Scientists examining a taxonomically confused group of marine mammals have officially named a species new to science: the Australian humpback dolphin. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

What is an Atlantic Humpback Dolphin and why is it on the IUCN's Critically Endangered list? Let's explore this fascinating species.

In a paper published in Applied Animal Behaviour Science, animal psychologist Tamzin Barber analysed records maintained by volunteers overseeing a group of Australian humpback dolphins that have ...

While some dolphins found in Australia are relatively common elsewhere, others, such as the snubfin and humpback dolphins, are unique to Australia and vulnerable to extinction due to their low ...

The Taiwanese humpback dolphin is a critically endangered marine mammal — with fewer than 100 individuals remaining — living along the densely populated west coast of Taiwan. It's among the shrinking ...

The sounds that make up humpback whale songs follow some of the same statistical rules seen in human languages, which may be ...

Humpback dolphins, particularly the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis), are a species of concern due to their vulnerability to various anthropogenic threats. These dolphins inhabit ...

Three of these species—Bryde's whales (Balaenoptera edeni), Australian humpback dolphins (Sousa sahulensis) and Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus)—are known to maintain a regular ...

The Atlantic humpback dolphin (Sousa teuszii) is among the poorest understood oceanic mammals. There is a lack of historical and present-day information about population size, habitats ...