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An orca swims next to a shark with a visible wound. Image by Marco Villegas.

Orcas are hunting young great white sharks for their livers

an aerial view of a humpback whale spinning in a circle with nets made out of bubbles

Humpbacks are the only whales that can feed with bubble nets

By Laura Baisas

To find out the age of dolphins, ask their poop

To find out the age of dolphins, ask their poop

By Jason Bittel / Hakai Magazine

a dolphin rides on the bow wave in front of a humpback whale

Dolphin follows a whale all the way to the seafloor

By Laura Baisas

killerwhale swimming at the surface

With sea ice melting, killer whales are moving into the Arctic

By Ed Struzik / Yale Environment 360

a whale surfaces next to a large fishing trawler

Whales need krill to survive. We want it for supplements.

By Laura Baisas

24 new species of deep sea organisms. they are small and resemble shrimp

New crustacean named after its unique butt

By Laura Baisas

an otter eating while floating on its back

Female sea otters use tools more than males

By Laura Baisas

a whale's tail as it goes into the water

Decoding the fingerprint of a humpback whale

By Avery Schluyer Nunn

a vet examining a seagull wrapped in a towel with a fishing bobber stuck in its mouth

Seagull survives swallowing a giant fish hook–thanks to local vets

By Laura Baisas

an baby orca surfaces behind its mother

Baby orca is a descendent of a whale almost sold to SeaWorld in 1976

By Laura Baisas

a pod of white beluga whales swimming off the coast of Alaska

Endangered Species

The swinging sex lives of Alaska’s beluga whales

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

Sperm whales swimming in clear water

Sperm whales use vowels like humans, new study finds

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

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 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 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

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

Close up of lemon shark

Megalodon may have been ‘even longer’ than we thought

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Talking about trauma doesn’t always help. Brain scans show one reason why.

By James Agathos, Andrea Putica, Trevor Steward / The Conversation

Illustration of T. rex dinosaur with bloody mouth at the end of a lake with mountains in the background.

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What did T. rex’s breath smell like?

By RJ Mackenzie

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15 standout products from High-End Vienna, the yearly showcase of glorious audiophile indulgence

a small wild cat playing with a ball of catnip

Even wild desert cats love catnip

By Margherita Bassi