Common bottlenose dolphins have an even higher right-side bias than humans at more than 99 per cent. 

The dolphins were found washed up with their fins cut off.

The Whale Sanctuary Project says it is holding public information meetings in Dartmouth, Liverpool, Port Hawkesbury, Sherbrooke and Sheet Harbour to identify a possible seaside sanctuary for beluga whales freed from entertainment parks.

John Holer, the founder of the Marineland theme park in Niagara Falls, Ont., has died at the age of 83.

WATCH: A video from Australia has gone viral after a dolphin leaps out of the water, body-checking a paddle boarder into the surf.

Officials say heavy ice in Heart's Delight, N.L, has cut off the dolphins' exit route, leaving them enclosed in a shrinking pool of water.

The study found dolphins' brains grew larger to accommodate the complex demands of their societies.

Non-profit group Animals Asia said there are around 70 dolphins kept in captivity by travelling circuses in Indonesia.

It was a rare Christmas treat for B.C. Ferries passengers — a large pod of dolphins were seen swimming along a ferry on Christmas morning.

Marine rescue workers are looking for a pod of dolphins that may be trapped in a small Nova Scotia harbour after three of the mammals washed up dead on shore.