Earth's waters host diverse mammals like dolphins, whales, and manatees. These creatures possess unique adaptations for ...

The largest animal ever recorded is the Blue Whale. Learn its record-breaking size (up to 190 tonnes, 91 ft long) and why it ...

This 2020 astronaut photo shows the unusual cetacean-like shape of Belize's Lighthouse Reef. It's home to the famous Great ...

Male and female whale sharks - filter-feeding marine behemoths - grow at different rates, with females doing so more slowly but getting much larger than the guys, according to research that offers ...

Maine man Sergey Bachkovsky has pleaded guilty to trafficking whale and bird parts in violation of federal wildlife laws.

Seventh-graders at Surfside Middle School in Beach dove into marine ecology lessons during a hands-on field trip to St.

Dubbed the 'Great Blue Hole' of Belize, it is one of the deepest sinkholes on the planet. At about 300 feet deep, the hole ...

Federal prosecutors say a Maine man has admitted to illegally selling the body parts of animals in violation of the oldest wildlife trafficking law in the United States.

SAN DIEGO, U.S. — The bluff at La Jolla Cove in San Diego is covered with pelicans and cormorants; below, some two dozen sea ...

The Coral Triangle is an extremely biodiverse patch of ocean around the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. Its relatively ...

The southern resident orcas are in trouble, but one scat sniffing pup is working along researchers to help the species.