275 Results From "marine mammal "

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Future offshore drilling could wreak havoc on deep sea ecosystems

This ancient stegosaurus-platypus mashup has everything
Animals

This ancient stegosaurus-platypus mashup has everything

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

Can industrial farming be a force for good?
Agriculture

Can industrial farming be a force for good?

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

seal
Evolution

Otters are too small, whales are too big, and seals are just right

Yes, a tax bill can—and likely will—spoil America’s most pristine wildlife refuge
Wildlife

Yes, a tax bill can—and likely will—spoil America’s most pristine wildlife refuge

A ‘male’ octopus surprised its keepers with a cloud of 10,000 babies
Animals

A ‘male’ octopus surprised its keepers with a cloud of 10,000 babies

drone
Drones

25 Reasons To Love Drones

a sea otter
Animals

A blindfolded sea otter named Selka shows how the critters find food in murky water

Dugong
Endangered Species

Local knowledge can save endangered animals

This human-sized penguin isn’t even the largest ancient penguin we know about
Evolution

This human-sized penguin isn’t even the largest ancient penguin we know about

Conservation takes one scientist to the extreme
Climate Change

Conservation takes one scientist to the extreme

A Labrador retriever smelling for explosives with a member of a bomb squad at the trial of the 2015 Boston Marathon bomber
Engineering

No machine can beat a dog’s bomb-detecting sniffer

How polar animals cope with frigid darkness for months at a time
Ocean

How polar animals cope with frigid darkness for months at a time

Human spit is actually a great cleaning solution (and other award-winning scientific finds)
Science

Human spit is actually a great cleaning solution (and other award-winning scientific finds)