An animal ecologist researching large marine animals such as whales and dolphins, Assistant Professor Iwata Takashi of the ...

Plastic waste has quietly reshaped the oceans you depend on, and a new global study from Tulane University shows the danger runs deeper than floating bottles and bags. Scientists have now mapped ...

Most animals reach an adult size, then spend the rest of their lives maintaining it. After maturity, their energy goes toward reproduction, repair, and survival rather than added length or mass. Yet a ...

Scientists analyzed thousands of autopsies of seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals and found that even small amounts of ingested plastic can be deadly. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Two baseballs for a ...

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WJHG/WECP/Gray News) - A Florida marine park known for aquatic animal encounters is now weathering concerns about its animals’ quality of life, causing lawmakers to speak out.

An ambitious operation has seen hundreds of marine creatures, including river otters, sea turtles, manatees, penguins, and sharks, find a new home at the Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium. Teams ...

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than ...

Seashells, the durable skeletons of marine animals, are abundant and long-lasting, offering scientists vital clues about ...

Crews used large nets, water-filled containers and box trucks to relocate hundreds of river otters, sea turtles, manatees, penguins and sharks to their new home: Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium.

Coquina clams, also known as bean clams, are small, colorful bivalves found along the Jersey Shore. Horseshoe crabs, ancient arthropods related to spiders and scorpions, are commonly seen all along ...

Marine life in the Santa Monica Bay faces ongoing threats from heavy metals released in the water after January’s Palisades Fire, according to water-quality testing results reported Thursday. Heal the ...