Species Profile: The Common Bottlenose Dolphin

Species Profile: The Common Bottlenose Dolphin

The Common Bottlenose Dolphin is probably the most recognizable dolphin species and it’s popular for its intelligence, friendliness and ‘smiling’ face. Learn all you need to know about these dolphins that are intelligent enough to spot large fishing boats and follow these boats for long distances seeking scraps of leftover fish.

Species Profile: The Hourglass Dolphin

Species Profile: The Hourglass Dolphin

The extremely rare Hourglass Dolphin is one of the smallest dolphins on our Planet. The Hourglass Dolphin is one of the smallest dolphins in the Delphinidae family and it’s native to the freezing waters of the Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic region. This extremely beautiful and remarkably fast dolphin is rarely ever seen. Consequently, not much is…

Species Profile: The Irrawaddy Dolphin

Species Profile: The Irrawaddy Dolphin

The beautiful Irrawaddy Dolphin is severely threatened and is now functionally extinct in Laos. The Irrawaddy dolphin is a euryhaline species of oceanic dolphins, i.e. they can tolerate a wide range of water salinity. Though very similar to the beluga whale in appearance, Irrawaddy dolphins are most closely related to the killer whale (orca). They are characterized by a…

Species Profile: The Atlantic Spotted Dolphin

Species Profile: The Atlantic Spotted Dolphin

The Atlantic Spotted Dolphin is a friendly and well-known species especially to people in the Bahamas. The Atlantic Spotted Dolphin is a cetacean species endemic in the Gulf Stream of the North Atlantic Ocean and other parts of the Atlantic. Adult individuals are easy to identify by the distinctive spotted coloring all over their bodies. This a relatively smaller-sized…