New Species of Dolphin Found in Australian Waters

Oct. 29, 2013 — A species of humpback dolphin previously unknown to science is swimming in the waters off northern Australia, according to a team of researchers working for the Wildlife Conservation Society, the American Museum of Natural History, and numerous other groups that contributed to the study.

To determine the number of distinct species in the family of humpback dolphins (animals 
named for a peculiar hump just below the dorsal fin), the research team examined the 
evolutionary history of this family of marine mammals using both physical features and 
genetic data. While the Atlantic humpback dolphin is a recognized species, this work 
provides the best evidence to date to split the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin into three 
species, one of which is completely new to science.


This article tells that there's a new dolphin Species swimming in the waters of north Australia. Its name is still being unknown. Scientists assumes that it can be related with four dolphins species: the Atlantic humpback dolphin (Sousa teuszii), which occurs in the eastern Atlantic off West Africa; the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa plumbea), which ranges from the central to the western Indian Ocean; another species of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis), which inhabits the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans; and a fourth Sousa species found off northern Australia. This is an advance relating with Biology and the ecosystem itself. We clearly see that there's alot of secrets on the planet and we will spend a lot of time to solve it.

Why am I interested in this article? I am always a guy who believes that nothing is true or over. I always looks for alternatives and I always believes that there's something new. In addition, I love animals, As I said before, I wanted to be a marine biologist and it is a pleasure to make my articles that it is related with animals who lives in the water.


Is there any connection between this article and my life? Yes, and it is with what is my hobby (Studying how animals interacts with the nature). Also in IB biology class, we have ecosystem as an optional subject and I would like to Study it. 

Global context: This is a continuous development. World has its secrets and we will keep growing and discovering stuff as a human and as a living thing.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131029143000.htm