Marine mammals that strand alive cannot always be saved. Trained and authorized professionals may decide that the most humane option is to euthanize the animals to relieve their pain and suffering.

Whales, dolphins and other marine mammals are highly social, but those social ties can also help diseases spread through populations of rare or threatened species. New research reveals why ...

Marine heat waves can alter the distribution of fish and other prey species, forcing marine mammals to travel farther or struggle to find adequate food.

These national and regional marine mammal stranding overviews detail marine mammal stranding rates, trends, and activities in the United States in a given year. In 2018, there were 7,320 confirmed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SAN DIEGO – In 1959, the Navy stood up its Marine Mammal program here. With one dolphin, researchers set out to study how fast the ...

A new study provides compelling evidence that animal care and management practices at zoos and aquariums have significantly improved over time. The study, led by Species360 and University of Southern ...

Medical teams at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito have been struggling for months, rescuing and treating dozens of sea lions that are suffering symptoms consistent with domoic acid poisoning.

The center, which reopened to the public Monday after a three-year closure, added a water recycling facility, increased its ...

A seismic survey ship pulling survey equipment (streamers). Seismic survey ships map the subsea geology using the seismic sound produced by air guns towed behind the vessel. The information is is used ...

Did you know that 11% of federal investments in research on marine mammals is made by the U.S. National Science Foundation? In 2020, the NSF marine mammal research budget totaled $8.67 million, the ...

Students from the Choctaw Tribe in Philadelphia, Mississippi, visited the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies to learn about ...