Read more about the article Meet the Rough-Toothed Dolphin: Hawaii’s Deepest-Water Ocean Dweller

Meet the Rough-Toothed Dolphin: Hawaii’s Deepest-Water Ocean Dweller

Ask most people which dolphins live in Hawaiian waters, and the answer you will almost always hear is spinner dolphins. The spinners are there, and they are remarkable, but Hawaii is home to more cetacean species than most visitors ever realize. One of the more unusual is a deep-ocean animal that most people have never heard of. The rough-toothed dolphin lives year-round in the offshore waters around the Hawaiian Islands, and it looks, behaves, and lives so differently from everything else out there that spending a few minutes learning about it changes the way you see the ocean.

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Do Dolphins Feel Pain? The Surprising Science Behind How Dolphins Handle Injury

Yes, dolphins feel pain. They have pain receptors and a developed limbic system just like humans. But their biology also includes genetic pain-management adaptations, reduced spinal cord pain centers, and wound-healing abilities that allow them to recover from severe shark bites in days. Here is the science behind how they do it.

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Read more about the article Do Dolphins Use Tools? Inside One of Science’s Most Surprising Discoveries

Do Dolphins Use Tools? Inside One of Science’s Most Surprising Discoveries

Tool use was once considered uniquely human. Then chimpanzees made the list, then crows, then elephants. Now we know wild dolphins use sea sponges, giant shells, and mud rings to hunt in ways that rival any tool-using species on land. Here is what the science has discovered, including a surprising 2025 finding.

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