BOTTLE NOSE DOLPHIN SWIMMING FAST AND PLAY WITH SPONGE© Yann hubert/Shutterstock.com In Shark Bay, Western Australia, some Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins use sponges as tools while they hunt.

WASHINGTON — Some dolphins in Australia have a special technique to flush fish from the seafloor. They hunt with a sponge on their beak, like a clown nose. Using the sponge to protect from sharp rocks ...

Some dolphins in western Australia have developed an unusual technique to help them find fish on the seafloor. Scientists have spotted them biting sponges and "wearing" them on their snouts - a bit ...

Texas A&M Galveston researchers will spend four months in Shark Bay, Australia, studying bottlenose dolphin behavior, social ...

March 23 (UPI) --Human fascination with bottlenose dolphins goes back thousands of years, at least as early as Greek mythology. But it wasn't until the 1960s that methodical research into dolphin ...