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Secret underwater messages can be hidden in whale and dolphin chatter

Covert messages sent underwater can be camouflaged in the sounds of whales and dolphins, making them harder for others to detect

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Dolphins that help humans catch fish are being disturbed by ship noise

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Whales and dolphins can resist cancer and their DNA reveals why

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An Orca or Killer Whale (orcinus orca)

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Orcas (Orcinus orca)

Orcas swimming in New Zealand

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Orca deaths found to be a result of human activity

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Bottlenose dolphins may control their heart rates to avoid the bends

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Bottlenose dolphins may control their heart rates to avoid the bends

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Common dolphins may finally be returning to the Adriatic sea

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Leonardo da Vinci saw a whale fossil that opened his mind to deep time

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Dolphins and whales separately evolved the same speedy swimming bones

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Dolphins and whales separately evolved the same speedy swimming bones

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Male bottlenose dolphins synchronise their calls to attract females

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Male bottlenose dolphins synchronise their calls to attract females

Bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay, Australia, form alliances and coordinate the timing of their clicking noises to attract females and deter other males

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Humpback whales use their flippers to swat salmon into their mouths

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Life

Whales evolved large brains in the same way that we did

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We can tell where a whale has travelled from the themes in its song

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The sad tale of the US Navy's surplus military dolphins

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