male dolphins with close friends age more slowly
- Written by Livia Gerber, Postdoctoral Fellow in Genetics, CSIRO
Shark Bay Dolphin ResearchFor more than 40 years, researchers in Shark Bay, Western Australia, have been watching the lives of a very unusual group of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus). The male dolphins in this group form one of the most complex social systems known outside of humans, complete with lifelong friendships,...





