Species are vanishing faster than ever, and many are disappearing before scientists even know they exist. Now, an ...

Lurking in the depths of the ocean are countless species that have never been seen by humans before. As part of a project to ...

A study by the University of Glasgow’s Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme (Smass) has revealed a dramatic rise in marine mammal strandings along Scotland’s coasts. More than 5,100 stranded ocean ...

Old canned salmon turned out to be a time capsule of ocean health. Researchers found that rising levels of tiny parasitic ...

Whales, dolphins and seals live in tight-knit societies that rival primate groups in complexity, and those same bonds are turning into superhighways for lethal infections. As scientists map how ...

Three sea lion pups who were once malnourished and struggling to survive were released back into the Pacific Ocean Friday in ...

For tens of millions of years, whales have been a part of the oceans. Because of this, it would be easy to believe that whales evolved from aquatic creatures as the oceans warmed and became more ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...