Whales and dolphins regularly hang out with each other – new study

By Olaf Meynecke, Research Fellow in Marine Science and Manager Whales & Climate Program, Griffith University

As the annual humpback whale migration is underway with thousands of whales passing by the Australian coast, there are reports of dolphins joining the mass movement.

But this isn’t a one off. In fact, our new study, published today in Discover Animals, shows interspecies interactions between dolphins and whales are widespread and frequent around the world.

An astonishing interaction

There have been several reports…

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