dolphin to expect fish, and you’ll threaten her baby’s life. By Emily Harwitz / Hakai Magazine Published Nov 18, 2023 12:00 PM EST This ...

On Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady River, fishers tap the side of their boats and wait. If they’re lucky, a gray dolphin with a rounded head and smirk appears. These are Irrawaddy dolphins—social, intelligent ...

Mexico has officially banned dolphin shows after years of heated debate, marking a turning point for animal rights. The move ...

The miners use mercury to separate gold from sediment, then dump the sludge back into rivers, where it enters fish eaten by ...

This story, “Ballerinas of the Blue,” appeared in the September 1955 issue of Outdoor Life. I will never forget the fishing trip that gave me my first opportunity to go into combat against dolphin. It ...

DUNEDIN, Fla. - An amazing scene unfolded in Florida as a group of pelicans and a dolphin competed to catch a fish in the crystal-clear waters of Honeymoon Island. SIGN UP: Click here to sign up for ...

Opportunists are the only fishermen of any description that have been able to slip out on to the deep sea in recent days. The weather has been frowning on any such expeditions for so long now that ...

Talk about a dolphin in rural Japan and some people think of dinner. Fishermen hunt dolphins about every day in Taiji, a town of about 3,000 in southwestern Japan that juts into t ...