Dolphins live and hunt in large social groups called pods, and they communicate with each other using high-pitched clicks and whistles. They are very intelligent because they have to work together to ...

However, its teeth indicated it was a common dolphin, or Delphinus delphis. In a “surprising twist,” the news of the stranded dolphin led a local ferryman to contact the Institute of Natural ...

The male common dolphin was underweight, weak and lethargic, and had lesions on multiple areas of his body, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center of Brigantine. The animal also had ...

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The most common dolphin species in North Carolina are bottlenose dolphins, Atlantic spotted dolphins, and short-beaked common dolphins. Dolphins can be spotted year-round in North Carolina but are ...