Young dolphins, within the first few months of life, display their creativity by creating a unique sound. These bleats, chirps and squeaks amount to a novel possession in the animal kingdom — a label ...

Dolphins are one of the most social mammals. They are highly intelligent as well, utilizing their communication skills to both cooperatively hunt and learn what is socially acceptable within a pod.

Could humans have entire conversations with dolphins in the future? A new study found that the marine mammals already know part of the human language. In a press announcement published on Tuesday, ...

Scientists working on a two-way dolphin communicator have made a breakthrough — their communicator has translated a single whistle in real-time. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes ...

If any dolphins are reading this: Hello! A team of scientists studying a community of Florida dolphins has been awarded the first $100,000 Coller Dolittle Challenge prize, established to award ...

AI is a continual topic in the news lately, for a multitude of reasons. One newsworthy use of AI involves interpreting animal sounds into “language” humans can understand. Google DeepMind & Georgia ...

In what might be the most unexpectedly cool crossover of tech and marine biology in 2026, Google just launched DolphinGemma, an AI model designed to decode dolphin vocalizations. Yes, you read that ...

We already knew that bottlenose dolphins can follow "recipes" in preparing mollusks, help other species in distress, and possibly do math. So it may come as no surprise that the marine mammals also ...