How dolphins communicate – new discoveries from a long‑term study in Sarasota, Florida

How dolphins communicate – new discoveries from a long‑term study in Sarasota, Florida

Human fascination with bottlenose dolphins goes back thousands of years, at least as early as Greek mythology.But it wasn’t until the 1960s that methodical research into dolphin communication began. Scientists like John Lilly and the husband-and-wife team of Melba and David Caldwell tried various experiments to decipher the sounds dolphins can make.The Caldwells figured out a way to record isolated animals in human care. They discovered that eac…