Researchers are also investigating methods to reduce by-catch — the accidental capture of marine mammals in fishing gear — a key factor in determining India’s compliance with the MMPA.

IT'S NO FLUKE... that whale mavens like to know which giants are passing along the coast on their ancient migratory journey. Gray, Blue, Minke, Fin: All of these epic ocean giants do captivate we ...

The closest thing you will get to an aquarium in Laguna Beach is the Pacific Marine Mammal Center. The Pacific Marine Mammal Center may actually be better than an aquarium because it provides a ...

The non-profit Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine is starting a new year of performing rescues and rehabilitations of stranded sea animals. There’s the wounded Harbor seal rescued from ...

The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected dairy cattle in Nevada has a genetic change that’s thought to help the virus copy itself in mammals — including humans — more ...

WASHINGTON— Conservation groups reached an agreement today that will require the United States to stop importing seafood that does not meet U.S. standards for protecting marine mammals. The seafood ...

A long-delayed ban on the import of seafood that doesn’t meet US marine mammal protection standards is finally set to be implemented next year, after conservation groups reached a legal ...

It’s a small, grayish brown mammal with a pointy nose. Aside from its size, it’s not particularly eye-catching, but it has a distinction that sets it apart from any other mammal in the state ...

SKILLS TRAINING. Participants in marine mammal stranding training in Catanduanes engage in hands-on field training in this undated photo. BFAR-5 said Thursday (Feb. 6, 2025) that another training is ...

Mammals are animals that give birth and feed their babies milk. Some are huge like the blue whale! Tap to read about the seven largest mammals.

The vaquita, meaning “little cow” in Spanish, is the world’s smallest porpoise and the most endangered marine mammal. It has the smallest known range of any marine mammal, confined to approximately ...