Dolphins

News

Dolphin Marines Roll Out To Iran’s Most Important Stretch Of Water

12:00AM January 17, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

The US Military invests billions of dollars in technology. But to keep the Strait of Hormuzopen, it’s using an unusual but innovative technique: mine-detecting dolphins. More »


Science

Australian Dolphins Use Gadgets Too

8:20AM August 30, 2011 | Robertobaldwin

Every time you mention a dolphin, someone has to mention how smart they are and that time Jessica Alba was molested by one. More »


Science

Talk To A Dolphin And It Might One Day Talk Back

12:01PM May 10, 2011 | KellyHodgkins

Google translate has nothing on the Wild Dolphin Project which is developing a two-way communication system for dolphins. Crazy as it seems, the Florida-based group hopes to create a new language derived from the sounds of the animalsn in the wild. More »


Geek Out

The 10 Worst Ways You Could Be Traveling Home This Weekend

8:00AM November 27, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Think you’ve got it rough, queuing for hours only to get groped by a TSA agent? Consider the following modes of transport, and just how slow and sweaty they are. Suddenly a swift grope doesn’t look quite as bad… [TIME] More »


Science

Dancing Dolphins In The Wild Show They’re Smarter Than We Think

9:00PM November 3, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

I always thought dolphins had lots of fun, and this video just proves it. Interestingly, though, this footage of wild dolphins performing tricks proves a former “kept” dolphin passed on her knowledge, which is a first for behavioural fun. More »


Entertainment

Taking The Cove, The Incredible Account Of Dolphin Slaughter, To Japanese Theaters

11:40AM June 12, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

The Cove, last year’s Academy Award winner for Best Documentary, is an incredible account of the annual dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan. Now the crew needs help bringing the damning film to the Japanese public. More »


Science

Communicating With Dolphins Via The iPad, Sort Of

7:20AM June 3, 2010 | Adam Frucci

Dolphins, they sure are smart! But since they can’t talk, it’s hard to communicate with them. Enter the iPad, which some see as a great way to facilitate cross-species communication. More »


Science

Dolphin Translator Is Sure to Uncover Valuable Insight On Fish

2:45PM April 14, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

A British scientist is working on a device to represent dolphin communication as a sort of hieroglyph, but we can save him the suspense: They’re just thanking us for all the fish.

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Gadgets

Lunocet Monofin Makes Man into Michael Phelps

7:40AM August 19, 2008 | Mark Wilson

Boy that Michael Phelps is fast. No one can argue it, he can dominate in almost any style of swim and possesses one of the best dolphin kicks in the world. That is, one of the best kicks aside from some random guy using the Lunocet monofin. Because while Phelps is able to swim at an inhuman 8 kilometres per hour, the average swimmer using the carbon fibre Lunocet will routinely hit about 12.9kph. Is it too late for us to book our tickets to Beijing?

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