Wild dolphins were captured on film putting sea sponges over their snouts, using them as tools to hunt along the seafloor.

Picture a dolphin diving toward the seafloor with something odd on its nose. It is not a shell or a fish. It is a sea sponge. The dolphin isn’t playing; it’s using the sponge as a diving mask: a clear ...

Some dolphins in Australia have a special technique to flush fish from the seafloor. They hunt with a sponge on their beak, like a clown nose. Using the sponge to protect from sharp rocks, the ...

A group of dolphins swim and forage for food around Crystal Bay in Citrus County on Sept. 4. ©Jefferee Woo OFFSHORE CRYSTAL RIVER — Three minutes after Justin Dymond flicks on his boat lights, just as ...

WASHINGTON — Some dolphins in Australia have a special technique to flush fish from the seafloor. They hunt with a sponge on their beak, like a clown nose. A bottlenose dolphin wearing a marine sponge ...

BOTTLE NOSE DOLPHIN SWIMMING FAST AND PLAY WITH SPONGE© Yann hubert/Shutterstock.com In Shark Bay, Western Australia, some Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins use sponges as tools while they hunt.