The Marine Mammal Protection Act, which celebrated 50 years in 2023, has safeguarded species from extinction. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management honors this legacy by prioritizing marine mammal ...

A marine biologist captured video of the moment a bowhead whale cracked through a layer of ice in West Greenland to take a ...

The Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network (LMMN) is reminding the public to enjoy our marine wildlife responsibly this summer while soaking up the best of the Lowcountry’s beaches and waterways.

Researchers using a new drone say they have observed killer whales finding and modifying stalks of kelp to preen each other.

Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) leads an oversight hearing on the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act with a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources on ...

The Pentagon increasingly sees the Pacific as its most important theater of operations as tensions brew between the U.S. and ...

The Marine Mammal Commission was created more than 50 years ago to ensure the Marine Mammal Protection Act is followed, and to provide independent, science-based oversight of federal activities ...

Both Redulla and local agents with NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement described the JEA as a valuable tool to bolster the manpower and equipment used to enforce the Marine Mammal Protection Act ...

Harming elephant seals violates protection act. The 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act prohibits killing, harming, harassing, or feeding marine mammals, including elephant seals.