Speckles the dolphin

University of the Sunshine Coast researchers believe they have recorded one of the world’s most unusually coloured dolphins for the first time in Australian waters.

Risky business

Australian researchers have for the first time documented the unique risky feeding behaviour known as ‘strand feeding’ in Australian dolphins.

Ocean heatwave cuts dolphin numbers

Dolphin survival rates in the iconic population in Shark Bay in Western Australia have dropped by 12 per cent since the 2011 marine heatwave affecting around 1,000km of the state’s coastline.