We typically imagine echolocation as “seeing” with sound—experiencing auditory signals as a world of images like the ones our ...

Anatomy of a Brain Fart Why we blow mental raspberries Posted April 29, 2014. Share. Tweet. Share ... Interestingly, dolphins react to such moments with as much surprise as we humans do to ours.

First images of dolphin brain circuitry hint at how they sense sound ... (MRI) have revealed the complex anatomy of cetacean brains. But MRI scans only capture images of the brain's basic structure.

image: Probabilistic tractography in a dolphin brain was revealed used a novel technique of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). view more . ... (MRI) have revealed the complex anatomy of cetacean brains.

Discovering more about whales and dolphins could reveal that other factors—such as life span and the duration of the juvenile phase—might also be involved in brain size, he adds.

A study on the Guiana dolphin provided a comprehensive volumetric and structural description, ... Cetacean Brain Anatomy and Evolution Publication Trend.

And, according to new research, the bigger the brain, the more social the cetacean. Dolphins engage in several behaviors that demonstrate their sociality and resemble human culture.

A bottlenose dolphin was found shot to death with bullets lodged in its brain, spinal cord and heart and authorities are offering a reward for information on who did it.

Despite decades of fascination with dolphins, scientists have long overlooked one aspect of the species' anatomy. For the first time, researchers offer an up-close look at the clitoris of female ...

A year and a half ago, neuroscientist Kamilla Souza got the call she'd been waiting for: A baby humpback whale had died just offshore. She wanted its brain. That's because scientists know little ...

They have proven themselves to be ribaldly revolting, perpetually perplexing, and endlessly entertaining. Geoffrey Chaucer immortalized them in literature, Samuel Johnson defined them in his ...