Confetti, a sea lion from San Francisco, came into the Marine Mammal Care Center with one deadly infection, and one shocking injury.

Most animals reach an adult size, then spend the rest of their lives maintaining it. After maturity, their energy goes toward reproduction, repair, and survival rather than added length or mass. Yet a ...

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WJHG/WECP/Gray News) - A Florida marine park known for aquatic animal encounters is now weathering concerns about its animals’ quality of life, causing lawmakers to speak out.

Plastic waste has quietly reshaped the oceans you depend on, and a new global study from Tulane University shows the danger runs deeper than floating bottles and bags. Scientists have now mapped ...

Scientists analyzed thousands of autopsies of seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals and found that even small amounts of ingested plastic can be deadly. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Two baseballs for a ...

“Biologging” refers to attaching sensors, cameras or other small devices to wild animals to study the environmental conditions the animals encounter. Researchers try to minimize the impact this has on ...

Coquina clams, also known as bean clams, are small, colorful bivalves found along the Jersey Shore. Horseshoe crabs, ancient arthropods related to spiders and scorpions, are commonly seen all along ...

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than ...

Crews used large nets, water-filled containers and box trucks to relocate hundreds of river otters, sea turtles, manatees, penguins and sharks to their new home: Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium.