New research reveals an endearing habit amongst bottlenose dolphins that crops up during playtime—one that we humans display too. Here’s what the study found. Dolphins are beloved amongst researchers ...

Dolphins are amazing creatures, and many have dreamt of swimming with or simply petting one of these wild animals. TikTok user Timo (@globetrottingtimo) posted a video of a man kneeling on a pier to ...

For generations, bottlenose dolphins have cooperated with artisanal net-casting fishers in Laguna, Brazil, to catch migratory fish called mullet. The dolphins herd groups of fish toward shore, where ...

A fishing community in southern Brazil has an unusual ally: wild dolphins. Accounts of people and dolphins working together to hunt fish go back millennia, from the time of the Roman Empire near what ...

For over 140 years, traditional fishers in Laguna, Brazil, have hunted for fish as they work together with local Lahille’s bottlenose dolphins. In a rare case of mutualism between humans and wild ...

A fishing community in southern Brazil has an unusual ally: wild dolphins. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Accounts of people and ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Mauricio Cantor, behavioral ecologist at Oregon State University, about his study on how humans and dolphins work together to fish in a southern Brazilian city. Our next ...

Fishers in Brazil partner with Lahille’s bottlenose dolphins to catch mullet more efficiently. Dolphins herd fish and signal when to cast nets, benefiting both species. Collaborative fishing boosts ...