Dolphin

Typhoon Dolphin causes severe flooding in Shanghai, grounds hundreds of flights across east China

Many streets in Shanghai, the country's second most populated city, were flooded, including in the main commercial centers.

|ByREUTERS
People wade through a flooded street after Typhoon Dolphin brought heavy rain to Shanghai, China, August 10, 2026.
A bottlenose dolphin responding to its trainer's hand gestures.

Does the US Navy have trained kamikaze dolphins operating in the Strait of Hormuz? - explainer

Dolphins have been used by the military to detect underwater obstacles for decades, but they aren’t typically sent into active war zones.

|ByESTHER DAVIS
Whale fossils in the Ocucaje desert, Peru.

Peruvian team finds 12-million-year-old near-perfect dolphin ancestor

The Ocucaje Desert, often labeled a great hotel for marine animals because of calm conditions that once prevailed there, has long served as a cemetery for ancient species.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Whale fossils in the Ocucaje desert, Peru.

Scientists found a 3.5-meter dolphin fossil in a desert that was once an ancient ocean

The fossil, discovered in July, measures three and a half meters and will undergo exhaustive analysis before public display.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

First German-Israeli cabinet set to meet

Joint session will convene amid reports of Israel's bid for a sixth Dolphin-class diesel submarine.

JANUARY 18, 2010ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT
The Dolphin Submarine.