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The other day, my daughter complained that her 89.5 average in history class left her short of an A for the grading period. As a teacher mom, I couldn’t help but probe further. I asked her to describe ...

Dolphins are extremely playful, but little is known about how they -- and other marine mammals -- communicate during playtime. New research shows that bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncates) use the ...

Dolphins are known for what appear to be big, contagious smiles. But do they actually, well, smile? The answer, according to a new study of dolphin play, is a resounding “maybe.” Dolphins use their ...

Dolphins living in captivity often make an open-mouth facial expression while playing with each other. Zoomarine, Italy Bottlenose dolphins “smile” at each other while playing, making open-mouth ...

A woman who owned a Schipperke (a small black and usually tailless dog) asked me, "My dog doesn't have a tail to wag to tell me whether he is happy or not. I have looked at his face a lot and he doesn ...

A group of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay, Western Australia. (Madison Miketa/Shark Bay Dolphin Project/National Science Foundation) (CN) — As one of the most intelligent animals in the ...

Facial expressions are important for managing social interactions across a variety of species. In many animals including lemurs, dogs, gorillas, and sea lions, an open mouth smile-like display ...

In the old days, you’d get out your tools and carefully sculpt the mouth, frame by frame, until the smile looked just right. But at LAIKA Animation Studio, in Hillsboro, Oregon, they've pioneered a ...

Dolphins are extremely playful, but little is known about how they—and other marine mammals—communicate during playtime. New research publishing October 2 in the Cell Press journal iScience shows that ...