A fast-moving bird flu outbreak is devastating marine mammals, with massive losses reported across South America’s coasts.

Over the long and complicated course of evolutionary history, mammals independently turned towards water to make a home ...

Well-trained students and scientists are the boots on the beach collecting the samples and observations needed to help a ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 is estimated to have killed at least about 52,000 seals and sea lions across South ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, a virus that spilled over from birds into marine mammals along the coast of South ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An elephant seal pup curled up on a heating pad at the Marine Mammal Center on Tuesday morning, flashing large, shiny eyes at ...

The Marine Mammal Center received multiple reports of a northern elephant seal pup on two different Santa Cruz beaches ...

Neuroscientists have uncovered new insights into a key evolutionary question: Why can humans talk when most animals can't?

For the past several years, large animals such as whales, dolphins, seals, sea turtles, Atlantic sturgeon, sharks and tuna have been feeding closer to shore. Warming water has brought robust bait ...

MYSTIC, Conn. (WPRI) — The busy season for Mystic Aquarium’s Animal Rescue Program is here. The nonprofit program is currently caring for a gray seal pup, eight green turtles, and 7 critically ...