Four male dolphins pursue a female dolphin at Shark Bay on the Australian Coast. (Simon Allen) (CN) — Of all alliances across the animal kingdom, those formed by bottlenose dolphins are the largest ...

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Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Dolphins in Australia have formed the "largest alliance network known outside of humans," scientists have found. A study ...

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Not only do dolphins have wingmen, but they form the largest complex social networks of any non-human animal, according to a new study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

Male bottlenose dolphins form the largest known multi-level alliance network outside humans, researchers have shown. These cooperative relationships between groups increase male access to a contested ...

Researchers now say some dolphins can actually form multiple levels of alliances among their societies — long-thought to be a unique characteristic of human societies. People establish strategic, ...