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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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On Sonorous Seas review: What a dead whale can tell us

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On Sonorous Seas review: What a dead whale can tell us

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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

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

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Risso's dolphin

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Risso’s dolphins have invented rapid spin-dive technique for hunting

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2AKEMKH Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil.

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The Amazon's pink river dolphin population is in free fall

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A humpback whale

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Baleen whales eat three times more krill than we thought

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Whales

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Climate change could slow recovery of southern right whales

Extreme El Niño weather events caused by climate change could slow the recovery of southern right whale populations

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Dolphins spotted trapping fish in mud rings in the Caribbean

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Technology

Secret underwater messages can be hidden in whale and dolphin chatter

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Humans

Fathom review: What happens when humans try to talk to whales

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Whale that travelled halfway around the world sets migration record

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