• Common Dolphins – Basic Knowledge

    2021-04-11

    PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Common dolphins are colorful, with a complex crisscross or hourglass color pattern on the side; the long-beaked common dolphin being more muted in color. When looking at the…

  • Archaeocetes

    2021-02-26

    Well, we can’t exactly tell you what archaeocetes were, but we can tell you what they were not. They were not filter-feeders like the baleen whales (mysticetes), and they had…

  • Atlantic Spotted Dolphins -Basic Knowledge

    2021-02-21

    The Atlantic spotted dolphin is considered playful and acrobatic. They love to ride the bow wave of boats and surf the wake of ships they encounter. They are also more…

  • Bottlenose Dolphins – Basic Knowledge

    2021-02-15

    The bottlenose dolphin is the most studied and best known of all cetaceans. This is primarily due to its ready adaptability to captive environment, such as research facilities and marine…

  • The Face is Familiar, but …

    2021-02-01

        The casual identification of individual cetaceans probably started when humans began interacting with coastal species over a century ago, when whalers and fishermen could identify a few individual…