For the first time, researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi Health and Stranding Lab have successfully detected Fraser’s morbillivirus, which can cause respiratory and neurological disease, in the feces of a dolphin. The findings published in Marine Mammal Science provide a new tool to identify and monitor threats faced by Hawaiʻi’s marine mammals.
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all right. well, this weekend, our new franchise, the science behind where we explore the why behind the what. today s story is where science meets pretty adorable. a new dolphin study says dolphins don t just communicate with the clicks, whistles, those buzzing noises that you hear. they actually call each other by unique names, kind of like humans. our chad myers has the details. reporter: we ve known for dwleers every dolphin has a specific and distinctive whistle, but now scientists believe that this sound they re calling out is actually a name. can you do your signature whistle? reporter: to better under the science behind dolphin language, marine biologists used underwater recorders to track the signature whistles, hoping to unlock secrets to now mos mammals communicate. the new study out of great