New Species of Humpback Dolphin Discovered

A previously unknown species of humpback dolphin has been discovered in the waters off northern Australia. Researchers say it now becomes the fourth member of a family of humpback dolphins named for an unusual hump just below its dorsal fin. An international team, including researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society and the American Museum of Natural History, analyzed 235 tissue samples from humpback dolphins found from the eastern Atlantic to the western Pacific oceans, analyzing the ...

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