Marine Mammals of Maine is a Brunswick-based nonprofit for marine mammal and sea turtle response, rescue, care, research and education. It also has a 24/7 hotline to report a stranded animal. Lynda ...

Scientists are revolutionizing how new marine species are described through the Ocean Species Discoveries initiative. Using advanced lab techniques, researchers recently unveiled 14 new species from ...

The recently announced discoveries were made on a 2022 deep-sea expedition off Western Australia’s Gascoyne coast ...

Their fur is so soft it almost led to their extinction, but otters’ recovery has been a boon to Pacific kelp forests, a key ...

The U.S. will tighten regulations on seafood imports starting in 2026 to protect marine mammals from harmful "bycatch" ...

There's a long road ahead before the species is back from the brink, but a new population survey provides fresh optimism.

The world’s most endangered marine mammal, the vaquita porpoise, is still hanging on in the waters off Mexico’s northwest coast — and, against all odds, it’s reproducing.

I f you weighed all the world’s mammals, how much of that figure—known as biomass—would include wild animals? As of 2020, they contributed roughly 5 percent of the biomass o ...

A dead humpback whale that was hauled out of Portland Harbor in Maine is secured onto a trailer on June 6, 2024. A landmark law passed more than 50 years ago to protect whales, dolphins and other ...

As the frequency and scale of ocean racing events continues to grow, the Marine Mammal Advisory Group (MMAG) is supporting all stakeholders in conservation efforts and risk mitigation concerning ...

The end of the Seaquarium is a turning point for Miami and the fight for marine mammal rights. The future home of the ...

NOAA Fisheries has determined that South Africa is among 10 African countries that have been granted permission to export ...