The ancient dolphin may have "scanned shallow waters to capture small prey in a basket of teeth," the researchers explain.

The charity’s founder and chair, Christine Rose, said the installation of the 20 dolphins on New Brighton beach made the deaths of dolphins tangible for beach goers, especially as a pod of live Hector ...

The public can also contribute to conservation efforts by reporting any sightings of Māui dolphins and being aware of the ...

The Department of Conservation (DoC) is embarking on a new survey to discover how many Māui dolphins are living in waters off ...

A rowing team training in a New Zealand harbor noticed a “rare” — and “friendly” — sea creature, wildlife officials said. Videos show the “very unusual” sighting. The rowers were ...

Our Aotearoa/New Zealand false killer whale research programme ... and they form long-term associations with oceanic bottlenose dolphins. The latter is a particularly intriguing part of their ...

Image: Dmitry Bogdanov (CC BY-SA 3.0). Photo/Supplied. Dinosaur dolphins survived in Aotearoa New Zealand waters long after they went extinct elsewhere. They had begun evolving into whales before ...

Reduced to just a few thousand, Hector's dolphins are being decimated by fisheries bycatch Behold the World's Smallest Monkey: The Pygmy Marmoset (02:17) National Treasure: The Giant Panda Steals ...

The Dolphins piled on 50 points in their first hit out under new coach Kristian Woolf, while the Eels began the Jason Ryles ...