Whales, dolphins and seals live in tight-knit societies that rival primate groups in complexity, and those same bonds are ...

Whales, dolphins and other marine mammals are highly social, but those social ties can also help diseases spread through ...

With the 2025 release of the Migratory Connectivity in the Ocean (MiCO) interactive map, scientists, conservationists, and ...

Shark teeth are “highly developed weapons built for cutting flesh, not resisting ocean acid,” Baum said. Sharks will go ...

Whale ancestors were terrestrial mammals that walked on four legs. This bone structure that helped them walk eventually ...

Far off the New England coast, one of Earth’s rarest mammals is surviving on a food source so small it usually slips past ...

The world's oceans are in trouble. Every day, 22 million tons of carbon dioxide from factories, cars, power plants and other human sources are absorbed by the world's oceans. The result? A frightening ...

A first-of-its-kind assessment says whales, dolphins and seals living in U.S. waters face major threats from the warming ocean temperatures, rising sea levels and decreasing sea ice associated with ...

The bodies of sea mammals are washing up on Los Angeles County beaches at such an alarming rate that caretaker groups say that a toxic wave of algae causing this horrific phenomenon is resulting in ...