286 Results From "marine mammal"

wildfire and climate change risks
Climate Change

How does climate change threaten where you live? A region-by-region guide.

By Grist Staff / Grist

whale poop
Whales

The real ecological magic of whale poop

By Sandy Ong / Hakai Magazine

a sperm whale swimming under water
Evolution

Megalodons liked to snack on sperm whale snouts

By Rachel Feltman

a scientist holds a large rescued sea turtle in a lab
Endangered Species

Dozens of cold-stunned turtles rescued in Florida

By Laura Baisas

Tortoise in the veterinary examination room.
Animals

Calling in the animal drug detectives 

By Sherry Cox / The Conversation

a litter of naked mole rats
Wildlife

4 wild ways animals breed

By Laura Baisas

This whale fossil could reveal evidence of a 15-million-year-old megalodon attack
Dinosaurs

This whale fossil could reveal evidence of a 15-million-year-old megalodon attack

By Laura Baisas

A skateboarder at 'Skate City', the newly-opened skateboarding park in Tooley Street, London, August 1977. (Photo by UPI/Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Why archaeologists are studying a skate park 

By Popular Science Team

a reservoir in colombia with very low water levels due to drought
Global Warming

Mega El Niños helped kill 90 percent of life on Earth

By Laura Baisas

A great white shark and megalodon co-existed nearly 4 million years ago.
Sharks

How great white sharks probably hastened the demise of megalodon

By Kate Baggaley

Composite image showing different snakes. A large green snake in the middle and two smaller snakes on the left and right.
Wildlife

Evolution of snakes: Scientists unravel the mysssteries

By Amber Dance/Knowable Magazine

an illustration of three long-necked and marine reptiles swimming with four paddle shaped limbs in an ancient sea
Wildlife

This giant polar reptile once stalked an ancient super-ocean

By Laura Baisas

A mother humpback whale and her calf swimming in warm waters.
Ocean

Whale pee moves vital nutrients thousands of miles

By Laura Baisas

a baby pygmy hippo stands on straw at a zoo
Animals

11 weird, groundbreaking, and cute animal stories from 2024

By Laura Baisas

Shearwater on the ocean.
Birds

Seabirds can be the bread crumbs for tracking elusive whales

By Brynn Pedrick / Hakai Magazine

three dolphins near the sea floor rub themselves against coral
Animals

Bottlenose dolphins glow-up with coral body scrubs

By Kate Baggaley

a polar bear swims towards the camera in icy waters
Wildlife

14 outstanding images from the 2025 World Nature Photographer Awards

By Popular Science Team

A cooked lobster claw.
Ocean

Eating sustainably may mean skipping the lobster for now

By Laura Baisas

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Whales

An Antarctic feeding frenzy means good news for vulnerable fin whales

By Corinne Iozzio

J. J. Giraldo
Dinosaurs

3D models show the megalodon was faster, fiercer than we ever thought

By Laura Baisas

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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