Time is of the essence for a Brazilian neuroscientist who wants to study whale and dolphin brains before the brains decompose ...

Just moments after a Navy EA-18G Growler jet crashed into San Diego Bay this week, members of the U.S. Navy’s Marine Mammal ...

Federal data only tells part of the story of how the global wildlife trade is fueling nature loss, a new study shows.

Marine biologists at the University of California Santa Cruz have tagged thousands of northern elephant seals with smart ...

On a windswept beach near Haines, Tim Ackerman walks down a hill with a pair of gloves, a knife, and a bottle of Dawn dish ...

Marine researchers are investigating the death of a basking shark that washed up recently in Wellfleet. Here's what we know.

If recent reports of a North Atlantic right whale calf and its mother spotted in a busy shipping lane between New Jersey and New York are any indication that more are to come, an artificial ...

NOAA said the sanctuary designation advances ... banks and shoals that are home to a wide variety of invertebrates, fish, birds, marine mammals and other wildlife — many of which are found ...

A sperm whale’s tooth can weigh more than two pounds and they are illegally trafficked to be used as decorations and for ...

FAU, SeaWorld San Diego, and the San Diego Natural History Museum have joined forces to scan the rare skeleton of the vaquita ...

At some branches of NOAA, international contact is facing heavy scrutiny. An email to one division said staff would now need ...