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Near the end of his book, "Are Dolphin's Really Smart? The Mammal Behind the Myth," Justin Gregg tells a story about traveling on an eco-tour vessel as part of his research on bottlenose dolphins ...

The Dog With The Dolphin Smile Asha Prihar 12:54 am, Feb 08, 2019 Staff Reporter Asha Prihar Asha Prihar One of the hardest things about being a reporter is getting sources to talk. Now that I’ve been ...

New research of captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncates) indicates that they use an “open mouth” facial expression similar to a smile to communicate during social play.

Originally, the Taiji dolphin-killers were not catching any bottlenose dolphins for meat, and in September actually released around 100 they had caught after choosing 10 to 15 for captivity.

But when animal activist Ric O'Barry visits a dolphin park, he sees a much darker reality. "The dolphin smile is nature's greatest deception; it creates the illusion they actually like doing this ...

Doris’ pink nose bobbed just above the water as she watched Kelsey Fisher grab a treat from a small metal bucket. The dolphin ...

Dr. Ann Weaver has been monitoring the dolphin population in the waters of Pinellas County for more than 13 years.

That so-called "dolphin smile"? He always does that. So no one really knows whether the zoo's surviving dolphins would smile at the news that the dolphin exibit will soon close. But I'm smiling.

RIC O’BARRY, Founder, Dolphin Project: It's really the dolphin smile that has created this multibillion-dollar industry, and it's literally an optical illusion.