A global study tracking nearly 13,000 individual marine animals has uncovered a sharp disconnect between where these animals actually spend their time and where marine protections exist. The findings ...

In violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the Letters of Authorization (LOAs) issued by NOAA allow the offshore wind developers to illegally “take” or harm an excessive number ...

Days later, however, when experts returned, they discovered the animal had been gruesomely mutilated. “This animal was intentionally decapitated, a violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. The ...

Gruesome Dolphin Decapitation On Remote East Coast Island Sparks Federal Probe Wildlife authorities are offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the capture of whoever decapitated a ...

NOAA suspects that the dolphin was mutilated between April 16 and April 18. The action violates the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

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 ...

More than 75 endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted in shipping lanes south of Massachusetts, prompting a voluntary Slow Zone to protect the species.

The best criminal justice reporting tagged with "Marine Mammal Protection Act," curated by The Marshall Project.

GOP-led Natural Resources Committee questions efficacy of Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act.

And the Marine Mammal Protection Act grants them additional protections from hunting, harassing and killing, among other safeguards.

That makes them one of the rarest whale species on the planet, one that’s protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

The Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act are on the agenda this week.