295 Results From "marine mammal "

Live caught lobster
Ocean

Why Maine is pushing back on a seafood watch group’s red-listing of the American lobster

By Megan Zhang / Saveur

a sea otter with its paw on its head
Ocean

6 fun photos to celebrate Sea Otter Awareness week

By Popular Science Team

Dolphins aren’t afraid of a little hot sauce
Fish

Dolphins aren’t afraid of a little hot sauce

By Sarah Keartes / Hakai Magazine

Seal-spooking tech could help protect endangered salmon
Animals

Seal-spooking tech could help protect endangered salmon

By Marina Wang / Hakai Magazine

Polar bear decline is directly linked to greenhouse gas emissions
Endangered Species

Polar bear decline is directly linked to greenhouse gas emissions

By Bob Berwyn/Inside Climate News

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

whale poop
Whales

The real ecological magic of whale poop

By Sandy Ong / Hakai Magazine

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

Dozens of cold-stunned turtles rescued in Florida

By Laura Baisas

wildfire and climate change risks
Climate Change

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

By Grist Staff / Grist

Noise pollution messes with beluga whales’ travel plans
Ocean

Noise pollution messes with beluga whales’ travel plans

By Emily Harwitz / Hakai Magazine

Female octopuses will chuck seashells at males who irk them
Wildlife

Female octopuses will chuck seashells at males who irk them

By Laura Baisas

Manatee
Whales

These now-extinct whales were kind of like manatees

By Laura Baisas

Illustrations of entwined snakes with black substance
Biology

6 surprising ways animals are adapting to a human-dominated world

By Jason Bittel

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

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 sperm whale swimming under water
Evolution

Megalodons liked to snack on sperm whale snouts

By Rachel Feltman

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

Whale pee moves vital nutrients thousands of miles

By Laura Baisas

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

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Painting of a woman in white with a demon sitting on her chest and a ghostly horse to the left.
Mental Health

The creepy science behind sleep paralysis ‘demons’

By RJ Mackenzie

Close up photo of trapdoor spider named after Stephen Colber
Spiders

Spider named after Stephen Colbert has twice as many chromosomes as you

By Andrew Paul

a touchscreen fabric
Engineering

Touchscreen shirt shows photos, plays videos, and answers calls

By Mack DeGeurin

Dog paw imprint on piece of Bronze Age mudbrick wall
Archaeology

Dog’s paw print found in a 3,700-year-old brick

By Andrew Paul