Outlines the characteristics of the bottlenose dolphin, including classification, habitat, behaviors, and conservation.

Just about everyone has watched a Bottlenose dolphin perform on film or in real life. But what else do you know about them? Read this detailed fact sheet to find out more about the Bottlenose.

This site provides information about the Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin including what they eat and how they find food using a process called echolocation.

Dolphin expert Dan Odell answers basic questions about dolphins and their lives.

This is a personal site from Unique Australian Animals that provides a simple description of a bottlenose dolphin.

Click here at the British Broadcasting Corporation to learn more about the Amazon river dolphin and to examine some nice photos of them.

Great interactive site for elementary and middle school students. Learn about the order cetaceans, mysticetes, odontocetes, (baleen whales and toothed whales) and bottlenose dolphins. Then play some interactive games after learning about...

If you're interested in dolphins, then you've come to the right place! Get great information that covers intelligence, physiology, and communication of the dolphin. There are even links to pictures and other sites that contain...

Provides photographs and a fact card about the river dolphin. Discusses the four species and where they are found, physical features, and communication by echolocation.

Kids learn how dolphins eat, sleep, and live together. Bottlenose dolphins and orcas travel the ocean in pods.

Learn about the over 70 species of Cetaceans, or whales, dolphins, and porpoises in the ocean. Read about their behaviors, strandings, and their special sense: echolocation

In the previous lesson, students learned about the issue of bycatching by fisheries and how it affects marine habitats. Dolphins are one of the main species affected by bycatching. Dolphins use echolocation to identify the location of...

In the previous lesson, students learned about the issue of bycatching by fisheries and how it affects marine habitats. Dolphins are one of the main species affected by bycatching. While dolphins can use echolocation to identify the...

A comprehensive site that includes a wealth of information on whales, sharks, penguins and squid.

Echolocation is the ability to orient by transmitting sound and receiving echoes from objects in the environment. As a result of a Marco-Polo type activity and subsequent instructional activity, students learn basic concepts of...

Students learn how ultrasonic sensors work, reinforcing the connection between this sensor and how humans, bats, and dolphins estimate distance.

Describing some of the reasons that animals make sounds, this website gives concrete examples that make acoustic (auditory) communication easy to understand.