Researchers from the University of Michigan have described a new fossilized whale that represents not only a new species, but also identifies an important step in the evolution of whale mechanics.
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Federal officials have announced plans to raise $100 million to fund projects to restore seven significant coral reef sites in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
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Killer whale grandmothers that no longer reproduce can help their grand-offspring survive longer, according to a study published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Harbor porpoise mothers rid themselves of human-made neurotoxic chemicals found in the ocean by transferring the dangerous mixture to their calves, according to research released Monday.
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Numerous reports have painted a grim picture for habitats across the globe due to climate change. Not only is there a crisis, there is a dramatic shift in our ecosystems according to research released Thursday.
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Two Pacific Northwest tribes on Monday demanded the removal of three major hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River to save migrating salmon and starving orcas and restore fishing sites that were guaranteed to the tribes in a treaty more than 150 years ago.
Read moreFinding a rational jury could find a class of SeaWorld investors suffered harm when the park’s executives opined the documentary “Blackfish” had not affected attendance, a federal judge tentatively denied SeaWorld’s request for summary judgment this week.
Read moreThe Center for Biological Diversity sued Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross in federal court for failing to protect the cauliflower coral.
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Female Atlantic right whales lower their voices to a whisper when communicating with their young in order to prevent “eavesdropping” by predators, researchers said Wednesday.
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Efforts to protect imperiled marine ecosystems – and the island nations and coastal communities that depend on them – must intensify to reverse a global decline in ocean health and biodiversity, the United Nations said in a report released Tuesday.
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Migrating humpback whales in the Pacific Ocean got a bit of good news Tuesday as the Trump administration announced the designation of over 300,000 square nautical miles as new critical habitat to protect from ship traffic, oil spills and fishing gear.
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Off the coast of Guiana, a French overseas department perched on the north coast of South America, scientists scour the choppy waters for signs of life.
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Alaska’s northern fur seal population for three decades has been classified as depleted, but the marine mammals are showing up in growing numbers at an unlikely location — a tiny island that forms the tip of an active undersea volcano.
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A top marine biologist has urged Thailand’s government to speed up conservation plans for the dugong, an imperiled sea mammal, after their death toll for the year in Thai waters has already climbed to a record 21.
Read moreWhile drones are used for a number of civilian and military applications, biologists on Wednesday announced they found another use: estimating the weight of live whales.
Read moreIs the Loch Ness monster a shark? A giant catfish? A sturgeon? No, it’s a giant eel! Or at least it could be, according to a study published on Thursday.
Read moreHasty approvals of offshore oil and gas surveys in southcentral Alaska will harm endangered beluga whales and other marine life, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday.
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Political appointees in President Donald Trump’s Interior Department have weakened protections for Appalachia’s endangered crayfish to benefit the coal mining industry, environmentalists claim in a federal lawsuit.
Read moreSharks appear to be getting an image makeover as countries move to restrict trade in several species of the oceans’ top predator in a push to extend more protections to marine species.
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While most fish tend to disperse in dark waters, scientists have discovered flashlight fish – which use bacteria in their organs to glow – have a natural tendency to form schools and use their bioluminescence for signaling.
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