Populations of a vulnerable species of marine mammal, numerous species of abalone and a type of Caribbean coral are now threatened with extinction, an international conservation organization said ...

More than 1,550 marine species are currently at risk of extinction. Human activity is wreaking havoc on the state of the oceans around the world -- especially on marine life, according to the ...

Encounters with humans from 2017 to 2021 killed hundreds of Steller sea lions and other marine mammals that swim in Alaska waters, along with dozens of Alaska whales, according to a new federal report ...

In Cambodia, the NGO Khmer Ocean Life has trained residents of coastal fishing communities about threats to marine mammals so they can participate in a citizen scientist network aimed at tracking ...

Washington, DC—Today, a coalition of more than 20 animal and environmental protection organizations gathered alongside scientists, agency officials, and legislators to celebrate the 50th anniversary ...

Sightings of more than 1 million marine mammals in the federally protected Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument and sites along the Atlantic Coast have been used to identify areas ...

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In partnership with the Marine Mammal Center and NOAA, the implementation of the bird flu vaccine in marine mammals was ...

A nightmarish scene unfolded in the summer of 2023 across Los Angeles County beaches as hundreds of sick marine mammals washed ashore and became stranded in the sand. Beachgoers witnessed animals ...

This report builds upon previous reports to assess current methodologies used for evaluating cumulative effects of stressors on marine mammals and identify new approaches that could improve these ...

Steller sea lions bask on rocks in the Gulf of Alaska on June 29, 2003, with the research vessel Tiglax sailing in the background. (Photo provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Encounters with ...