A baby dugong, a large ocean mammal, that has developed an attachment to humans after being separated from its mother and getting lost off southern Thailand is being nurtured by marine experts in hopes that it can one day fend for itself.
Read moreNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Fisheries scientists are mobilizing a team to collect tissue samples from an unusual spate of dead ice seals washing up along the northwestern coast of Alaska, the agency said Wednesday.
Read moreThe Center for Biological Diversity brought a federal complaint over a permit the government issued for two vessels to fish using longlines from 50 to 200 miles long off the coast of California, threatening the survival of endangered leatherback sea turtles.
Read morePopulation growth is threatening efforts to save Southern Resident killer whales, whose decline is not being treated with the urgency the crisis demands, officials said in a task force meeting in Washington state Monday.
Read moreTwo North Carolina aquatic creatures could receive federal protection under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday.
Read moreA federal class action accuses Starkist of falsely advertising its tuna fish as “dolphin safe.”
Read moreDanish researchers have now added narwhals to the list of more than 250 animal species with sequenced genomes, and their findings tell us an interesting story about the genetics of these unicorns of the sea.
Read moreA beluga whale found with a tight harness that appeared to be Russian made has raised the alarm of Norwegian officials and prompted speculation that the animal may have escaped from a Russian military facility.
Read moreA new study released Friday of the Araguaian river dolphin, also called the Araguaian boto, suggests that further research of river dolphins could show how communication evolved in underwater mammals.
Read moreEarth, meet Polo. Polo Ralph Lauren on Thursday launched a version of its iconic polo shirt made entirely of recycled plastic bottles and dyed through a process that uses zero water.
Read moreRecognizing its importance as an indicator species for clean water, Pennsylvania lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to designate a state amphibian: an enormous salamander called the Eastern hellbender.
Read moreWashington state lawmakers passed Senate Bill 5577 on Monday, which aims to protect a critically endangered population of the Southern Resident killer whale from vessel noise and ship traffic.
Read moreThe only known female member of one of the world’s rarest turtle species has died at a zoo in southern China, officials said Sunday.
Read moreThe Aegean Sea has seen a “very unusual” spike in dolphin deaths over the past few weeks, a Greek marine conservation group said Monday.
Read moreRussian officials have invited a French ocean explorer to offer advice on how to safely release nearly 100 illegally captured whales, voicing hope that the animals could be let into the wild during summer.
Read moreA new species of pea-shaped wood-munching clams shaped like little penises has been discovered at the bottom of the ocean.
Read moreSea Shepherd Legal brought a federal complaint to access public records on the refusal of government agencies to release documents on protections for the New Zealand Maui dolphin.
Read moreThe World Wildlife Foundation is sounding the alarm over plastics in the Mediterranean Sea after an over 26-foot sperm whale was found dead off Sardinia with 48.5 pounds of plastic in its belly.
Read moreThe state of California will roll out a sweeping set of changes to protect endangered whales and sea turtles from the dangers of crabbing gear entanglement under a settlement announced Tuesday.
Read moreThe Mexican government said Thursday it will use buoys to mark the reserve of the world’s most endangered marine mammal, in a bid to save the last remaining 10 or so vaquita marina porpoises.
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