Our eco-system is comprised of interdependent animals and plants which constitute a complex web of life. IUCN, at regular intervals, determines the status of species considering the probability of ...

University of Victoria (UVic) biologists have discovered that even closely related fish species make unique and distinctive ...

Imagine it’s the early 1900s and you’re a giant blue whale basking in the warm waters of the Santa Barbara Channel, just off the coast of Southern California. What do you hear? Fellow whale songs, ...

Beachgoers will often walk right up to seals, sea lions and sea turtles with what they think are harmless intentions — especially if they want the perfect picture or believe the animal is injured and ...

On a Venice beach, marine mammal care expert Debbie Kinney placed orange cones on the sand, trying to keep people away from the writhing sea lion just a few yards away. The sea lion is just one of ...

Fresh research has revealed that marine animals are facing an unprecedented risk of extinction because of climate change and other human impacts, even in seemingly pristine coastal regions. The ...

With frigid temperatures forecast Sunday evening into Monday, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources is asking ...

Knowable Magazine reports that drones are revolutionizing whale research by safely collecting data and minimizing ...

Kimberley Stokes receives funding from the Bertarelli Programme in Marine Science. She is affiliated with Swansea University. Competitive swimmers know that swimming underwater causes less drag ...

A toxic algae bloom in coastal waters has killed dozens of marine animals, including whales and dolphins, between San Diego and San Luis Obispo, and the area has been labeled an extreme danger zone by ...

LONDON — After reviewing satellite images of a key port in Crimea, the U.S. Naval Institute assessed that Moscow had deployed trained dolphins to protect a naval base in the Black Sea from potential ...