Lawsuit Seeks to Save Critically Endangered Vaquita Dolphin

A lawsuit has just been filed in U.S. federal court in order to pressure the U.S. government to sanction Mexico for failing to protect the critically endangered vaquita

Alarming Manatee Deaths Prompt Calls for Endangered Status

The deaths of almost 2,000 manatees in Florida’s coastal and inland waterways over the last two years has provoked an alliance of environmental groups to demand an urgent reclassification of the species to officially endangered.

Octopuses Full-On Fight with Neighbors: Caught on Tape

Scientists have for the first time caught on film mud slinging and fighting between octopuses that live near one another.

Lolita the Orca Whale May Finally be Set Free

Lolita is a killer whale who was captured some 52 long years ago, and forced to exist in a small enclosure to entertain humans. Animal welfare activists have been working for decades to get her set free. Now, it appears, that day may be finally coming.

Suffering Captive Orca Video Prompts New Calls to Free Her from Marineland

A video of Marineland’s last surviving orca, Kiska, is renewing calls online for the marine mammal to be freed. The video, shared on social media by former Marineland employee and whistleblower Phil Demers, shows the orca moving slowly at the surface of the water and faintly moaning

High Levels of Toxic Fire Retardant, PFAS and PCB Chemicals Detected in Killer Whales

A new study has revealed that toxic chemicals PBDE, PFAS and PCBs are in the bodies of killer whales.

Toxic PFAS Chemical Found in Sea Lions and Fur Seal Pups

Researchers have recently discovered that toxic PFAS chemical (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) that the NSW government has recently partially banned … More

Urgent Action Needed: Dolphins and Porpoises

Marine scientists are calling on the EU to adopt a comprehensive plan to protect dolphins and porpoises from fisheries bycatch … More

Sharks Use Natural GPS for Directions

Researchers now have some of the first solid evidence that sharks rely on magnetic fields for their long-distance forays across … More

Who Really Loves NYC? Baby White Sharks!

New scientific research reveals that more than 90 percent of baby white sharks were positioned within 20 kilometers of Long Island’s southern shoreline, which further confirms the importance of this region to baby white sharks.

Bizarre circling behavior observed in marine mammals

For reasons researchers don’t yet understand, green sea turtles, sharks, penguins, and marine mammals all do something rather unusual: swim in circles.