Some dolphins in Australia have a special technique to flush fish from the seafloor. They hunt with a sponge on their beak, ...

The delicate art of sponge hunting is unique to a small amount of dolphins and passed down generations, but takes many years ...

For those wild dolphins that have mastered foraging with nose sponges, scientists say it's a very efficient way to catch fish ...

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Canadian evolutionary biologist Dolph Schluter the prestigious Crafoord Prize for his work on the mechanics of evolution, which has ...

The sharp beak of the Humboldt squid is one of the hardest and stiffest organic materials known. Engineers, biologists, and marine scientists at the University of California, ...

A rarely seen giant squid normally found deep beneath the ocean's surface has been discovered dead on a beach in Cape Town, South Africa, just months after another washed up six miles away.. Tim ...

New Triassic fossil features sharp claws and a nasty beak A non-flying precursor to pterosaurs shared the Earth with the first dinosaurs. Jeanne Timmons – Aug 16, 2023 11:08 am ...

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Fossils from New Zealand reveal the existence of a giant petrel with a wicked sharp beak that lived 3 million years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...