Republican members of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources took aim Wednesday at the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), arguing both landmark statutes ...

From a legal standpoint, the Marine Mammal Protection Act prohibits the harassment, hunting, capturing, or killing of sea lions and other marine mammals. Someone cut off the head of a sea lion in ...

Island agencies saw a record number of marine mammal strandings in 2024, responding to more than 40 incidents, the highest in ...

Along with other marine mammals — like whales ... Most dolphins are not interested in attacking humans, but they may act aggressively toward people in certain situations. Although dolphins ...

Short of the Marine Corps becoming an independent armed service outside the Department of the Navy, the Navy, as best as it ...

“Over the last week, the number of current MMCC patients likely impacted by the toxic algal bloom has more than tripled,” the Marine Mammal Care Center said last Wednesday on Instagram. Marine Mammal ...

Arizona’s longest-standing sworn peace officer is 77-year-old Henry Cusson, who joined the Phoenix Police Department in 1970. It's believed to be the first example in the U.S. of a state court ...

First, all mammals have fur or hair. In some species this presents as a very conspicuous, thick coat, whereas in others it may be less obvious. Dolphins, for example, are marine mammals and they are ...

These changes, in turn, adversely affect habitats, food sources, health, and overall survival of marine mammals. The recent development of marine mammal monitoring technologies, including visual ...

The safety zone is needed to protect personnel, vessels, and the marine environment from potential hazards created by demolition activities at the ...

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