286 Results From "marine mammal"

shark birth science
Sharks

Why scientists are giving ultrasounds to 10-foot-long pregnant sharks

By Hannah Verkamp/The Conversation

an otter
Animals

Arctic critters are sneezing on each other like never before

By Kat Eschner

Artistic rendering of an underwater human habitat
Technology

How scientists imagined and built an undersea utopia for humans

By Antony Adler

The Worst Jobs In Science
Science

The Worst Jobs In Science

By Bob Parks

broken ice over the ocean
Ocean

In 2018, Alaska’s Bering Sea was all out of whack.

By Jillian Mock

Close-up image of a polar bear underwater.
Bears

The inventors of the polar bear treadmill are back with a new scientific contraption

By Jillian Mock

What’s big, lives underwater, and fights climate change with its body and booty? Whale give you one guess.
Whales

What’s big, lives underwater, and fights climate change with its body and booty? Whale give you one guess.

By Sara Kiley Watson

This sleeping octopus twitches in technicolor—but is she dreaming?
Animals

This sleeping octopus twitches in technicolor—but is she dreaming?

By Jess Romeo

Everything you need to know about shark bites
Sharks

Everything you need to know about shark bites

By Gavin Naylor/The Conversation

Today’s exotic pets are tomorrow’s invasive pests
Pets

Today’s exotic pets are tomorrow’s invasive pests

By Marion Renault

Four-legged whales once straddled land and sea
Evolution

Four-legged whales once straddled land and sea

By Jan Hoole/The Conversation

A red tide devastated Florida marine life for 16 months. Why?
Global Warming

A red tide devastated Florida marine life for 16 months. Why?

By Mallory Pickett

Dinosaur extinction is an unsolved mystery. This ancient fish may have swallowed some crucial evidence.
Dinosaurs

Dinosaur extinction is an unsolved mystery. This ancient fish may have swallowed some crucial evidence.

By Neel V. Patel

Looking for a book? Try these tales of strange brains, ancient whales, and Hamilton’s forgotten doctor.
Science

Looking for a book? Try these tales of strange brains, ancient whales, and Hamilton’s forgotten doctor.

By Mary Beth Griggs

Watch ‘giant pill bugs’ burrow inside this alligator carcass for legitimate scientific reasons
Ocean

Watch ‘giant pill bugs’ burrow inside this alligator carcass for legitimate scientific reasons

By Sara Chodosh

This ancient stegosaurus-platypus mashup has everything
Animals

This ancient stegosaurus-platypus mashup has everything

By Jessica Boddy

Future offshore drilling could wreak havoc on deep sea ecosystems
Fossil Fuels

Future offshore drilling could wreak havoc on deep sea ecosystems

By Sara Kiley Watson

The fate of future endangered species could hinge on a semantic argument
Endangered Species

The fate of future endangered species could hinge on a semantic argument

By Amelia Urry

Can industrial farming be a force for good?
Agriculture

Can industrial farming be a force for good?

By Ted Genoways

A new study on whales suggests Darwin didn’t quite get it right
Evolution

A new study on whales suggests Darwin didn’t quite get it right

By Kat Eschner

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large brown bear with broken jaw
Bears

Big boy Chunk returns ahead of Fat Bear Week 2026

By Popular Science Team

Concept art of big bang showing explosion in space-time grid launch galaxies out into the universe
Particle Physics

68% of physicists don’t think the time started at the big bang

By Andrew Paul

Raccoon in tree looking at camera
Land

It’s almost time to airdrop rabies vaccines again

By Andrew Paul

WWII bomb on sand
Military

World War II shell detonated on British Coast 

By Margherita Bassi