Discover what makes marine mammals unique and why they need our protection. California's coastal waters are home to some of nature’s most remarkable creatures - marine mammals like seals, dolphins, ...

Dr. Debra Moore, an assistant clinical professor in MSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine, evaluates a sea turtle as part of university efforts to monitor the health of marine mammals and sea turtles ...

Marine mammals will be the topic for the first Shoreline Education for Awareness wildlife interpretation training seminar on Jan. 15. In all, the group will offer eight seminars this year on coastal ...

When you think about a whale, you probably picture an enormous sea creature without legs. But what if I told you the first whale had four legs and could walk on land? I talked about whales and other ...

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

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

New Jersey’s marine mammals are in the crosshairs. Already struggling under multiple assaults, they are facing another blow. Recent federal budget cuts and rule changes promise to dismantle critical ...

It's been a doozy of a year for marine mammals, who have been dying in record numbers along the California coast. Volunteer ...

In a small, rented lab in the port of Los Angeles in May, Keith Matassa was working through a backlog of bodies on ice. Using a surgical knife, he carefully removed a California sea lion fetus from a ...

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 ...

Wildlife officials are warning the public of a toxic algae bloom affecting marine mammals along Los Angeles County beaches.

Huge die-offs of elephant seals occurred after the virus gained nearly 20 troublesome new mutations, scientists found. By Apoorva Mandavilli Elephant seals in South America died in massive numbers ...