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Extinct freshwater dolphin from the Amazon was largest of all time

A dolphin that lived in the Amazon 16 million years ago grew to a length of 3.5 metres – larger than any other freshwater dolphin

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Artistic reconstruction of Pebanista yacuruna

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Bottlenose dolphins can sense electric fields with their snouts

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Orcas sink another sailboat as a bewildering wave of attacks continues

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Orca and fishing boats in the Straits of Gibraltar, Europe
Read an extract from Pod by Laline Paull

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Read an extract from Pod by Laline Paull

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Laline Paull on why she wrote Pod from the perspective of a dolphin

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Laline Paull on why she wrote Pod from the perspective of a dolphin

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Why have orcas been damaging and sinking so many boats?

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Why have orcas been damaging and sinking so many boats?

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A dolphin swims in New York's East River, March 13, 2013. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT) - GM1E93E089M01

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Dolphins spotted swimming in New York City’s Bronx River

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PD30RR Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), swimming together, underwater view, Tonga, Western, Fiji

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Web of blood vessels helps protect whales’ brains while swimming

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A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Pacific Ocean off the island Rurutu in French Polynesia

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Whale songs can spread between groups nearly 8000 kilometres apart

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Deepwater Horizon oil spill linked to changes in dolphin gene activity

After the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, dolphins living in the area had changes in the activity of genes that regulate lung tissue growth and immune system responses

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A dolphin rubs against medicinal coral

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Dolphins queue up to rub against corals with antibacterial properties

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Bottlenose dolphins being fed

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Dolphins who are hand-fed by tourists are less social than their peers

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Artistic reconstruction of Rododelphis stamatiadisi

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Fossil hints that orcas don’t have a long history of killing whales

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Orcas are spreading further into the Arctic Ocean as sea ice melts

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