283 Results From "marine mammal "

blue whale
Ocean

We can protect whales from ship strikes by translating their songs

southern right whales
Ocean

The secret to helping this resilient whale species lies in its genes

Dipping shortening-covered hands in ice water
Projects

Stay-at-home science project: Craft handmade blubber

Sable Island’s famous wild horses are at the heart of a conservation controversy
Wildlife

Sable Island’s famous wild horses are at the heart of a conservation controversy

These ancient deep-sea fish can live five times as long as biologists expected
Endangered Species

These ancient deep-sea fish can live five times as long as biologists expected

blue whale
Ocean

Whale ‘roadkill’ is on the rise off California. A new detection system could help.

an illustration of a melting planet earth covered in lush trees and leaves
Animals

An ancient era of global warming could hint at our scorching future

A northern sea otter swims on its back in Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge.
Animals

A modest proposal for hunting sea otters

White birds on a pink, purple, and green illustration of the Fukushima nuclear plant
Climate Change

5 famous environmental disasters where humans and nature healed together

aquatic life illustration
Ocean

Is it loud in the ocean?

Dynamite box.
Whales

Remembering one of history’s greatest whale explosions

joan wong illustration
Archaeology

Seven mysterious sounds science has yet to solve

Finally, some good news about humpback whales
Whales

Finally, some good news about humpback whales

A group of Buffalo rests under a tree in the middle of a savannah, in Africa.
Global Warming

Animals are finding surprising ways to adapt to rising temperatures

view from above an erupting volcano
Archaeology

A volcanic eruption may have helped the dinosaurs take over the world

Century-old ship logs show how much ice the Arctic has lost
Ocean

Century-old ship logs show how much ice the Arctic has lost

How Do You Autopsy a Whale?
Whales

How Do You Autopsy a Whale?

shark birth science
Sharks

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

an otter
Animals

Arctic critters are sneezing on each other like never before

Artistic rendering of an underwater human habitat
Technology

How scientists imagined and built an undersea utopia for humans