Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) produce individually distinctive signature whistles
that broadcast the identity of the caller. Unlike voice cues that affect all calls of an animal …

Highlights•Cetacean possess advanced vocal learning skills.•Baleen whales use vocal
learning in the development of their song displays.•Toothed whales use learned signals in …

For over a century, the evolution of animal play has sparked scientific curiosity. The
prevalence of social play in juvenile mammals suggests that play is a beneficial behavior …

Delphinid communication has been shaped by the marine environment. This resulted in
specific adaptations such as echolocation and a sophisticated communication system that …

Multilevel societies, containing hierarchically nested social levels, are remarkable social
structures whose origins are unclear. The social relationships of sperm whales are …

The potential disturbance of dolphins from tourism boats has been widely discussed in the
literature, in terms of both physical vessel presence and associated underwater noise …

Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) have individually distinctive signature whistles.
Each individual dolphin develops its own unique frequency modulation pattern and uses it to …

Cetacean watching from tour boats has increased in recent years and has been promoted
as an ethically viable alternative to cetacean viewing in captive facilities or directed take …

The bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, is one of very few animals that, through vocal
learning, can invent novel acoustic signals and copy whistles of conspecifics. Furthermore …

The distribution, movements and abundance of highly mobile marine species such as
bottlenose dolphins T ursiops truncatus are best studied at large spatial scales, but previous …