Whistles were concentrated in nearshore areas, suggesting hotspots for social activity, while echolocation was more prevalent where sound-producing fish were abundant.
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1. 'Snooping' on Dolphins | Florida Atlantic University
Whistles were concentrated in nearshore areas, suggesting hotspots for social activity, while echolocation was more prevalent where sound-producing fish were abundant.
Hotspots for Food and Friends
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute have been “snooping” on dolphins – and what they heard offers new clues about where the animals socialize and hunt.
Using an autonomous wave glider equipped with an underwater acoustic recorder, the team spent two months listening along Florida’s Atlantic coast.
Published in PeerJ, the study found distinct patterns in dolphin whistles, which are associated with social behavior, and echo
2. Deep-sea mining could harm remote ocean ecosystems
In two new studies, researchers found whales and dolphins – including an endangered sperm whale – in the CCZ, and raise concerns about impacts on a wide range of marine species.
Deep-sea mining could harm remote ocean ecosystems
Deep-sea mining in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean could harm ocean life including whales and dolphins, new research shows.
The Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) of the Eastern Pacific is a vast area of deep ocean and seamounts.
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“It’s very hard to predict how seabed mining might affe
3. North Atlantic dolphins are dying younger, new study shows
The CU Boulder-led research team discovered that the longevity of female common dolphins has declined by seven years since 1997, an alarming trend that the authors say threatens not only the species but also the marine ecosystem it helps maintain.
North Atlantic dolphins are dying younger, new study shows
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Common dolphins are among the ocean’s most abundant mammals, but they are living shorter lives in the North Atlantic, according to a new study published Oct. 10 in Conservation Letters.
4. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
A database of sounds from a community of wild dolphins is proving to be a great resource for researchers studying dolphin communication.
Os golfinhos-nariz-de-garrafa são animais sociáveis que usam assobios e cliques para se comunicarem: pesquisa descobriu assobios que servem como assinatura individuais, além de sons compartilhados.
Estudo de longo prazo nos EUA traz novas revelações sobre a comunicação dos golfinhos
Laela Sayigh, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Um banco de dados de sons de uma comunidade de golfinhos selvagens está se revelando um excelente recurso para os pesquisadores que estudam a comunicação dos golfinhos
5. News | Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station
Using start-up funding from MAFES, Muraco captured and compared video and thermal data from dolphins in two different aquatic environments: the Virgin Islands' crystal-clear waters and the Florida Keys' tannic, sediment-rich mangrove lagoons—the latter mimicking the Mississippi Sound's murky waters.
MSU scientist takes dolphin research to new heights with UAS flights
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The university partnered with Coral World and Theater of the Sea in Florida to study dolphins in their natural habitats using thermal imaging technology from drones.
Muraco, an assistant research professor in animal and dairy sciences and scientist with the university's Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Exp
6. www.whoi.edu · decoding-dolphin-whistles-communicationOne researcher, 15,000 whistles: Inside the effort to decode...
“We only recently discovered that there are numerous shared, stereotyped non-signature whistles that can be produced by many different individuals in the population,” says Sayigh.
One researcher, 15,000 whistles: Inside the effort to decode dolphin communication | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
One researcher, 15,000 whistles: Inside the effort to decode dolphin communication
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By Evan Lubofsky | December 9, 2025
Fligstein, a research assistant in the Sayigh Lab, stares at her monitor as a graph comes into view.
It’s a spectrogram—the fancy term for an audio file presente