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two orca whales come into contact with one another and a piece of kelp is between them

Orcas spotted using seaweed to groom each other

By Laura Baisas

a humpback whale lunches out of the water with its mouth open

Krill or anchovy? Baleen whale songs may indicate what’s on the menu

By Laura Baisas

a northern elephant seal with wide eyes looks into a camera next to an underwater acoustic monitoring device

Northern elephant seals know a ‘dinner bell’ when they hear one

By Laura Baisas

a scientist holds a large, reddish-purple sea star with 24 legs

Meet the 24-armed sea star, a kelp forest’s bodyguard

By Laura Baisas

Close up of lemon shark

Megalodon may have been ‘even longer’ than we thought

three narwhals with long tusks swim in the arctic ocean

Narwhals spotted using tusks for non-mating fun

By Laura Baisas

a leopard seal on an ice flow with its mouth open

Leopard seals sing like the Beatles

By Avery Schluyer Nunn

a long and lean sei whale swimming in the ocean

Dozens of rare, endangered whales spotted off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard

By Laura Baisas

Looking from the stern of the ship as it tows the long horizontal array of hydrophones. The tow cable can be seen going through the metal horn at the stern. The hydrophone array is several hundred meters behind the ship and about 200 meters deep. Credit: Ross Chapman

New theory explains mysterious ocean quacking first heard in the 1960s

a black and white orca whale leaps out of the ocean while hunting a sea lion. another whale is surfacing near by.

How crafty orca whales hunt near submarine canyons

By Laura Baisas

a man holds a long projectile tool made from a whale bone.

Oldest-known whale bone tools discovered in a Spanish cave

By Laura Baisas

June 3, 2012 - An intense bloom of phytoplankton in the Black Sea, staining nearly every corner with a rich palette of teal, turquoise, green and milky blue. The Sea of Azov, to the northeast was also filled with swirls of color, including a touch of tan which may indicate not only phytoplankton, but sediment also circulates in those waters.

The tiny ocean organisms that could help the climate in a big way

By Matt Simon / Grist

two white beluga whales at the surface of the water

Toothed whales traded chewing for echolocation to evolve

By Laura Baisas

an orca whale dorsal fin coming out of the water

Orcas observed preying on massive whale sharks

By Laura Baisas

two oval comb jellyfish fusing together as one

Two comb jellies can fuse together into one–and keep both butts

By Laura Baisas

Mini mum is one of the smallest frogs in the world, described by Mark D. Scherz and his colleagues in 2019. These tiny frogs from southeastern Madagascar live in amongst the leaf litter and feed on tiny mites. They are amongst the target species of the GEMINI project, because their closest relatives are ten times larger.

Researchers want to unlock genetics of the world’s tiniest animals

a dolphin in a tank with an open mouth

Bottlenose dolphins ‘smile’ to say it’s time to play

By Laura Baisas

A mother and calf West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) in Crystal River, Florida.

Florida’s famous manatees were originally tourists

By Laura Baisas

offshore windfarm

Environmentally, offshore wind is… fine

By Ashley Braun / Hakai Magazine

a svalbard reindeer with antlers standing on muddy terrain

Shorter, fatter, and hairier: 5 fun facts about the world’s smallest reindeer

By Laura Baisas

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